Innocence and Instinct
Pilot
Play RED – Lie To Me (Denial)
(A/N I know this may not be the best excuse for Noctis to go to another world.. but if I think of a better idea I'll be sure to rewrite it. and Noctis is wearing the "Prince's fatigue" but he is missing a glove)
Noctis knew his mission to save his kingdom would be hard… but he never expected it to this to happen!
"Your journey is over Noct" said a voice that's all too familiar as Noctis continues to run down the hallway to a crystal. When Noctis made it… he knew there is a chance that it will result in unexpected results…. He knows hat if he doesn't try to get the crystal's help his kingdom, people, and friends are all doomed…. as he then puts his hand on the crystal
"Please.. help me stop the demons.." said Noctis hoping that the crystal will help him
Then the crystal started to glow a bright light unleashes some sort of power… it was.. painful for Noctis to say at least…
"Unharmed by the light…. The chosen one indeed" said the voice who turned out to be Ardyn.. as Noctis hears footsteps behind him…
"Cmon c'mon please hurry!" thought Noctis as he senses that his enemy is approaching
"Allow me to tell you a tale. In an age long ago. A scourge has been ravaging mankind. A tiny menace that twisted men into monsters.. I'm sure you have see some. In Lucis there was a savior that could cure the afflicted.." said Ardyn as he around Noctis… Noctis wanted to take his hand off… but he just couldn't… and he was surprised that Ardyn isn't attacking him..
"His body would host countless demons. And that spared countless lives" said Ardyn
Now Noctis was fully trying to get his hand off the crystal only to see that the crystal is slowly pulling him in
"This can't be good" thought Noctis
"But a jealous king not yet chosen by the crystal, ostracized and demonized this healer if the people… making a true monster of him.." said Ardyn as Noctis slowly more and more gets dragged into the crystal
"Now then Noctis. I'll keep your friends company until you are ready. But I'm sure that will not be for a long time." Said Ardyn as he smirks as himself as Noctis fully and unwillingly enters the crystal
Noctis has lost track of time as he continues to float around the void of what seems to be aurora borealis… thinking of how he failed to save his kingdom.. how his friends are in danger of Ardyn… and what will happen to all other friends…. This saddened him that he is powerless to help them now…. If only if he was able to stop Ardyn right there… if only if the crystal never brought him here… now Noctis fully believe he would be doomed to starvation and eternal time in this place..
Then he sees… an armored behemoth… slowly flying to him.. Noctis is now terrified that he would probably meet his end to a giant armored beast…
"Gather strength O chosen one. You have a job to do." Said The behemoth surprising Noctis "The fates of these worlds will rest on the king of Lucis…" this got Noctis to be very curious when the giant said "Worlds"…
"Worlds? What do you mean by that?" said Noctis who was confused why it said that and happy that it didn't kill him
"Your world shares a strange link with another. If you are to fail this. I'm afraid some of the monsters to your world will leak into theirs and vice versa. But the former has started to happen." Said the giant
This gave Noctis an uneasy feeling…. The fact that another world's monsters could start coming into his world does not sound good at all…
"Go young king. Follow the path. Or that will beat you there." said the behemoth pointing to a giant snake.
Noctis was curious to why the behemoth pointed a direction.. then he sees a hallway leading to a strange swirly hole.. with a giant snake heading towards it
"Good luck young king" said the behemoth
"Wait aren't you going to help me-WHOOOAH!" said Noctis as the giant throws him to the hallway
Noctis land on the path as he looks up to see the snake has stopped for a moment to look behind itself… and then gave a giant his at him…. Before slithering to the swirly hole
"Oh no you don't" said Noctis as he gathers his strength to grab is tail as it pulls him along with it…. now Noctis knew he was going somewhere.. but he isn't sure where as darkness began to engulf his vision as he still he still feels that he is being pulled… then… a light starts to get brighter.. then when he is able to see everything he finds himself in a forest… them he looked around.. and he sees that he is missing a glove. And when he checked his hand he sees that grabbing that tail has left a mark
"This doesn't look like my kingdom…" thought Noctis as he then looks at his hand and notices he has a strange tattoo… "I guess going to different worlds always alters something.."
Noctis sees what seems to be a town from afar and decides to go see if he could get some help… as he walks through the forest he notices very familiar somewhat large footprints… that lead to the village.. giving him the impression that a bandersnatcher is approaching the town..
"For my kingdom" thought Noctis as he starts hearing screams or the townspeople. Even though Noctis technically owed nothing to these people. He still felt that if he were to deal with some of their problems here… it may keep them from leaking into his world.
Noctis ran and ran towards the town and when he reached he has seen that it had caused a lot of havoc. And he hears gunshots. When Noctis ran to the source he sees that a bunch of policemen we're shooting the bandersnatcher as it seems to approach him.
"Citizen stand back!" said a girl with red hair as Noctis ran right past her. "Hey get back here! You'll get yourself killed!"
Then Noctis warped to the beast causing everyone who saw it to look at him in shock as he grabs the girl and warps her away from the beast. And he puts her down she catches a glimpse of Noctis's hand making her even more shocked than she already was at him.
Noctis then conjures a claymore and throws at the bandersnatcher's head before finishing it with a give spell which pretty much engulfed the beast . Noctis knew it would weaken him. But right now he didn't care.
Meanwhile
"So. The future king discovered my doings. This should be interesting" said a masked man. "Maybe he will actually fix himself this time. Hehehe."
Back to Noctis
Noctis felt like he was being watched but he brushed it off thinking it may have been that police force. He then warps away.
"Wait!" said the red haired girl as she tries to catch up to Noctis only to be too late.
"TELEPORTATION!? That's not possible… hmmm….." said the red haired girl as she walks back to the police who is comforting the traumatized girl.
"Hey miss. Can you tell us about that man who just saved you?" said the red girl
"He had.. a certain tattoo…" said the girl catching the red haired girl's interest
"What kind of tattoo?" said the red haired girl gathering her interest
Later
Noctis walked around the parts of the town seeing many of the things the townspeople offered. He sees that this place is just as advanced as his own world. Minus many of the flying machines his world had.. then a green haired girl accidentally bumps into him
"Oh I'm so sorry" said the green haired girl as she catches a slight glimpse of Noctis's tattooed hand making her not click her mind at first. Noctis also noticed that she seems to be shorter than he is.
"No it's fine" said Noctis "And I hope you don't mind me asking but I'm kinda lost. Do you know where the city is?"
"Oh you mean Fort City? Just head up north. You can't miss it" said the green haired girl. She had to admit… he looked pretty cute… not to mention he had a particular scent….
"Thanks" said Noctis as he walks his way. When green haired saw him go, she felt like she was going to see him again. But she just didn't know when. Then she remembered his tattoo making her eyes go wide. And she turned around only to see that he is gone.
Noctis walked more and more to the city. But he noticed that every person who seemed to look at him started giving him strange looks. At least the people who saw his hand.
"Is there something wrong with my tattoo?" thought Noctis as he looks at the back of his hand and examines this strange tattoo and wonder what it meant to everyone here… for now Noctis believed it would be best to find a way to cover it.
Then when he reached the city. It was filled with people wandering around.
Meanwhile
"Chloe. What makes a stranger's random heroic act so important?" said a lady with bluish white hair
"Ruby. Trust me you may want to see this." Said the red haired girl now named Chloe handing Ruby a tape
"Well you better be right" said Ruby as she takes the tape and puts it in a machine and looks at the footage. She could barely get a glimpse at Noctis's face as he warps to save the woman and kills the beast. And the fact that the camera is cracked doesn't help either. But what she does see. Is a good look at his hand.
"See. I told you." Said Chloe
"Oh my God. This could change everything." Said Ruby
"What must we do?" said Chloe
"I will report to Mattero for further instruction. Go.. slay some monsters or meet up with your fan club, I'll contact you later" said Ruby taking the tape out of the machine and leaving.
"…slut" muttered Chloe knowing that Ruby won't hear her.
"Whore. Now you made me see that bastard" thought Ruby as she walks away to what appears to be a church
Ruby then walks to an old man who definitely was not watching erotic videos
"Mattero?" said Ruby
"Oh!-ugh Ruby! What brings you here?" said Mattero who suddenly turns off his device and drinks his coffee as Ruby rolls her eyes
"We have seen someone with.. a 'God's Gift' tattoo" said Ruby causing Mattero to spit out his coffee as he then looks at the walls.
"The prophecy is nearby!?. This could turn the tide of the war! The dusk monsters' presence here could finally be gone! " said Mattero
"Do you have any specific instructions" said Ruby expecting him to say something perverted
"Hmm.. find the 'God's Gift'. See if we can get into some sort of alliance with him" said Mattero
"Yes sir" said Ruby as she leaves the building
As Ruby left the building she gets her phone and dials a number
"Hello?" said a voice on Ruby's phone
"Hey Chloe. We have new orders" said Ruby
"Ok then what are they?" said the voice who turned out to be Chloe
"Mattero said to track him down. See if you can bring him in." Said Ruby
Back to Noctis
Noctis knew he wasn't a resident of this place… but… a guys got to survive somehow. So he then walked into a small shop and tried not to look suspicious as he walks to the hot dogs packets… he then snatched a couple when the shopkeeper wasn't looking. Only for the shopkeeper to see him as he tries to sneak away
"HEY YOU GOT TO PAY FOR THAT PAL!" yelled the angry shopkeeper but then Noctis warped away causing the shopkeeper to be too shocked to do anything….
"Oh dear I hope I won't use this too much" thought Noctis as he knows he is far from the shop… and opens one of the hot dog packets and starts eating the hot dog inside of it.
"I knew I should have snatched some ketchup" thought Noctis before storing the other packet in his jacket
Then Noctis walked towards a bunch of people moving boxes to hide if the store manager. But the boxes smelled so good… Noctis felt like he has to get a taste so he grabbed one of the boxes
"Hey. Stop!" said one of the box handlers
Noctis knew that if he were to warp away.. they would have eventually find him with the smell of the pastry and he can't warp very far.
So he threw it as far as he could.
"Quick catch it!" said one of the handlers as they all turned their attention to the box that he just threw. Noctis took this chance to make a run for it.
"C'mon get it get it get it get it get it!" said one of the handlers as it falls down the ledge on to tthefirst floor
"Crap" said the handler that almost caught it
"If a child sees that that's your fault" said one of the other handlers while the worker that almost caught it flips the bird at him.
Meanwhile
"Oh Jarod that spaghetti was so amazing" said a girl
"Just wait for desert babe. I ordered it with you in mind" said a man named Jarod
Then the box plopped onto their table and opened
"Eeek!" said the girl as they were shocked at the pastry
"Jarod. What's going on. I'm coming over" said somebody
"Quick! We'll have to eat it before someone sees it! We'll know we're safe when our lips touch" said Jarod as he and the girl put their heads in the box and started eating the erotic pastry.
Back to Noctis
Noctis stopped running and rested on a support pillar to catch his breath and sits down on a bench. And unwraps the other hot dog.
"*Sigh* I guess there is no turning back now" muttered Noctis as then eats the hot dog and leaves the mall. And when he left he noticed it was getting late
"Hey! Kid?" said someone as Noctis turned his attention to the person. "You really shouldn't be outside at a time like this"
"Oh ugh.. sorry" said Noctis as he passes by the person
"I've got to find someplace to sleep" thought Noctis
Meanwhile
"Oh naughty Nocty is tired huh? Well let me make it better for you" said the masked man
Back to Noctis
As Noctis walked around the city suddenly everyone seems to be running away..
"Don't tell me.." thought Noctis then suddenly a Jormungand slithered out if a building "God damnit"
Noctis then conjures a gun and shoots the snake beast causing it's attention to be focused on him and it immediately slithered after Noctis as he conjures a spear and throws it and it impales the beast's tail causing it make a really loud hiss. And slither even faster towards Noctis causing him to make a run for it.
Noctis ran across the street accidentally causing many cars to stop making the drivers angry until the Jormungand right in front of them. Noctis ran as fast as he could. His mind was to busy trying to outmanuver the beast on foot that he didn't think about warping away. He ran into the corner if a building and quickly made his way through every tight space hoping it would slow down the snake giving him time to think.
Then suddenly a girl with a Gatling gun and a strange hairstyle suddenly appeared and started unleashes lots of bullets at the snake beast causing it to stop chasing Noctis and slithered away to escape the girl as she and a police force pursued the beast.
"Oh thank God" thought Noctis as he is finally able to stop and catch his breath. Then he heard lots of gunshots and an even louder hiss.
"Ehh I'm sure they've got it covered" muttered Noctis to himself
"We have a man down! MAN DOWN!" said a police man
"They'll manage" Noctis muttered again to himself
"We need back up!" said another police man
".." now Noctis didn't know what to say about that
Then suddenly a police car nearly landed on him
"*Sigh* I knew it was too good to be true" said Noctis to himself vas he runs in the direction of where he hears the gunshots "I know I have only a few shots left for now.. but screw it." As Noctis shot a fire spell at the snake causing it burst in flames giving the girl an opening to kill it so she unleashes whatever bullets the Gatling gun has, shredding the snake to bits.
Noctis felt like he has done enough so he decides to warp away when everyone wasn't looking. Noctis then he simply walks through the city that hasn't gotten wrecked by Jormungand. He looked at how similar this world is to his own, minus the giant and strange wild animals…. and chocobos. He started to wonder when or if he will ever return back to his own world. It made him worry. What if he lose everything? What if he never were to return to his own world, what will happen to his kingdom then? This got Noctis to feel very worried for his friends and how much Ardyn will wreck havoc.
Noctis then sees a newspaper that flew into his face and it says "Red masked man seen causing destruction. Last seen running into a strange swirly circle" Noctis looks at a picture and it was a red guy with two swords on his back… and the portal looked very similar to the one Noctis went through… only it was green instead of white.
"I guess every place has it's troublemakers" thought Noctis before tossing the newspaper away before settling down on a bench and starts closing his eyes out of tiredness…. Before his eyes shot wide open as tried to look for the paper as he remembers that the picture showed some sort of swirly portal only to see it flew away to far for Noctis to bother… so he just started getting tired again and laid down once more and started to fall asleep.
The next day
"Hey. Wake up! Wake up sleepy head" said a female voice
"He sure is handsome for someone sleeping outside" said another female voice
Noctis felt some poking on his face. Causing his eyes to start to open
"Wakey Wakey." Said the first voice
Noctis's eyes shot open
"Finally. Hey sir. You are sleeping on a bench. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to too ask you to leave" said the first voice who turned put to be a girl with black hair and the other voice is from a taller girl with black hair
"Oh I'm sorry" said Noctis getting up and walks away
"Hey wait!" said the taller girl
"?" said Noctis
"Do you have a place to stay?" said the taller girl
"….No?" said Noctis unsure how to respond to that
"Do you know where a hotel is.. I may have gotten drunk again" lied Noctis hoping it would not make them too suspicious. Sure Noctis knows he is a prince an all but.. He also knows he isn't a prince of this place.
"Well you don't look like a drinker" said the shorter girl
"Ugh… just started?" said Noctis
"Tsk tsk. You got to stay away from that stuff. It will make you lose your good looks" said the shorter girl
"Got it. Cya" said Noctis as he walks further away
As Noctis leaves the area he then sees the streets seem to be very busy judging by the huge amount of cars driving by. Noctis knew that he is probably going to need to adapt to this world no matter how strange it is.
Meanwhile
"Hmm… Maybe I just need to give him a little push." said the masked man as he watches Noctis from the shadows "Hmmmmmm….." as he then gets an idea as he shoots a beam to hit an unmanned car that Noctis just walked by.
Back to Noctis
Suddenly a car behind Noctis exploded and an aramusha suddenly was in front of Noctis wacking him with his sword causing Noctis to go flying into a moving car
"Oof!" said Noctis as he felt the impact and falls on the ground. Noctis then gets up, fixes his back and cracked his knuckles "Your on" as he then warps to the shadow warrior with a sword in his hand. Then the aramusha tried to slice Noctis in half as Noctis blocks it with his sword. Then Noctis conjured a gun and starts shooting the thing as it dashes away in an attempt to dodge the bullets as some missed. While others hit.
"HIIIIIISSSSSS!" said the shadow warrior as it tries to go further away
"Oh no you don't!" said Noctis as he threw the sword as it impales the beast's chest causing it to stumble down. Noctis warps to it and was about to finish it off with his gun and suddenly the beast kicked him causing him to hit the wall. When Noctis got up he realized he was too late to stop the thing. He then picks a cloth out of his pocket that he has been keeping in his pocket that he honestly doesn't remember why exactly he put it in there and wraps and ties it around his tattooed hand.
"Damn. I almost had him" said Noctis as he runs to the corner of an alley to see if it is nearby only to find nothing. Noctis decides he will need some time to rest… and find food because he hasn't eaten since he woke up… maybe he should have grabbed more than two hot dogs… then Noctis passes by a bar and stops in his tracks to see that the sigh says "Bar n Burger" and damn Noctis had to admit they sounded good. Noctis knew Ignis doesn't like bars. But honestly. Noctis doesn't care. He saw how great Gladio felt after he went to a bar so why shouldn't Noctis give it a try
Then he remembered… different worlds have different currencies… so Gil is pretty much worthless… this made Noctis's head slump down… before having a ray of hope that this may have a possible barter or someone interested in Gil… it was worth a shot in his opinion.. he walked in. And he sees a bunch of middle aged men drinking. A bunch of gorgeous waitressess with a few of them giving him flirtatious looks. Noctis had to admit the place looked nice. With animal head trophies on a wall, People playing pool, and lots of guns hanging on the wall, a couple people playing darts, several passed out people on the floor, chairs, a big TV, and the bartender looked gorgeous as well. It's like everything he imagined from what Gladios told him… minus the brawls.. unless it's just that Noctis arrived at a moment that there wasn't a fight. Noctis then walks to the bartender
"Hey there handsome. What can I do for you today?" said the bartender
"Well… I'm new around here.. so what exactly to you have?" Said Noctis
"Hmm… well… we have Vodka, beer, superbeer, Death wish, Whiskey,…" said the bartender
Later
Noctis barely remembered any of the names the bartender mentioned….
"Ok um… can I try the beer?" said Noctis as the bartender seems to have an idea
"Hey boy-o, I'll let you have this for free if.. " said the bartender as she then whispers in Noctis's ear. And surprisingly it wasn't as dirty as Noctis expected to be stubborn all… but when he looked at some of the other customers. A lot of the guys seem to be giving him looks of jealously.. and some of the maids seem to be looking at the bartender with jealousy. Sure Noctis knows it's probably strange but… he is broke.
"Can that come with a burger?" said Noctis
"Sure" said the bartender as she grabs his hand and leads him into the one if the back rooms
Later (I'll leave it to your imagination)
"Now that's what I call 'service'" said Noctis happily as he and the bartender leave the backdoor despite jealousy coming from a lot of other people
"We can do it again anytime handsome. Rawr" said the bartender giving the Noctis the burger and bottle of beer as she goes back into the one of the back rooms
As Noctis sits down on a chair he takes a bite of the burger
"Damn. This is amazing" though Noctis as he eats more if it.
"Don't eat too fast or you'll choke" said one of the maids as Noctis finishes his burger
"Im sorry. I haven't eaten in a while" said Noctis
"I can see that. But if you want get a bite come by anytime. I'm sure you won't regret it" said the waitress flirtatiously causing Noctis to blush
"I guess I will" said Noctis happily as he gets up, grabbed his beer bottle and left with all the waitresses and bartender waving at him and saying "Come again!"
Then when Noctis left the building they all shot glares at each other for a moment before resuming their work
Noctis tried to make his bottle as not visible as possible as he walked by building with some people giving him some states… at the fact that he is carrying a beer bottle.
Noctis then went into an alley, warped to a building and sat down on a vent
"Welp here goes nothing" said Noctis to himself as he remembers Ignis saying that alchohols are bad while Gladios says they taste good. He opens the beer bottle and sips it. "Damn Gladios was right it does taste good"
In fact. Noctis then remembers what Ignis said next
Flashback
"*sigh* Damn it Gladios. Noctis if you ever turn to alchohol. Just promise me that you'll only drink no more than one bottle a week." said Ignis putting his hand on his face starting to give up trying to convince Noctis and Prompto to never touch that stuff
"Hey were did my leftover bottle go?" said Gladios
"Huh?" said Ignis before seeing that Prompto took it and drank that last bit of beer in the bottle
"GOD DAMNIT PROMPTO" said Ignis shaking him as Gladios and Noctis try to hold in a laugh
"Licking doorknobs is Illegal on other planets" said Prompto as he was being shaken this made Noctis and Gladio snort with laughter
Flashback end
"Well that went nowhere" said Noctis to himself as he then remembers something he has ignored his entire time here…. Noctis digs in his pockets hoping that there maybe something he can use…. Then he ends up taking out his phone and a pair of earbuds
"Hmm… I wonder" said Noctis quietly to himself as he turns his phone on and sees it has no signal… "*Sigh* figures" as he then puts his earbuds on and starts listening to whatever songs he has put on their while he drinks more of his beer. Leaving only half left. Causing him to feel tired as he then takes a few sips more leaving only a fourth of beer left. As he picks the "Shuffle" option on his music app as he starts to drift asleep… as he sleeps he thinks of home… no Gladio, no Ignis, no Prompto, no Iris, no guitar, no bass, no Luna… no nothing but the clothes on his back. This made him wish that he never touched the crystal, but then again what choice did he have?
Play Cube Creator OST "New Morning"
A couple hours later
Noctis wakes up to see nothing has changed. So he drank the last of the beer. So he then throws it away and unsteadily walks to the edge and takes off his earbuds as the beer effects start to slowly wear off….. then Noctis makes his way to the edge and climb down the building.
"Damn what have I been missing?" thought Noctis as he reaches the ground and starts walking towards where he sees a bunch of people crowding around the same red haired girl who fought with the police.
"Damn. I guess she's a celebrity" thought Noctis as he walks behind the crowd
Noctis then noticed that the red haired girl might be seeing him… Because he sees her make her way through the crowd seemingly in his direction. So Noctis decided to walk away as non suspicious as possible. So he walked to the left of a building and turned….. and he felt like he was being watched… at first he thought it may have been there red headed… but this stare felt like someone familiar… but he couldn't put his finger on it… then he looks up at the top of the building and he sees some sort of figure starting at him. Then the figure turns around and disappears from Noctis's sight. Noctis assumed it's just random person that just happened to see him but something about the person felt off..
"Wait up!" said female voice that Noctis recognized as the red head he just saw as he turns around to face her. The red haired girl seems to be hiding behind a trash can as he fans pass by without checking
"That is impossible" thought Noctis as not one single person decided to look behind that trash can as Noctis turns back around and proceeded to walk away. But then he heard hurried footsteps coming towards him. So he turned around once more to see the red haired girl following him.
"Ugh…. Can I help you with something?" said Noctis
"*huff* As matter of fact *puff* you can" said the girl
"And what'll that be?" Said Noctis
"Come with me" said the girl making Noctis wondering what she is up to
"….. I'll pass" said Noctis turning around walking away. Noctis would have warped away but there are too many witnesses in his opinion. Judging by the security cameras that scanning around the area that he was walking.
"Hey!" Said the girl
"I will not let him get away… NOT AFTER HOURS OF SEARCHING!" thought the red haired girl as she tries to catch up to him.
"Wait up" said the red head girl again
"*Sigh* what is it?" Said Noctis slightly annoyed but curious what she will say
"Can't you think about-" said The red haired girl as they suddenly heard a building get wrecked and lots if screaming and police surens. And when they turned to the direction of the sound to see a huge Jabberwock running and wrecking around town.
"Does monster wrecking the city happen a lot?" said Noctis
"Sometimes… but that doesn't looking like any monster I know. We have to stop it!" said The red haired as she grabs Noctis's hand while forgetting that she was tired and ran towards the Jabberwock
"Wah?-hey!" said Noctis as the red haired girl grabbed one if his hands and basically is dragging him along
"I never got your name though" said the red haired girl
"It's Noctis" said Noctis as he continues to get dragged by her
"Nice to meet you. I'm Chloe" said the red haired girl now named Chloe as she then grabs a gun and starts to shoot the Jabberwock's wings causing it to turn it's attention to Chloe growling at her "Are you not going to help!?"
Noctis rolled his eyes and made a spear conjure out of nowhere making Chloe wonder how he did that. Noctis threw the spear at the jabberwock hitting one of it's wings causing it to stumble a back a bit. As Noctis conjures a gun in his hand and warps closer to the jabberwock and starts to shoot it's head making it furious at him as it lunges towards him to bite only for Noctis to jump out of the way and try to shoot it again… but Noctis was out if ammo for that gun
"Dammit I knew I should've refilled this gun before I went on that ship" thought Noctis as he conjures a sword and makes the gun disappear. Then Noctis was about to warp bug he just couldn't…. Then he realized…. He has depleted his warping ability…. "Oh great that makes thing worse" as Noctis then tried to run as the Jabberwock chased after him catching up to him very quickly…. Then..
Chop
The Jabberwock's head then falls off
Now Noctis turns around to see a blond guy sheathing a sword on top of the beast. Noctis took this chance to catch his breath
"Thanks Alec" said Chloe as she then runs over to Noctis as Alec ignored them and simply walked away
"*huff* well. *Puff* is it about coming with you? *huff*" said Noctis feeling very dehydrated because all he had that day was a little bit of beer….
"Yup" said Chloe
"*Sigh* how long do you plan on asking?" Said Noctis
"Until you say yes" said Chloe desperately trying not to sound smug. Noctis knew that if he were to run she would track him down anyway. But he is curious to why she wants him to come with her and sure that's suspicious as hell to him. But he felt he could trust her for this.
"Fine but no tricks" said Noctis still suspicious of her as she then began to take his and lead him down the street further
"So where are we going?" said Noctis as she leads him to a car.
"To the academy" said Chloe
"Oh great. More school…" said Noctis as he tries his best not to cringe at the fact that he is going to a school.
"Don't worry it won't be so bad" said Chloe "Just think of the good you will do" that last part caught Noctis's attention and made him wonder what exactly she meant by "good" as they both enter the far as Chloe drives it and is passing by a lot of things.
"So how far exactly is the academy?" said Noctis
"Oh not that far." Said Chloe "Hmm… that's funny"
"What is it?" said Noctis
"There's usually traffic around this time" said Chloe
"Figured" thought Noctis
"So…. Is that it right over there?" Said Noctis pointing to a very big building. Much bigger than all the ones in the city
"Yup" said Chloe
Noctis looked at the building and saw how it looked much taller than he expected
Later
Noctis and Chloe exit the car and walk up into the building.
"Are there other academies this big?" said Noctis as they both walk to the elevator
"Nope this one is the biggest. Because closest the other academies has gotten is only half the size of this." Said Chloe as she closes the elevator door and presses on the room buttons. "So. How did you do that thing?"
"Thing?" said Noctis
"Your teleportation. How long have you been able to do that?" said Chloe
"Ugh…" said Noctis as suddenly the elevator door opened they walked out to see two students walking at a certain direction
"Hey Chlotz!" said Chloe
"Big sis?" said the red haired student now named Chlotz
"Yes it's me!. So where are you two going?" said Chloe
"We are going to the church to get our ether checked" said Chlotz "I bet I will be an S rank" as everyone but Noctis sweatdropped
"That is very convenient. Noctis go with them." Said Chloe "And good luck" as she walks away
"Hey there. My name is Chlotz and this here is Fuuko" said Chlotz referring to the pink haired girl right next to him while extending his hand towards Noctis
"…My name is Noctis" said Noctis taking his hand for a handshake
"It's nice to meet you" said Fuuko enthusiastically and she had to admit. Noctis looks pretty handsome… maybe even potential boyfriend material
"Ok. So where to now" said Noctis
"Just follow me." Said Chlotz as they walk outside to a pyramid shaped building to see and old man immediately hide his phone as soon as he saw them as they approached him
"Welcome chosen disciples! We stand in a branch of the church located at the center of Fort City" said the old man "I, Mattero, am the high priest leading this church."
"Is the high priest someone important?" whispered Chlotz to Fuuko
"I've heard that there the most important people in the churches in each area" whispered Fuuko
"I guess that makes him pretty important then" whispered Chlotz as Mattero leads the three of them into the church
"Oh God I hope this won't involve pain" thought Noctis
A few moments later
"Now show me proof that you three are indeed disciples" said Mattero as the four of them are in a yellow room
Them Fuuko, Chlotz and Noctis's(despite the cloth covering his hand) hands started to glow in response
"Indeed you are all disciples guided here by the hand of the star god" said Mattero "For the past twent years people lived in fear of the dusk monsters. I'm sure there is no need to explain that. But it is your duties to protect the world and exterminate the creatures with your holy powers"
"Hm.. I guess this shall help me with my task" thought Noctis seeing this as a way to stop the monsters if this world from leaking into his.
"I guess it's my duty now" said Noctis
"Mmm. I expect great things from you all" said Mattero
"Umm…" said Chlotz
"What is it?" said Mattero
"This holy power of the disciples" said Chlotz "What is it again?"
"Good heavens. Didn't your previous school teach you anything about it?" said Mattero
A moment of boring exposition later
"Well then. Now you must go to the research lab for your qualifying exams" said Mattero
"Oh god… then what was the point of this?" thought Noctis
"It's finally time" said Chlotz
"I have high hopes for you all. Because you are selected to be the elite *Nemesis Hunters*. Now go seek chief Ruby. She will take you from there." Said Mattero as the three of them walk away
"That felt like a huge waste of time" said Chlotz
"Well if you didn't asked him about what has been happening for years it wouldn't have been so long" said Fuuko as they walk back into the academy and walk towards a fancy looking door. They entered the place to see a room full of tubes and other techy stuff. While a green haired man seems to be checking something
"Um. Excuse me?" said Noctis
"Huh? Who are you three?" said the man?
"We're here for the qualifying exams" said Noctis
"Oh. I see. Hey Ruby! There are some people here to see you!" said the green haired man as a moment later a blue haired lady
"My my he is pretty cute" thought Ruby looking at Noctis
"Welcome you three. I'm the chief researcher here. My name is Ruby. And this here is Mark" said Ruby gesturing to the man now named Mark
"Good lord that is one smoking hot tomato" said Chlotz oggling her voluptuous figure causing Noctis and Fuuko to facepalm as Ruby giggles in response
"Chlotz your inner thoughts are coming out of your mouth" said Fuuko
"Are you drooling?" said Noctis as he takes a step away from Chlotz as he immediately wipes his mouth after Noctis said that
"You're an honest young man. I like that" said Ruby "But other than that. Is there anything you would like to know before you start?"
"…" Said Noctis as get honestly didn't care.
"Let's move on to the qualifying exam then" said Ruby
"Chlotz. Your first. Fuuko your next. And you'll be last" said Ruby
"Ok" said Noctis hoping that this exam won't involve writing or anything painful
"All right S rank here I come!" said Chlotz as he steps into one of the tubes as it then scans him for a few moments while yet looked slightly bored in there.
Later after Chlotz and Fuuko received their ranks
"Alright then your up" said Ruby as Noctis steps into the machine
Noctis enters the machine as it then scans all over his body making
*Ding*
Noctis then exits the machine walks over to Chlotz and Fuuko
"Alright the exam is done. Noctis. You're an A rank elite" said Ruby
"Hmm… strange Chloe did say that Noctis was the God's Gift. Wouldn't that mean he would be an S rank?" thought Ruby
"Aw man… but not bad." Said Chlotz as Noctis is a rank higher than him
"Now Noctis we are going to calculate your ether account" said Ruby as suddenly an alarm went off
"OH MY GOD!" said Mark
"What is it?!" said Ruby worried that something terrible has happened
"His ether is more than 1,500!" said Mark "Its off the scale!"
"Is it a malfunction?" said Ruby
"Hm… I guess my magic is more powerful than ether then?" thought Noctis while Chlotz and Fuuko gave him a shocked look
"What?" said Noctis
"So this is how much ether a God's Gift has?" thought Ruby shocked the amazing results as suddenly the lights turned off.
"*sigh* I knew I should've emptied the ether machine" said Mark turning on the backup power as the lights started to come on again" said Mark
"So Chloe was right." Said Ruby "Noctis let me see your tattoo" said Ruby as Noctis then unraps his hand to reveal a God's Gift tattoo… it also made her wonder why he wrapped it, but she decided to save some questions for later as she examines his hand for a moment. And Noctis had to admit it felt soothing.
"Man. I have some amazing classmates" said Chlotz
"Since you're a God's Gift I am going to give you this?" said Ruby as she gives Noctis some sort of necklace. "It is an ether amp. It's a special device that make disciples with high ether amounts can use. This should help you a lot"
"Thanks" said Noctis believing that this thing may strengthen his abilities
"Now then. Please enjoy the rest of your day" said Ruby "We'll be sure to call you again God's Gift"
"Um… ok" said Noctis as he leaves the room followed by Fuuko and Chlotz
"Noctis wait up!" said Fuuko "Where are you going?"
"Yeah man don't you wanna hang?" said Chlotz as Noctis continues to walk through a door leaving them behind
Noctis then walks to an elderly lady at the desk.
"Hello there. Are you Noctis?" said the old lady
"Yes" said Noctis
"Ah! God's Gift it us such an honor!" Said the lady before turning around and getting a box "Now then. What size shirt and pants do you wear?"
"Ugh… large" said Noctis slightly weirded out. But then again he will be attending this place. It's probably better than living off the streets.
"Ok here is your uniforms and room key. I hope you enjoy your stay" said the old lady handing Noctis a room key and box
"Thank you" said Noctis as he leaves the lady and sees a couple girls one with long brown hair and the other with shirt green hair walk by
"Hey uh. Do you two know where room 89 is?" said Noctis to them causing them to fluster a bit
"Oh my God! A hot guy is talking to me!" thought the green haired girl
"Damn. I guess being a 3rd year has it's upsides" thought the brown haired girl
"We would love to" said the brown haired girl as they lead him to the elevator and pressed the number 4 button
"So…. What's your name?" said the brown haired girl
"Noctis" said Noctis
"That's nice. My name is Melissa, and this is Sydney" said the brown haired girl now named Melissa
"So what's in the box?" said Sydney
"My uniforms. Why?" said Noctis
"Just wondering" said Sydney feeling she has asked a stupid question as the elevator door opens and the two girls then lead Noctis to a dorm room with the number 89 on it
"This should be the place. Feel free to ask us for help" said Sydney as they both walked away as Noctis unlocked the door to reveal a somewhat decent looking dorm room.
"Hm. Better than that bench. I guess as he shuts the door, puts the box on his bed and opens it. He takes out a bunch of uniforms and….. swim trunks? So he puts them in in the drawers. Then when he looked in the box he sees something wrapped in paper that was at the bottom of the clothes. Then Noctis puts on one of the uniforms.
Noctis picks it up from the box and unwrapping revealing a white phone, a charger for it and a note that read that this is the school phone, what the number for this is, and a thanks from… Mable.. Noctis assumes that Mable is probably the old lady that he got his things from
"I guess this is the school phone then" said Noctis comparing it to his own phone… "Hmm…." He then checked to see if the wires are compatible with his own phone and to his surprise it actually worked. Making him feel a huge a huge burden was taken off his hands so he then turns on his phone and starts looking through his music…. And sees that on the desk was a laptop with a note containing the passwords and other stuff
"Oh thank god" said Noctis to see that his music and other stuff is still intact. "Alright. Do Gladios did get me Type 1 Postive's new album and Jonathan Dollar's new single" Noctis then puts his earbuds on and starts listening to the music and falls asleep
(A/N yes those are not real musicians so don't bother looking them up. And as for the girls Noctis just met. They are actual characters but they are nameless in the game. So I decided to give them names. Also Noctis is listening to "Cry Cry Cry" by Johnny Cash… I think I may have gave one reference away D'OH)
Meanwhile
"I just realized" said Melissa
"What?" said Sydney
"We forgot to offer our numbers to him" said Melissa feelling like a failure
"Don't worry. I'm sure we'll see him again" said Sydney
Back to Noctis
Noctis hears some knocks on his door making him wake up slightly to take off one of his earbuds and them he fully hears the knocks. Noctis gets up and answers the door to see Chlotz and Fuuko outside
"Hey Noctis!" said Chlotz
"?" said Noctis "What beings you two here?"
"Would you like to hang with us? Cuz newbies stick together" said Chlotz "Sweet uniform man! That an awesome patch!"
"Thanks I guess." Said Noctis thinking about his offer… this could be a chance to see more of this place and be more familiar. "And sure"
"Alright!" Said Chlotz as Fuuko then grabs his hand as the two of them lead him to the elevator
Later
"Do where are we going?" said Noctis as Fuuko is still holding his hand
"To the mall of course" as Chlotz as Noctis slightly stiffened
"See there is over there" said Chlotz making Noctis calm down realizing that it is a different mall than the one he caused trouble in as the three of them enter the mall
"So. What will we be doing here?" said Noctis
"Simple. There are new stores here" said Chlotz "Hey they got a new book store" as the three of them walk into it.
Noctis sees a short girl on a stool trying to reach for one of the books on top of a shelf
"Hey miss. Do you need help with that?" Said Noctis
"No I'm go-Whoah!" said the girl as she falls along with the shelf. Noctis sees that he has recovered enough energy to save her so he warps to catch her and warps away from the falling shelf. Next thing she knew was that Noctis was holding her bridal style "What happened?" as Noctis puts her down and examines the mess that was made. She also got a good look at his patch making her eyes widen on who exactly saved her.. and how good he looked.
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE!?" said the manager "You! You-huh!?" as he was just about to yell at Noctis until he saw the God's Gift patch
"Your…. Your… God's Gift.. right?" said the manager
"Yeah. Why?" said Noctis wondering what being a God's Gift meant…
"*sigh* I'll let you off the hook this time. But if this happens again I won't be so easy" said the manager of the book shop before he and several other employees came to put the shelf back up and put all the books back. Then Noctis sees the girl walk up to him
"I'm sorry that happened" said the girl
"No. It's fine." Said Noctis as Chlotz and Fuuko catch up to him
"Yo Noctis! What happened?" said Chlotz
"The shelf got knocked over" said Noctis
"Well careful with that you could get yourself banned from the mall" said Fuuko believing Noctis knocked it down..
"Oh well let's go" said Noctis as he turns around to see the short girl has walked away as the three of them walk out of the bookstore
As they walked they suddenly heard a voice that said "Nocty!"
The three if them turn around to see the bartender that Noctis met earlier as she runs to him and gives him a hug
"I didn't expect you to see you here" said the bartender while Chlotz gave Noctis a jealous look while Noctis remembers that she never told him her name and Fuuko gave the girl a slightly jealous look at the fact that she hugged Noctis
"Noctis save some girls for me" said Chlotz
"I ugh.. didn't expect to see you here either" said Noctis as she let's go of him
"Don't worry. I'm sure you will see me here again if you often go here" said the girl as she then blows him a kiss as she walks away while Fuuko feel very jealous at her.
*the mall will be closing in 30 minutes and thank you all for coming*
"Aw man. I knew we should've came earlier" said Chlotz as they leave the mall
Later
"Chlotz I get that we're sorta of friends now but do you have to follow me to my dorm?" said Noctis
"Uh.. yeah about that… I lost my keys to my dorm room… and I have no where else to go. Can I crash with you for the night?" said Chlotz
"Damn it Chlotz" said Noctis as he and Chlotz enter his dorm
"Hey Noctis you got any playguy magazines?" said Chlotz
"Why?" said Noctis not knowing what that is
"Cuz I heard Tricia Cervas. I heard she's got some real looks in" said Chlotz
"I don't have any entertainment other than that computer." Said Noctis pointing to his laptophat cane with the room
"Can I use it?" said Chlotz
"Knock yourself out. And you can sleep on that chair" said Noctis as he gets on his bed and falls asleep while listening to Type 1 Postive
"Oh guys. I sure hope your ok" thought Noctis as he thinks of Ignis, Iris, Prompto, and Gladios
To be continued
Trivia
1: a lot of the characters in the game are nameless so I decided give them names
2: I have made a bunch of references can you guess them all?
3: Yes this will be a harem story so don't bother asking
4: I listened to so much Type O Negative while writing this DAMN IT. I think I gave away another reference
Special thanks to WagnerFlin and theallaroundnerd
So please review.. if you want more