Disclaimer: I don't qwn any of the rights to final fantasy

Vaan and the others ran down the grasslands of the Ozmone plains. They had been fleeing from a group of monsters that eventally overwhelmed them.

They had finally out ran the monsters and decided to slow their pace. As they were walkin, no one spoke, as they needed to listen for any sneakin monsters.

Vaan didn't like how quiet it had become and decided to start a conversation with balthier.

" Hey Balhier" Vaan asked quietly.

"Yeah" He replied

"Before you started with all of this, what was it like sky pireting"?

A small sigh came out of Balthier's mouth. "Well Vaan it's alot like you might expect and alot like what you wouldn't expect"

"Wait... So I expect it to be fun and liberating, and I don't expect it to be boring and restricting. So that means that it will be somewhat fun and neither restraing or liberating... No wait it will be"-

"Don't hurt yourself" Balthier said interupting Vaan as he struggled with the answer to what Balthiers words truly meant.

"Wait... So I expect it..."

Two Vipers slide along the grass quietly folowing the sounds of the the intruders onto their plains. They slide quietly and got as close as 6 feet away from Vaan.

" No wailt it will be"-

"don't hurt yorself"

Before Vaan could respond to his comment two vipers jumped out of the grass at him.One was twice the size of the other and a dark green while the other one was just normal size and coulor.

The smaller one jumped right past Vaan going straight towards Balthier, but was killed by one swipe of Basch's sword before he could hit him. The larger one however juped up and bit Vaan right in his side peircing several vital organs. "AAAAGGGGHHH" Vaan sreamed as it peirces the one peaceful plain.

The viper held its fangs into Vaan well he was breathing heavely with ocasional yelps of pain trying to pull the vipers fangs out of him. Finally Basch found a spot he could hit the snake without harming Vaan further. When he struch the viper in the neck, nearly beheading it, it released its grip, reavealing slim fans as long as daggers, the tips of the top fangs were oozing out a black liquid. The snake stumbled down to the ground and died, around the same time Vaan had stumbled to the ground.

They all rushed over to see how badley vaan was injured.

He was loseing blood at an increasing rate and they could tell he was badley poisened because the veins around his wound were sticking up and were black as the liquid coming out of the snakes fangs.

Penelo rushed past the rest of them and ran to Vaan. " Vaan! Vaan! Can you hear me, please vaan please don't die!" She was already starting to cry as she was on her nee's leaning over him, her face over his.

He slowley opened his eyes and quietly said "Penelo? I'm so happy it's(cough) you. I thought I was dead."

"Everything is going to be alright" Penelo softly said to him, her left hand stroking his hair and face, here right searching for an elixer in her bag.

Well this ha been going on Larsa had pulled out a small vial and put some of the black liquid slowly driping out of the snakes fangs into the vial, until it was halfway full and the put the cork back in.

Penelo pulled the elixer out of her bag and had Vaan drink it. When his wounds were cured from the elixer she cleaned the blood of of him. And ther was alot. After that they noticed that not only were more of his veins sticking up and were black but the two places where the fangs were sunck into his flesh was dark dark red.

"We should hurry to the village. I have some of the poison that the snake injected him with, It could help the cure it."

"We sould atleast try useing an antidote it might work!" Penelo shouted.

" No, i've seen this before. During the exploration of Ozmone last year on of our soldiers got biten by a simaler snake and ended up with the same thing, black veins." Larsa said

"What happened to him" Penelo asked with a hint of worry in her voice.

"He died" Larsa quietly said

"I'll carry him to the village" Basch said

Basch bent down and picked up Vaan holding him with both arms. Penlo walked beside Basch crying subtly as she held Vaan's hand well they walked.

Authors note: I would greatly apreaciate it if you would please comment and give any constructive criticizam. Thanks