Dreams of Destiny
Summary: On the day of Prophesy, Lloyd is sick and ends up being left behind by his friends. Worried about Genis and his recent banishment, and Colette and Raine, Lloyd goes after them. But he's been having strange dreams lately, and he's gotten into some trouble. Luckily, he'll have someone to save him…
Pairings: One-sided Gesea, Kranna, Yuartel, Colloyd in later chapters
Another story... I should really stop now -_-' This idea has been hanging around in my head for awhile- since I got sick a few months ago. All I can hope for is that I don't kill the plot completely after the tower of salvation... anyway, enjoy!
EDIT- 07/14/10 - Fixed some errors and the line breaks.
Chapter 1 Saying Goodbye
Lloyd lay in bed, reading. It was the only thing he could do that didn't involve him moving too much. He hadn't been out of bed in days. He couldn't stomach any food, he had a constant headache, and earache. Dirk was sure that he just had the flu, and had called Raine to take a look at him. Though, even Lloyd had told him several times, Dirk wouldn't believe him. Lloyd honestly didn't want to move- whenever he did, he would have a feeling that his back was on fire.
Lloyd closed the book- he had been trying to read it for the past hour, but kept getting bored with it. He set it on the table beside his bed. He felt really guilty about getting sick on Colette's birthday, and not being able to finish her present, or protect her when the oracle came. Lloyd flipped over to bury his face in the pillow- immediately regretting it as he felt a spasm of pain go through his back, then stop after staying still for a few seconds.
Lloyd groaned, "What did I ever do to deserve this?" As if on cue, the shelf above his head broke, and Lloyd was hit in the head by the board, and all of his homework for that week- and the test he had yet to tell Dirk about. "…"
After-painfully- moving the board to the floor, Lloyd looked out the window, seeing that the sun was setting. I must've fallen asleep earlier…
There was a loud knock on the door from downstairs, followed by footsteps and Lloyd's door opening. Lloyd looked over, seeing Raine surveying his room- mainly the papers that were now all over Lloyd's bed.
"The shelf broke…" Lloyd said quietly.
"While you're here sick, you should do some of that homework," Raine said, putting a hand to Lloyd's forehead, "You don't have a fever…"
"Did the oracle happen today?" Lloyd asked.
Raine nodded, "Yes. Colette and I are leaving tomorrow."
"It's just you two-?"
"A mercenary named Kratos will be joining us as well," Raine replied, searching through her bag.
"I wish I could go with you guys."
"I'm surprised that you aren't begging to go, even in this condition," Raine took out a bottle of medicine, "Drink this once a day, it should help with the headache."
She set it down on the table as Colette and Genis ran into the room, a man with red hair standing by the door, not saying a word.
Lloyd sat up slowly as the two younger teens walked towards him.
"Are you feeling alright, Lloyd?" Colette asked.
Lloyd winced as the pain in his back subsided, "Err… Yeah. Did everything go alright at the temple?"
Colette smiled, nodding, "Yeah, it went great! We met up with a few monsters, but Kratos took care of them!"
"I helped too!" Genis exclaimed.
"And Genis. Raine showed up, too," Colette added.
"I really wanted to come with you," Lloyd said.
"Genis won't be going," Raine said, "He is staying here."
"Yeah, so I'll come and see how your doing every day!" Genis grinned.
Colette smiled, "I guess we should go now… If you get better in time, you can come say goodbye tomorrow. We're leaving at nine o'clock!" Colette made her way to the door, before turning around, "Goodbye, Lloyd!"
She left the room, Genis waving and leaving as well, the red-haired man following.
Raine turned to Lloyd, "Don't forget to do all of that homework as well, alright?"
An eraser hit Lloyd in the face, making the teen jump to attention, only to find himself in Raine's classroom.
"How do you manage to sleep standing?" Raine asked, "Genis, answer the question."
"Yes Raine," Genis stood up.
Lloyd barely listened to a word of what Genis had said, until a bright light shone through the window.
"That's the oracle," Raine said, trying to calm down her students, "I'll be going o the chapel. Colette, wait here."
Lloyd suddenly felt something hit the side of his head…-
Lloyd jerked away, sitting up in bed- and realizing the pain in his back was gone. The side of his head still hurt. Looking beside him, he saw that the clock that had been hanging above him had fallen on his head.
He got out of bed, glad that he no longer felt any sickness at all. Outside, the sun had only just started to rise- it was an early time for Lloyd to get up.
He ran downstairs, realizing how hungry he was. Seeing that Dirk wasn't awake yet, Lloyd grabbed an apple and made a sandwich. He felt much better than he had the day before- it was as if he had never been sick at all.
Dirk walked into the room, surprised to see Lloyd. "You're finally awake? I thought you'd never wake up," He said, "You've been sleepin' since Colette left two days ago."
Lloyd froze, "I've been asleep for two days?"
"Yea' I'm sorry to say this, but Genis was banished, and left with them."
Lloyd jumped to his feet, "I'm going."
Dirk sighed, "Lloyd, don't you go doin' this right away. You were sick two days ago!"
"But-"
"But nothin'," Dirk interrupted
"Dad, I feel perfectly fine now! I have to make sure Colette and Genis are okay!" Lloyd exclaimed, then relaxed slowly, "I…"
"There's no stopping you once you've made your mind," Dirk said, "But at least rest for the day, alright?"
Lloyd nodded, "You're right, sorry Dad."
After two days, Dirk allowed Lloyd to start packing his supplies. With the bag over his shoulder, Lloyd kneeled beside his mother's grave.
"Well Mom… I'm going to try to catch up with Colette… I hope everything is great, wherever you are," Lloyd said quietly, standing up, turning around to face Dirk.
"We may not be related by blood, but this is your home, and I'm still your father, remember that," Dirk said.
Lloyd smiled, "Right Dad! I'll see you later! And I'll mss you!"
"Be careful, Lloyd," Dirk said, watching Lloyd walk off, Noishe following closely behind him.
