What the Future Holds
By: M14Mouse
Summary: We save the ones we love…just for them to take away again.
Disclaimer: I don't own Legends of Legaia. It belongs to somebody else. I own the story line.
Author's Note: The story takes place ten years after Noa, Vahn, and Gala defeat the Mist. Vahn's POV.
It has been ten years. I still remembered when I left Rim Elm with Meta. The adventures we had. How I meet Noa and Gala. Times, we fought countless monsters. The times that we thought it was hopeless. We survive and won, but what was the cost? Friends separated from their homes and lives destroyed. Five years ago, I set out to see the world. Of course, Mei came with me. We visited every town I saved. The town cheered my name until my ears hurt. After year of travel, we settled down in Drake Castle. Mei and me got married. Mei started her tailor business which she become famous for. I still become a hunter. Not much of a professional for a former hero…but I was happy. Now, that I thought about. She was one I save our world from. I just laughed that thought.
Noa settled down in Jeremi. She always loved the garden there. Noa took really good care of Cort. He grew up into a fine little boy. You couldn't tell he was one who created the mist by how happy he was. She begged for me to care of Cort for her when she died in my arms. I could never break like that promise. Gala became a great master and teacher. He was also a great friend. Once a year, we meet at the Missionary to talk about the old times.
That was until the plague came.
I still not sure how it started. Some said it was from some plant, or animals. Some said it was the Mist. It killed thousands of people. One by One, it killed my good friends at Rim Elm. I was there when Gala and Noa die. Now we visited their graves every year. I buried them at the foot of Genesis Tree on Mt. Rinkuora. The very thing we fought for and protect…still stood there like a legacy to them.
I laid lilies at their graves. Mei always liked lilies. Cort brought some flowers from the garden to lay at Noa's grave. We stood for a moment in silence.
"Uncle Vahn, I miss them." Cort said in child-like voice.
"I miss them, too." I said.
Sometimes, I wonder why I am still here. My friends and my wife were dead. I guess, someone had to remember what happened. To fight for the future, for children, our friends, and ourselves and tell our story. That is what the future held.
"Cort, do you want to go home?" I said. Cort look at me and nodded.
"Cort, would you like to hear a story?" I said.
Cort's eyes light up like a slot machine at Sol.
"Yes, please, Uncle Vahn." Cort said. I put my arm around the boy's shoulder.
"Did you ever hear the Legend of Legaia?" I said with smile as we walk away from the graves. From the cloudy sky, a ray of sunlight passes through. That moment, he knew his friends were watching over them.
End