Summary: [FFXVxDissidia NT] The Goddess Materia granted each of her warriors of light one wish for helping her defeat the God Chaos for the current cycle. Noctis wished for another way to stop the Starscourage and Ardyn without him or anyone else dying. Materia granted Noctis a chance to go back in time before he went on his journey to stop the Nifilheim Empire with the power to turn the Starscourage into light instead. However, the price for this wish required fellow warriors of light to go with him without returning to their own world, becoming Noctis' Guardians of Light. Luckily, Noctis has a few to follow him to the ends of the worlds.

Warning: Not Beta Read, Multiple Final Fantasy references, Cosmology is slightly tweaked, The guardians love Noctis (like gaaaaaayyyy love), Polyamory, the BrOTP is strong, the car is definitely too cramped for everyone, Bahamut tells half-truths, Goddess Materia is kinder than the Astrals, Alternate Universe-Everyone Lives No One Dies, Alternate Universe-Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It,

Disclaimer: Final Fantasy XV and Dissidia NT belong to Square Enix.

Authoress: So, I've had this idea for a while. Haven't forgotten my other FFXV fanfic either. But it was sooooo tempting when Dissidia came out to merge these two. I promise to finish both ^^ I haven't played the other FF except 7,10,15 and Dissidia so my characterization of everyone comes from those games, FF wiki, and my interpretation of how they would react in Noctis' world. Cloud I admit has an Advent Children and KH influence too. Please be gentle~ (˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ )

Ch.1: Beware the Water

"Go forth my King and Guardians of Light. May you triumph over the darkness."

In his dealings with Gods and Goddesses Noctis knew not all of their holy words can be taken at face value nor were they kind enough to give miracles without someone paying the price. That is how the Prince of Lucis found himself trudging through the Vesperpool in Cleigne alongside one of his newly born Guardians of Light.

"You know, its not as bad as it could have been." Bartz commented dryly as they waded through the marshes slowly. "At least you didn't awaken to a monster trying to eat you?" Thankfully it was daytime, so they did not need to fight daemons but be wary of the natural monsters around them.

Noctis grunted in acknowledgement. He was hungry, cold, and exhausted. His companion was also tired but still peppy enough to joke around. Bartz reminded Noctis of Prompto in that regard. While he did not expect the Goddess Materia to offer a wish as repayment for fighting in her battles (especially after he tried to attack her when he first arrived), he wished that she landed him near everyone. He had awoken upside down in a tree, swinging precariously by his ruined shirt in the Myrlwood Falls. After untangling himself down from the tree branches, he had looked around for a clue to when and where he was. From his reflection in the water, Noctis guessed he was about 19. Not long after he graduated high school with Prompto and they both began training harder for their royal duties. Noctis was in the past with the power of light given to him by Materia, thrumming inside him along with the power of the Lucis crystal. It was quite different from each other and he worried if the two types of light might conflict. It was a gift given to him by a Goddess other than his world's Astrals after all. He had found Bartz soon after, hearing the warrior scream for help.

Bartz had awoken to a malboro trying to eat his face. He was sore and aching from whatever Materia did to send them to Noctis' world. His head was pounding and smelt the malboro's horrible breath before he realized the plant-like creatures teeth was very close to his head. He was in the shallow muddy water being held down by the malboro's tentacles. That was how Noctis found him screaming his head off and trying to squirm his way out the tightly bound tentacles. Luckily Noctis' magic had a power up from Materia so the creature was vanquished quickly.

It had been around two hours since the two were searching for everyone else. Materia did not tell Noctis and the others much after imbuing them with her light. She cautioned them and him especially to get acclimated to the new powers as the merging of their magic and her own could become quite volatile. Noctis at least hoped everyone was in the same area at least. He would hate to trudge all over Cleigne, or Lucis, or Eos, Goddess forbid it, to find all of his guardians. He was staying a panic attack on how he was going to somehow explain to his father how he ended up in the Vesperpool with his seven guardians. Let alone explain how his Guardians of Light arrived in Eos. The Prince could feel the headache threatening to take him down into unconsciousness.

"Hey! It's Noctis and Bartz!" Vaan's excited voice could be heard up ahead. The duo could see the smaller outlines of the sky pirate and Ramza, with Tidus and Cecil's towering figures. The two groups met in the middle where there was less marsh but more of the rocky formations the area was known for.

"It's good to see you both." Cecil greeted warmly. Everyone was looking a little worse for wear.

Noctis's fatigues were ripped everywhere. Bartz's golden cape clasp was broken and the violet cape itself was torn in pieces that fluttered faintly every time he moved. Cecil's paladin armor was cracked heavily, leaving the warrior's skin exposed in some areas. Vaan had completely lost his black vest and jewelry. Ramza's cape and tunic had more holes in it than Noctis' shirt. Tidus was the neatest one out of everyone though he was covered in mud from head to toe.

"Good to see you too." Noctis sighed in relief. "Is anyone seriously hurt?" Various shakes of the head responded.

"Did you all find each other, or did you land together?" Bartz asked.

Vaan sniffed and then sneezed. This world's temperature was much cooler than what he was used too. "Ugh, I landed on top of Ramza in a tree then we fell down a cliff for a bit."

"I had to use my cape to slow us down." Ramza slightly glared at Vaan. "But I guess it couldn't be helped."

"I was by myself atop a rock." Tidus added then pointed at Cecil. "I saw this guy fighting some horned looking creature and I tried to throw rocks to distract it."

"Even the herbivores of your world are violent, Noctis." Cecil chuckled. "I wonder how the real monsters look."

"Yeah, everything bites." Noctis says dryly. "We're in wild territory by the way. The enemy, Empire of Nifilheim, owns this part of the country now. I live in the capital, Insomnia." After letting that sink in, Noctis continued. "So, is everyone's magic gone for the moment? Bartz couldn't summon his sword or bow."

"I couldn't summon my long sword so I fought the creature with my daggers." Cecil reflected. "Maybe a delay from being transported to your world?"

"Hmm, if that's the case we should find the other two soon." Bartz stated worriedly. "Only Cloud would be able to defend himself since all he carries is buster sword."

"Let's find them before it gets dark and make camp. Daemons appear at night when the darkness is strongest. Darkness comes early because of the Starscourage. When we settle down I need to explain everything properly to everybody." Noctis looked at everyone in the eye to gain their agreement. "No wandering off, please. Enemies from Nifilheim sometimes patrol the area and while we are in the past, I'd rather not have to fight them early when none of you have your powers."

The group had decided to go to the West Bank and Cape after Noctis figured out which directions everyone came from. Iggy would be proud of me. Noctis and Prompto were notorious for getting lost but no one else needed to know that. The Prince thought of his Royal Advisor, Shield, and best friend. They were probably going through a security panic. Noctis did not know exactly what day Materia dropped everyone into but as Prince his absence would not go unnoticed after a couple of hours. He didn't have his cellphone on him either.

It was almost sunset and the Prince could feel the smaller daemons looked from the shadows at them, waiting for a chance to pounce. The Cape was empty and no signs of anyone passing through. "Let's hurry to the West Bank." Noctis led everyone away.

When the group reached the West Bank, sounds of sword slashing could be heard. The group raced to the edge of the water and saw Cloud defending an unconscious Zidane from sahagins. The latter was extremely pale, shivering, and was soaked through from the lake.

"Cloud!" Noctis shouted as he warped into the creature giving the blond trouble. He quickly slashed the sahagin a part, turning to the second one in quick succession.

When it was over, Cloud re-sheathed his sword on his back. "Thank you, Noctis."

"Are you alright?" Noctis asked as his sword disappeared into his Armiger. He didn't have anything from the future but his knowledge it seemed.

"Yes, but Zidane…" Cloud turned to look at the genome. Everyone was surrounding the small warrior.

"Noctis, he doesn't look so good." Cecil commented, feeling Zidane's forehead. "He has a high fever and chills running through him."

"Let's move him to the nearest campsite and we'll have to hurry." Noctis looked at the waning sun. "Night time is almost here."

They didn't quite make it in time. Noctis fended off daemons as the group ran the rest of the way to the camp site. It was just after sunset and many imps and goblins had grew bold enough to attack them. Cecil had wrapped Zidane within his cape. He had torn the remains off to dry Zidane as much as he could. Without extra clothes and more blankets, it was impossible. Everyone had jumped upon the campsite rock with the glowing runes, awaiting for Noctis to join them.

The Prince wasn't far behind and he made it as soon as he saw an iron giant form in the distance. "Whew, we're safe for now but we're gonna be hungry tonight."

"Can't be the worst that has happen today." Ramza nodded towards Cecil cradling Zidane to his chest. Cloud, Tidus and Vaan were either looking over the campsite and Bartz, and Ramza were by Zidane and Cecil. "Think you can do something since you're the only one with magic right now?"

"I don't use healing spells much because we carry potions here, but I can warm him up." Noctis said as he sat in front Cecil. He could see Zidane was still shivering within the makeshift blanket, but he regained some of his tan color. "Guess cats shouldn't get wet, huh?" He brought forth a small flame and held it near Zidane. First Day back and no one was dead yet so Noctis counted that as a win.