Stone of the Phoenix
-By Mosobot64
Notes: This is alternate Universe for Dark Cloud2, okay? Don't start flaming 'cause its not made to be accurate with the whole story!
Chapter 1: Dark and Forgotten Pasts
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~A boy: Mother.~
(He lay in his bed, in the night. The moon shined upon his golden hair, making him seem like a ghost in the night. And he lay there solemnly, deep in thought, as he thought weather his mother even remained alive. He remembered when he had joined a girl named Monica, a beautiful young girl, in a quest to save the future by restoring the past, and he had succeeded in that, but had failed his original goal to find his mother.)
==Note: Have you guessed the kid yet?!? If not, his name is Max, or Maximilian, or whatever.==
(And he remembered that a few years after his mother had left, not long before he had embarked on his quest, that the Red stone that hung around his neck today had been sent to him.)
==Maximilian Flashback==
(Max stood on the banks of Palm Brinks, staring into the lake, wondering if he could ever see his mother again. She had left him for three years now, yet he remembered his mother's words as plain if they had been said but a few moments ago.)
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-Mother: Max, I have to go for a while.
-Max: Why are you going? Where are you going?
-Mother: There are people in the outside world that need me, Max. I have to go for a while.
-Max: (Whispering, horrified) No, mom! No!
-Mother: There are people out there that need me badly right now. But I'll come back, Max, I promise.
(And his mother walked away, into the gateway separating the serene town from the rest of the world. And he held his hand out, the tears streaming down the poor boy's face as his father held him back firmly.)
-Max: No, mother! Don't leave me!
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~Max: It's been three years since I saw you last, mother.~
(He picked up a stone from the ground, as he wept. His hat shadowed his face, until he lifted it again, and the tears could be seen, knowing bitterly that his mother had outdone herself. He could not bring himself to believe it, but his mother was probably dead by now, and that he would never see her again.)
~Max: Mother.I wish you had never left.I miss you so much, and the truth is that you're dead, or at the best lost put there.IT'S JUST TOO MUCH!!! ~
(And he threw the stone into the lake and buried his face in his hands, sobbing quietly.)
~Max: Still, I have to live on. I can't let this break me. ~
(And he stood up, and understood that if he wanted to see his mother, he would have to look for her himself.)
~Max: If I'm to find you, I'll have to join you in the Outside World! And if you're alive, I may just find you there! I'll go there someday, and join you in whatever adventures you may embark on!~
(Then suddenly, a young man on a bicycle, riding way too fast, came in his direction, holding a small parcel in his hands.)
-Man: Special delivery for mister Maximilaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!
(The man crashed into a pole, and handed him the parcel shakily. Max opened it, and found a large, red stone set in gold, with a brown leather string attached to it, and a letter.)
Dear Max,
Don't give up hope. Remember to believe in yourself!
-Anonymous
==End Flashback==
~Max: I don't know who sent it, but I've always had a feeling in my heart that it was you, and that you're still alive, and yet at the same time I've had to nearly give up hope knowing that Griffin destroyed the world before you left. ~
(And he sighed. He had searched the Outside World, and had not found his mother, and gave up hope. He had broken his own vow, and doomed any chance he still had of finding his mother. And he wished at least Monica were here, but she had chosen to return to her own time.)
(And he realized.the town mayor Need probably knew his mother!)
~Max: Need must have known my mother before I was even born! I'll go ask him in the morning! ~
(And so, feeling some hope in his heart, he fell to sleep.)
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(Max awoke in the morning, and got dressed, realizing his goal. He ran to the mayor Need's mansion. At the gates he found two guards, dressed in black, and with short brown hair, looking sternly in his direction. Max walked up to the gate, when the guards stopped him.)
-Guard #1: Halt! You cannot pass!
-Max: I would like to ask the mayor a question, sir.
-Guard #2: Don't you think the mayor's busy, you snot nosed little brat?!? Go home, and cry to your mommy!
(Then Need appeared behind the gate, and cocked an eyebrow at the guards, obviously unimpressed.)
-Need: He has none to cry to, due to an unfortunate event. He is Maximilian, friend of Cedric, therefore a friend of mine. Let him pass.
-Guards: Yessir!
(The great black gates opened before Max, as Need beckoned him in.)
-Need: (Friendly) Come in, come in! Don't let those guards fool you, I'm on break, and I'd be happy to accept you!
-Max: Thanks, sir.
(Max walked in, quietly, to the guards' dismay, accepting Need's greeting.)
-Need: (Looks at the guards curiously) I hope my precocious guards haven't caused you too much trouble. (Smiles gently) What was it you wanted to ask me?
-Max: I just wanted to ask you.(Solemnly).about my mother.
-Need: Aye. Come inside, and I'll tell you all I know.
(Though the oaken doors beyond the courtyard, they walked in to the mayor's house.)
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(They sat in the mayor's living room, as a warm fire burned in the fire place. Mr. Need talked to him warmly, and softly, making Max feel very welcome.)
-Need: I knew your mother once, Max. She was a very generous and kind young woman, I shall tell you. I rather liked her myself, though I wager not as much as your father, for he clearly was a better man for her. I have never been envious though, for it was her choice to be with him, if anything I'm glad she got the man she deserved. Your father was a good man, and still is.
-Max: Yes, but do you know where she went?
-Need: No, I do not. All I know was that she went into the outside world, heading in the direction of the abandoned city of Pier Narc.
-Max: Looks like I'll never find her.
-Need: However, my grandfather, the town Prophet knows most everything about the people of this town. Things no other person should be expected to know. I do believe he could tell you more. He lives at the edge of town, in a small cottage known as the Endless Hut.
-Max: Thanks Mr. Need!
-Need: Anytime, Max! ^_^
(Max ran off to the edge of town, with a glimmer of hope beginning to shine in him.)
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(It was growing cold outside. Max shivered, realizing that he hadn't brought a coat. His breath grew misty in the cold air, but still he went on, knowing that if he didn't go to the prophet, he would never find his mother. He soon reached a shabby-looking cottage, made of light wood, with a roof of straw. He looked at the sign on the door.)
-Max: "The Endless Hut". This looks like the right place.
(Max knocked on the door. An old man dressed in white greeted him at the door friendlily. The old man wore white robes, stained a bit grey with ashes. He had a long grey beard, and the front of his head was bald, though he had long hair in the back. He smiled warmly at Max.)
-Old Man: Come in, Maximilian! I've been waiting for you.
-Max: Wait.how did you know my name!?!
-Old Man: All shall be revealed when you get inside.
-Max: (Nods)
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(Inside the man's hut. They sat by the window, and the cottage looked a great deal bigger than it had from the outside. It was cluttered with shelves of ancient books, and reagents in jars. A caldron boiled in the centre of the room, and despite the freezing drafts that in any normal case would blow into the room, Max felt rather warm.)
-Old man: So, I do believe we should start with the basics, for the first thing that is troubling your mind is who I am.
-Max: You can read my mind, can't you?
-Old man: Don't be too hasty, lad, for both you and I have much time to live yet, and as old as I am, I have an awfully long history!
-Max: Oh, okay.
-Old man: All right then. I have been called many things throughout the Ages, the Wise Man, The Nameless One, and my present name the Prophet. But, quite possibly my favourite is Namu.
-Max: Okay, Namu. Look, Need, the Mayor told me you'd probably know more about my mother than anyone else in town. Do you know anything about where she went?
-Namu: Ah, yes, fine question, Maximilian, fine question indeed! I do not know all that much, but that ever since you were but a child she had been thinking about leaving to help those that had lost their homes to Griffin's Pestilence. But, using my seeing-stone, I found out that she had left an inscription in the forgotten church, in a forgotten tunnel in the city.
-Max: Wait! I remember! The last time I went into the outside world, I stumbled across an ancient looking door, inscribed with runes, with a hole that some sort of key belonged in. The keyhole was a lot bigger than what the key handle fit, so I decided not to bother. It looks like it'll be vital by the time this is over!
-Namu: Yes, that is what I speak of. Now go, quickly! And use this to unlock the door!
(Namu handed him a great ancient looking key. It had runes inscribed on it, runes Max could not read.)
-Max: Aye! Thank you, Namu!
(Max left the cottage, knowing that he had a chance to find his mother at last!)
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(A man shadowed in black stood in the darkness, dripping sometimes heard in the silence. He desired revenge over the boy who had killed his brother. Maximilian, as the villagers called him, was soon to die, and this place would be his grave.)
~??: The time has come, time for my revenge, time for blood!~
(A hiss was heard, and then maniacal laughter that would have given a statue bad dreams.)
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Wow. That can't be good. How did you like it? Please read and review!
==Note: WHY?!? The friggin' thing chopped off vital bits of dialogue! WHY!?!?!?!?!
-By Mosobot64
Notes: This is alternate Universe for Dark Cloud2, okay? Don't start flaming 'cause its not made to be accurate with the whole story!
Chapter 1: Dark and Forgotten Pasts
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~A boy: Mother.~
(He lay in his bed, in the night. The moon shined upon his golden hair, making him seem like a ghost in the night. And he lay there solemnly, deep in thought, as he thought weather his mother even remained alive. He remembered when he had joined a girl named Monica, a beautiful young girl, in a quest to save the future by restoring the past, and he had succeeded in that, but had failed his original goal to find his mother.)
==Note: Have you guessed the kid yet?!? If not, his name is Max, or Maximilian, or whatever.==
(And he remembered that a few years after his mother had left, not long before he had embarked on his quest, that the Red stone that hung around his neck today had been sent to him.)
==Maximilian Flashback==
(Max stood on the banks of Palm Brinks, staring into the lake, wondering if he could ever see his mother again. She had left him for three years now, yet he remembered his mother's words as plain if they had been said but a few moments ago.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
-Mother: Max, I have to go for a while.
-Max: Why are you going? Where are you going?
-Mother: There are people in the outside world that need me, Max. I have to go for a while.
-Max: (Whispering, horrified) No, mom! No!
-Mother: There are people out there that need me badly right now. But I'll come back, Max, I promise.
(And his mother walked away, into the gateway separating the serene town from the rest of the world. And he held his hand out, the tears streaming down the poor boy's face as his father held him back firmly.)
-Max: No, mother! Don't leave me!
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~Max: It's been three years since I saw you last, mother.~
(He picked up a stone from the ground, as he wept. His hat shadowed his face, until he lifted it again, and the tears could be seen, knowing bitterly that his mother had outdone herself. He could not bring himself to believe it, but his mother was probably dead by now, and that he would never see her again.)
~Max: Mother.I wish you had never left.I miss you so much, and the truth is that you're dead, or at the best lost put there.IT'S JUST TOO MUCH!!! ~
(And he threw the stone into the lake and buried his face in his hands, sobbing quietly.)
~Max: Still, I have to live on. I can't let this break me. ~
(And he stood up, and understood that if he wanted to see his mother, he would have to look for her himself.)
~Max: If I'm to find you, I'll have to join you in the Outside World! And if you're alive, I may just find you there! I'll go there someday, and join you in whatever adventures you may embark on!~
(Then suddenly, a young man on a bicycle, riding way too fast, came in his direction, holding a small parcel in his hands.)
-Man: Special delivery for mister Maximilaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!
(The man crashed into a pole, and handed him the parcel shakily. Max opened it, and found a large, red stone set in gold, with a brown leather string attached to it, and a letter.)
Dear Max,
Don't give up hope. Remember to believe in yourself!
-Anonymous
==End Flashback==
~Max: I don't know who sent it, but I've always had a feeling in my heart that it was you, and that you're still alive, and yet at the same time I've had to nearly give up hope knowing that Griffin destroyed the world before you left. ~
(And he sighed. He had searched the Outside World, and had not found his mother, and gave up hope. He had broken his own vow, and doomed any chance he still had of finding his mother. And he wished at least Monica were here, but she had chosen to return to her own time.)
(And he realized.the town mayor Need probably knew his mother!)
~Max: Need must have known my mother before I was even born! I'll go ask him in the morning! ~
(And so, feeling some hope in his heart, he fell to sleep.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(Max awoke in the morning, and got dressed, realizing his goal. He ran to the mayor Need's mansion. At the gates he found two guards, dressed in black, and with short brown hair, looking sternly in his direction. Max walked up to the gate, when the guards stopped him.)
-Guard #1: Halt! You cannot pass!
-Max: I would like to ask the mayor a question, sir.
-Guard #2: Don't you think the mayor's busy, you snot nosed little brat?!? Go home, and cry to your mommy!
(Then Need appeared behind the gate, and cocked an eyebrow at the guards, obviously unimpressed.)
-Need: He has none to cry to, due to an unfortunate event. He is Maximilian, friend of Cedric, therefore a friend of mine. Let him pass.
-Guards: Yessir!
(The great black gates opened before Max, as Need beckoned him in.)
-Need: (Friendly) Come in, come in! Don't let those guards fool you, I'm on break, and I'd be happy to accept you!
-Max: Thanks, sir.
(Max walked in, quietly, to the guards' dismay, accepting Need's greeting.)
-Need: (Looks at the guards curiously) I hope my precocious guards haven't caused you too much trouble. (Smiles gently) What was it you wanted to ask me?
-Max: I just wanted to ask you.(Solemnly).about my mother.
-Need: Aye. Come inside, and I'll tell you all I know.
(Though the oaken doors beyond the courtyard, they walked in to the mayor's house.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(They sat in the mayor's living room, as a warm fire burned in the fire place. Mr. Need talked to him warmly, and softly, making Max feel very welcome.)
-Need: I knew your mother once, Max. She was a very generous and kind young woman, I shall tell you. I rather liked her myself, though I wager not as much as your father, for he clearly was a better man for her. I have never been envious though, for it was her choice to be with him, if anything I'm glad she got the man she deserved. Your father was a good man, and still is.
-Max: Yes, but do you know where she went?
-Need: No, I do not. All I know was that she went into the outside world, heading in the direction of the abandoned city of Pier Narc.
-Max: Looks like I'll never find her.
-Need: However, my grandfather, the town Prophet knows most everything about the people of this town. Things no other person should be expected to know. I do believe he could tell you more. He lives at the edge of town, in a small cottage known as the Endless Hut.
-Max: Thanks Mr. Need!
-Need: Anytime, Max! ^_^
(Max ran off to the edge of town, with a glimmer of hope beginning to shine in him.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(It was growing cold outside. Max shivered, realizing that he hadn't brought a coat. His breath grew misty in the cold air, but still he went on, knowing that if he didn't go to the prophet, he would never find his mother. He soon reached a shabby-looking cottage, made of light wood, with a roof of straw. He looked at the sign on the door.)
-Max: "The Endless Hut". This looks like the right place.
(Max knocked on the door. An old man dressed in white greeted him at the door friendlily. The old man wore white robes, stained a bit grey with ashes. He had a long grey beard, and the front of his head was bald, though he had long hair in the back. He smiled warmly at Max.)
-Old Man: Come in, Maximilian! I've been waiting for you.
-Max: Wait.how did you know my name!?!
-Old Man: All shall be revealed when you get inside.
-Max: (Nods)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(Inside the man's hut. They sat by the window, and the cottage looked a great deal bigger than it had from the outside. It was cluttered with shelves of ancient books, and reagents in jars. A caldron boiled in the centre of the room, and despite the freezing drafts that in any normal case would blow into the room, Max felt rather warm.)
-Old man: So, I do believe we should start with the basics, for the first thing that is troubling your mind is who I am.
-Max: You can read my mind, can't you?
-Old man: Don't be too hasty, lad, for both you and I have much time to live yet, and as old as I am, I have an awfully long history!
-Max: Oh, okay.
-Old man: All right then. I have been called many things throughout the Ages, the Wise Man, The Nameless One, and my present name the Prophet. But, quite possibly my favourite is Namu.
-Max: Okay, Namu. Look, Need, the Mayor told me you'd probably know more about my mother than anyone else in town. Do you know anything about where she went?
-Namu: Ah, yes, fine question, Maximilian, fine question indeed! I do not know all that much, but that ever since you were but a child she had been thinking about leaving to help those that had lost their homes to Griffin's Pestilence. But, using my seeing-stone, I found out that she had left an inscription in the forgotten church, in a forgotten tunnel in the city.
-Max: Wait! I remember! The last time I went into the outside world, I stumbled across an ancient looking door, inscribed with runes, with a hole that some sort of key belonged in. The keyhole was a lot bigger than what the key handle fit, so I decided not to bother. It looks like it'll be vital by the time this is over!
-Namu: Yes, that is what I speak of. Now go, quickly! And use this to unlock the door!
(Namu handed him a great ancient looking key. It had runes inscribed on it, runes Max could not read.)
-Max: Aye! Thank you, Namu!
(Max left the cottage, knowing that he had a chance to find his mother at last!)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
(A man shadowed in black stood in the darkness, dripping sometimes heard in the silence. He desired revenge over the boy who had killed his brother. Maximilian, as the villagers called him, was soon to die, and this place would be his grave.)
~??: The time has come, time for my revenge, time for blood!~
(A hiss was heard, and then maniacal laughter that would have given a statue bad dreams.)
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Wow. That can't be good. How did you like it? Please read and review!
==Note: WHY?!? The friggin' thing chopped off vital bits of dialogue! WHY!?!?!?!?!