Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Final Fantasy series, that's the
ownership of Squaresoft. I do own copies of the games, which I have paid
for! I hope they forgive me if I've ruined the plots of their masterpieces
in this fic!
Basically this is a fic from Shiva's point of view showing her travels between the worlds. It uses summon characters from FF4-FF10 but only those that appear relatively frequently or that I can be bothered to mention. A few minor plot spoilers but surely you've played all the older games??
Anyway enjoy the babbling that is to commence (WARNING: this was written at extreme speeds over the course of a couple of hours by a hyperactive mind.)
Pointless
We exist to serve, to protect. We flit and float through many worlds and dimensions. Forever attached to these beings called humans. We find ourselves in charge of these groups of heroes as they fight to save their world in danger.
What of our world? Ours is a world of a metaphysical plane, more of thought than matter only on our surrogate worlds do we really achieve physical existence.
Our destinies are varied, some of us appear only once in a single world to turn up and vanish when their job is over. Where they go I have no idea. Some begin as a force for good and then turn bad, others are the reverse. Then there are the few like me, continually moving from place to place, people to people. Could it be we are the cursed or blessed ones for this immortality?
But then we have no choice, we are all at the whim of the major force of Fate whom is perceived by humans as a God incorporeal. Humans feel this God gives them free will but Fate is predetermined, all must play their parts, the human mind with its ideas of choices and possibilities give themselves the illusion of this free will.
My infinite existence has shown me that Fate can be likened to evolution, the right path will always be taken since the other choice will not work under Fate's selective pressure and will thus always be a failure, removed from reality echoing only as a thought of what could have been. We have many names; Summons, Aeons, Espers, Eidolons, Guardian Forces, what we are, is beings of extreme power.
My name is Shiva. I began my existence as a human but sacrificed my life to become what was known as a Fayth. This was in a world called Spira, perpetually tormented by a monstrous force called Sin. A chosen one called a Summoner can draw upon the spirit of the Fayth to create a being called an Aeon.
Hence that was me, I was called, created a number of times, replicated, but each and every one was me. I was forged in a realm of cold and ice and thus my new form came to embody this and I became the 'Ice Goddess'.
Two of my closest friends also began their journey in this way. The man named Ifrit became a beast of fire, so misunderstood. Seen as gruff and brash, an unintelligent aggressive beast, in truth he is a gentle caring being, his rage and aggression arising from his sense of honour and protectiveness to those who called upon him.
The second was a young boy, intelligent and mature in some ways giving him power. However his youth came with pride and cockiness. Oh Bahamut that noble being, how fitting for him to be a dragon. To these two I am inextricably linked for we three always arrive in the same time and place.
Then there are those whom I never saw again. After the destruction of the root of Sin, the Fayth were freed, our ties to Spira gone and so we moved. Valefor, Ixion, Anima... I wonder what happened to them. Did they go elsewhere, become something else or were they truly freed?
As for my triumvirate we were sent to a planet called Earth to a secret place called the Land of Summons where other beings similar to us resided.
There in this realm were two rulers, a King and a Queen. The King's true form was a water serpent; fluid, cool with a usually calm temper which could flare up in waves. His name was Leviathan. Asura, his queen, was a three-headed goddess of healing. Here Bahamut's pride and powers were a problem and he exiled himself to the planet's moon seeing himself as a god to look over us all.
Luckily my and Ifrit's temperaments were better suited to Leviathan's kingdom and here we met two beings whose paths we would cross more than once later on.
Ramuh, a wise old man with the power to control lightning.
Titan, a fearsome giant that shook the earth.
I took to Ramuh warmly, if such a thing was possible with my cold body. Whereas Titan's loud personality was too much for my own quiet one although he and Ifrit bonded relatively easily.
For millennia we remained there until Leviathan brought a human girl to us. The power of the Mist ran through her, marking her as one who could call us once we saw fit to let her.
Rydia that sweet green haired angel, how I miss her so. She was so concerned with her friends for they faced a force that was preparing to unbalance the world. So we four went with her as she returned and along the way we met someone who would be a frequent if inconsistent fellow traveller.
Odin; a heroic warrior whose honour was stronger than his armour. His chivalric ways were charming although his old fashioned attitudes were not.
I also found out what had become of another trio from Spira. To my dismay they had become corrupted and pawns of this world's evil. My dear Magus sisters; Cindy, Sandy and Mindy. Forever together, looking out for each other but their yearning for a motherly figure led them to be twisted and abused by Valvalis, an Elemental Fiend. I wept tears of ice as I watched them expire and prayed they found peace.
Rydia and her party returned to the Land of Summons to ask Leviathan and Asura for assistance. By their laws, Ryadia and her company would have to prove themselves before they were granted the privilege. And prove themselves they did.
Only Bahamut seemed unfazed by this when they discovered him on the moon. His rivalry with Leviathan pushed him to show he would not be bested by a group of humans. I admit I laughed at his surprise as Rydia and the others used Bahamut's own power against him and defeated him. The length of time it took for me to get his forgiveness for that!
As before the evil entity, this time the embodiment of a beings hatred, was overcome and we were released only to be sent to another world by Fate.
A world cleft in twain, split to seal an evil void of immense power containing numerous demons. Powered by fading crystals, shattered by a malevolent sage. Four warriors entwined by Fate were to be my next masters.
In this twin world I was alone, sealed away by humans who feared me. My friend Ifrit was used by scholars in an ancient library whilst Bahamut was sealed in the other half of the world.
My newer friends Ramuh and Titan were roaming free whilst Odin shared a similar fate to mine, imprisoned in the basement of a castle.
If I were able to believe in coincidence I would've been amazed to find that Leviathan was sealed in the same way as Bahamut. I felt sorry for him for he was torn from Asura his lover.
As before there were new beings drawn to this world to aid the four warriors but to be called we had to be won over. As the first to be found I was able to watch the drama unfold for Bartz and his friends.
A creature that could petrify with its eye called Shoat was my first encounter of a novel being in this world.
Further ones were a stone man named Golem whom for his rescue repaid Bartz by being a shield for him.
Carbuncle was a real dichotomy. She was a raging beast when first encountered but became a loveable creature when tamed.
Leviathan and Bahamut were freed, as their lithograph seals were broken whilst Bartz was more than able to meet Odin's challenge.
The final addition to our group was Phoenix, reborn from a dragon, a bird of fire and life that reminded me of Valefor.
After severe losses for Bartz and the sight of two worlds remerging we were plunged into the Void, aided in the destruction of evil demons and the overcoming of X-death the mage whom sought the Void's power.
One character from this world really struck a chord with me. He was subordinate to X-death yet really only longed to fight, exhilarated each time he crossed paths with Bartz. The eight-armed warrior finally found redemption by sacrificing himself to enable Bartz' party to reach X-death. This intriguing character would never be seen again... how wrong I was in thinking that!
And so another world saved yet more that need to be helped. Forever wondering if this world was to be my last, Fate rolled my dice again and I ended up in a world swarming with beings like me. They were called Espers.
There were so many I wish I could remember them all. There were at least a dozen whom I never saw again but many had followed me from Bartz' world.
In fact they all had! Phoenix, Ifrit, Ramuh, Shoat, Odin, Golem and Carbuncle were with me especially my closest companion Ifrit, my opposing element yet we were inseparable.
Here a creature given a shot at redemption by Fate had joined us. Siren had been a monster on Bartz' world, a temptress that used her prey's desires to lure them to her so she could devour them.
It seemed that after her death at Bartz' hand she had become an Esper and the guilt she bore made her resolute in her duty to come, so that like me she would give up her form to become a special stone called Magicite when the world's heroes came upon us.
It turned out that one of these heroes was half-esper, a girl by the name of Terra, same as the planet. Her father was Maduin whom I never knew that well. But on this world Espers and humans were separated due to their persecution of us.
This made me wonder of Leviathan and Titan who hadn't seemed to come to Terra. A fear chilled me (something that is near impossible) in that maybe they'd already been found by the evil forces here and drained like the others.
An element in us I'd never seen embodied by us before was represented her. Alexander, a holy colossus was such. A being of staunch principles and opinions was forever arguing with those of a more pragmatic approach to the world.
In this world Odin became a protector and found love with a human enabling him to attain a higher power transforming himself into a being named Raiden.
As for my poor sweet Bahamut, he hated his stay on Terra for he had to be held inside a disgusting monster known as DoomGaze until he was freed. His delight at this event was such that he surpassed his vigour that he'd shown in the previous worlds.
Terra and her band of friends, who numbered almost as much as the Espers they had aiding them, set out to heal the world as it was ravaged by a power crazy mad-man. This Kefka was indeed a difficult villain to slay but it was finally done, for if it hadn't then Fate would've been overturned, for heroes must always conquer evil.
In order to restore the world and prevent humans like Kefka arising again, magic was removed from Terra, so too were we Espers.
Basically this is a fic from Shiva's point of view showing her travels between the worlds. It uses summon characters from FF4-FF10 but only those that appear relatively frequently or that I can be bothered to mention. A few minor plot spoilers but surely you've played all the older games??
Anyway enjoy the babbling that is to commence (WARNING: this was written at extreme speeds over the course of a couple of hours by a hyperactive mind.)
Pointless
We exist to serve, to protect. We flit and float through many worlds and dimensions. Forever attached to these beings called humans. We find ourselves in charge of these groups of heroes as they fight to save their world in danger.
What of our world? Ours is a world of a metaphysical plane, more of thought than matter only on our surrogate worlds do we really achieve physical existence.
Our destinies are varied, some of us appear only once in a single world to turn up and vanish when their job is over. Where they go I have no idea. Some begin as a force for good and then turn bad, others are the reverse. Then there are the few like me, continually moving from place to place, people to people. Could it be we are the cursed or blessed ones for this immortality?
But then we have no choice, we are all at the whim of the major force of Fate whom is perceived by humans as a God incorporeal. Humans feel this God gives them free will but Fate is predetermined, all must play their parts, the human mind with its ideas of choices and possibilities give themselves the illusion of this free will.
My infinite existence has shown me that Fate can be likened to evolution, the right path will always be taken since the other choice will not work under Fate's selective pressure and will thus always be a failure, removed from reality echoing only as a thought of what could have been. We have many names; Summons, Aeons, Espers, Eidolons, Guardian Forces, what we are, is beings of extreme power.
My name is Shiva. I began my existence as a human but sacrificed my life to become what was known as a Fayth. This was in a world called Spira, perpetually tormented by a monstrous force called Sin. A chosen one called a Summoner can draw upon the spirit of the Fayth to create a being called an Aeon.
Hence that was me, I was called, created a number of times, replicated, but each and every one was me. I was forged in a realm of cold and ice and thus my new form came to embody this and I became the 'Ice Goddess'.
Two of my closest friends also began their journey in this way. The man named Ifrit became a beast of fire, so misunderstood. Seen as gruff and brash, an unintelligent aggressive beast, in truth he is a gentle caring being, his rage and aggression arising from his sense of honour and protectiveness to those who called upon him.
The second was a young boy, intelligent and mature in some ways giving him power. However his youth came with pride and cockiness. Oh Bahamut that noble being, how fitting for him to be a dragon. To these two I am inextricably linked for we three always arrive in the same time and place.
Then there are those whom I never saw again. After the destruction of the root of Sin, the Fayth were freed, our ties to Spira gone and so we moved. Valefor, Ixion, Anima... I wonder what happened to them. Did they go elsewhere, become something else or were they truly freed?
As for my triumvirate we were sent to a planet called Earth to a secret place called the Land of Summons where other beings similar to us resided.
There in this realm were two rulers, a King and a Queen. The King's true form was a water serpent; fluid, cool with a usually calm temper which could flare up in waves. His name was Leviathan. Asura, his queen, was a three-headed goddess of healing. Here Bahamut's pride and powers were a problem and he exiled himself to the planet's moon seeing himself as a god to look over us all.
Luckily my and Ifrit's temperaments were better suited to Leviathan's kingdom and here we met two beings whose paths we would cross more than once later on.
Ramuh, a wise old man with the power to control lightning.
Titan, a fearsome giant that shook the earth.
I took to Ramuh warmly, if such a thing was possible with my cold body. Whereas Titan's loud personality was too much for my own quiet one although he and Ifrit bonded relatively easily.
For millennia we remained there until Leviathan brought a human girl to us. The power of the Mist ran through her, marking her as one who could call us once we saw fit to let her.
Rydia that sweet green haired angel, how I miss her so. She was so concerned with her friends for they faced a force that was preparing to unbalance the world. So we four went with her as she returned and along the way we met someone who would be a frequent if inconsistent fellow traveller.
Odin; a heroic warrior whose honour was stronger than his armour. His chivalric ways were charming although his old fashioned attitudes were not.
I also found out what had become of another trio from Spira. To my dismay they had become corrupted and pawns of this world's evil. My dear Magus sisters; Cindy, Sandy and Mindy. Forever together, looking out for each other but their yearning for a motherly figure led them to be twisted and abused by Valvalis, an Elemental Fiend. I wept tears of ice as I watched them expire and prayed they found peace.
Rydia and her party returned to the Land of Summons to ask Leviathan and Asura for assistance. By their laws, Ryadia and her company would have to prove themselves before they were granted the privilege. And prove themselves they did.
Only Bahamut seemed unfazed by this when they discovered him on the moon. His rivalry with Leviathan pushed him to show he would not be bested by a group of humans. I admit I laughed at his surprise as Rydia and the others used Bahamut's own power against him and defeated him. The length of time it took for me to get his forgiveness for that!
As before the evil entity, this time the embodiment of a beings hatred, was overcome and we were released only to be sent to another world by Fate.
A world cleft in twain, split to seal an evil void of immense power containing numerous demons. Powered by fading crystals, shattered by a malevolent sage. Four warriors entwined by Fate were to be my next masters.
In this twin world I was alone, sealed away by humans who feared me. My friend Ifrit was used by scholars in an ancient library whilst Bahamut was sealed in the other half of the world.
My newer friends Ramuh and Titan were roaming free whilst Odin shared a similar fate to mine, imprisoned in the basement of a castle.
If I were able to believe in coincidence I would've been amazed to find that Leviathan was sealed in the same way as Bahamut. I felt sorry for him for he was torn from Asura his lover.
As before there were new beings drawn to this world to aid the four warriors but to be called we had to be won over. As the first to be found I was able to watch the drama unfold for Bartz and his friends.
A creature that could petrify with its eye called Shoat was my first encounter of a novel being in this world.
Further ones were a stone man named Golem whom for his rescue repaid Bartz by being a shield for him.
Carbuncle was a real dichotomy. She was a raging beast when first encountered but became a loveable creature when tamed.
Leviathan and Bahamut were freed, as their lithograph seals were broken whilst Bartz was more than able to meet Odin's challenge.
The final addition to our group was Phoenix, reborn from a dragon, a bird of fire and life that reminded me of Valefor.
After severe losses for Bartz and the sight of two worlds remerging we were plunged into the Void, aided in the destruction of evil demons and the overcoming of X-death the mage whom sought the Void's power.
One character from this world really struck a chord with me. He was subordinate to X-death yet really only longed to fight, exhilarated each time he crossed paths with Bartz. The eight-armed warrior finally found redemption by sacrificing himself to enable Bartz' party to reach X-death. This intriguing character would never be seen again... how wrong I was in thinking that!
And so another world saved yet more that need to be helped. Forever wondering if this world was to be my last, Fate rolled my dice again and I ended up in a world swarming with beings like me. They were called Espers.
There were so many I wish I could remember them all. There were at least a dozen whom I never saw again but many had followed me from Bartz' world.
In fact they all had! Phoenix, Ifrit, Ramuh, Shoat, Odin, Golem and Carbuncle were with me especially my closest companion Ifrit, my opposing element yet we were inseparable.
Here a creature given a shot at redemption by Fate had joined us. Siren had been a monster on Bartz' world, a temptress that used her prey's desires to lure them to her so she could devour them.
It seemed that after her death at Bartz' hand she had become an Esper and the guilt she bore made her resolute in her duty to come, so that like me she would give up her form to become a special stone called Magicite when the world's heroes came upon us.
It turned out that one of these heroes was half-esper, a girl by the name of Terra, same as the planet. Her father was Maduin whom I never knew that well. But on this world Espers and humans were separated due to their persecution of us.
This made me wonder of Leviathan and Titan who hadn't seemed to come to Terra. A fear chilled me (something that is near impossible) in that maybe they'd already been found by the evil forces here and drained like the others.
An element in us I'd never seen embodied by us before was represented her. Alexander, a holy colossus was such. A being of staunch principles and opinions was forever arguing with those of a more pragmatic approach to the world.
In this world Odin became a protector and found love with a human enabling him to attain a higher power transforming himself into a being named Raiden.
As for my poor sweet Bahamut, he hated his stay on Terra for he had to be held inside a disgusting monster known as DoomGaze until he was freed. His delight at this event was such that he surpassed his vigour that he'd shown in the previous worlds.
Terra and her band of friends, who numbered almost as much as the Espers they had aiding them, set out to heal the world as it was ravaged by a power crazy mad-man. This Kefka was indeed a difficult villain to slay but it was finally done, for if it hadn't then Fate would've been overturned, for heroes must always conquer evil.
In order to restore the world and prevent humans like Kefka arising again, magic was removed from Terra, so too were we Espers.