In Lestallum ,a noisy city full of people, the boys just came out of the grocery store after getting ingredients for their meals for the next days, when she noticed that it was him. There were four boys. Four quite handsome boys she had to admit. A tall guy with glasses went midway with a blond-haired boy, followed by an extreme muscleman. Ahead was a young man with spiky black hair and cold blue eyes. Noctis Lucis Caelum. She knew him. Her mother once mentioned him, when she was younger, but she never met him before. Now he is her only chance.

His unzipped jacket, his shirt with skull prints, his trousers, even his boots. Everything was black, black like the deepest of all nights. Everyone of them was wearing black, just like she did. That young brown-haired girl with blue eyes wore a short-sleeved leather jacket, underneath a black shirt with a decent batik pattern which was buttoned up. Her trousers were skinny jeans with pockets on each outer side of her leg and the lace up boots she wore reached her knees.

She watched the four boys crossing the street, with wide opened eyes. She stood numbly on the sidewalk, almost as if she was fainting, yet looked like she wanted to scream for five hours straight.

There he was, Noctis Lucis Caelum, the one she was looking for, her flesh and blood - well at least half of it. The four boys were about to leave, which put her under enormous pressure. What will she do? Or rather what is she able to do? Now where she left home she has no other choice but going to him. He just has to incorporate her, since she doesn't want to go to her father, who didn't care about her and her mother for 17 years. Now that she was all alone, Noctis was her only resort.

He and his three buddies just took off and drove from the parking lot on the street. Frantically she ran on the street towards their car, so the man with glasses, who was the driver, had to brake immediately, sounding the horn for seconds.

"What the hell are you doing?", the blond one with light freckles all over his face exclaimed.

"Er...", she could feel her heart beat fast. "I'm... ", she looked at Noctis with an insecure expression which eased bit by bit and turned into resoluteness. "I am his sister", she said with a determined voice.

The blond guy almost jumped up of his seat, "You're what?"

The man of large built who was sitting in the back looked with a leery gaze at her, "Do you even know what you're saying?" All of them were acting extremely protective. Of course they did.

She lowered her head. It was obvious, that she was in despair. Tears were filling up her eyes until one was pouring down her right cheek, dropping on the engine bonnet. Fortunately none of them could see her crying. Her long hair covered half of her face. She would hate herself if someone saw her crying. In desperation she hit the bonnet with her fist. The boys startled up. Looking up at Noctis said, "It's true! I'm telling the truth!"

She could feel her blood rising up into her head. Fury filled her heart, making her breathe heavily. Suddenly she could feel it - her eyes glowing crimson.

The car was standing in the middle of the road, causing traffic jam. You could already hear the other drivers sounding the horn. "Hey! What on earth is wrong with you?!", one of them shouted back aggressively from the queue of cars, "Could you just move on for Etro's sake?!"

"The others are waiting. We have to drive on, Your Highness", the smart man with glasses reportet. "I know", he murmured, then after seconds of thinking he demanded gazing at the helpless girl, "Get in the car."

"But, Noct...", the freckled boy turned around facing him and asked, "Are you sure?" Noctis nodded, "Trust me, I'm sure about this." She got in straightaway and sat next to Noctis, who almost squashed the man whith the huge muscles. Cramped the three were sitting in the back of the car as they took off.

"Show me your face.", Noctis muttered imperiously. She let out a unwittingly sigh and rejected showing her face. She knew her eyes still were flashing blood red. She didn't even know for herself why she tried to hide them. Maybe it was because she didn't like the feeling that people were able to read her emotions like a book.

He grabbed her jawline, turning her head around, involuntarily facing him. She tried looking away, without any chance. He would see her fiery eyes anyway. "Tch...", he made a judgmental noise. He saw them. And now she feels like she revealed one of her most intimate Emotions. He let go of her jaw then focused on the other three boys again who were fussing around because of the traffic. At least she can be sure that none of the others noticed what just happened between her and Noctis.

They left the city Lestallum and headed to Duscae. When they arrived at a vast plain. It was already dusking. They all got out of the vehicle, the girl leaning on the car, surrounded by the four men. Now it was high time to have talk. The one with the glasses, who was more calm than the others, stood right in front of her. "Who are you?", he asked with a serious tone.

Timidly she said, "My name is Lucida Procul Caelum." A bright sky in the distance.

"Caelum?", he repeated in question.

The freckled boy came two quick steps closer. Surprised he questioned, "Caelum like Noctis Lucis Caelum?" His eyes were wide, his jaw fell open. Frantically he looked over to Noctis, then gazed back to Lucida again, "But how is that possible?"

Lucida straightened up, narrowing her eyes and crossing her arms. "I told you I'm Noctis's sister, didn't I?", She looked around and asked, "Who are you?"

Surprisingly Noctis was the first one introducing himself, "I am Noctis Lucis Caelum, but I guess you already know" Lucida nodded and looked back to the others.

"I'm Gladiolus Amicitia", the big guy said pointing his thumb at himself then put his hands in his trouser pockets.

"And I'm Prompto Argentum. Pleasure to meet ya", the one with the freckles smirked cheekily, yet looked innocent. Prompto wasn't acting as cold as the others. He appeared pleasant and somehow honest.

The man who was standing right in front of Lucida adjusted his glasses. "My name is Ignis Stupeo Scientia", he said in a low tone. Ignis seemed to be a very composed, serious young man, and Lucida liked that, still she could feel that he doesn't trust her. But who would? Bolting in and crashing someones party. Who would trust a stranger who claims to be someone's sister? Well, obviously Noctis would. He was the one telling Lucida to get in the car. She wonders what was behind his action, but she couldn't ask him straight away. Now is not the time. Now she has to convince them that she has no bad intentions and that she is on their side.

Ignis tried putting Lucida in her place, "This must be a mistake, young lady. It's impossible that our highness has any sibl-" "It is", Noctis interrupted, "As you can see it is possible."

Noctis took a step next to Lucida, showing that he sides with her. All of them looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"I guess you owe us an explanation, Lucida", Gladiolus said and crossed his arms.

"Well, it's complicated...", she sighed, because she was afraid they won't believe it. Noctis may believe her, but still the others may see her as their enemy. Nonetheless she had to try. "Actually I'm only his half-sister." She looked down on the ground. "My father is Regis Lucis Caelum. He met my mother 18 years ago and they fell in love. At least my mother fell in love with him. She brought me into the world but..." She turned around as she was close to tears, so that none of them could see. She leaned her hands on the car door looking far into the distance. "But he left", she said with a shaky voice. "Of course he did, because there already was a family waiting for him."

Noctis took two steps away breathing out heavily. It was not only hard for Lucida, but it was hard for Noctis to manage this. She looked compassionately at him. She was sorry ,yet felt like she had to do it.

Ignis turned around approaching Noctis, patting on his shoulder and guided him further away to have a serious talk. Gladiolus sighed and paced back and forth. Prompto leaned on the car next to Lucida and looked at her affectionately, as if he wanted to comfort her a bit. The atmosphere evolved more and more tense.

She could hear some parts of their conversation. "Noctis, are you aware of what you are doing? You know nothing about that girl, yet you trust her. Do you really believe what she is saying?", she heard things like that coming from Ignis, which made her feel uncomfortable – uncomfortable doesn't even come close to what she is feeling right now.

"This is futile", she murmured to herself.

"Calm down. Things will straighten out", Gladiolus said. "Yeah, no worries. Our Prince seems to trust you", Prompto said with a perky grin on his face.

"And how about you?", she turned around facing Prompto and Gladiolus, "Do you trust me?"

"We'll follow Noctis wherever he goes and accept whatever he does. If he believes you, we will accept it", Gladiolus said wisely, "Besides, it's a matter between you and Noctis. it's no one else's business." Regarding his imposing physique Lucida didn't expect him to be this calm. He is almost being friendly. She thought he would be one of the nasty bad boys arousing attention.

"You see, it all depends on Noct", Prompto said with a playful smile on his face. How can he even be this cheerful in a moment like this? Lucida always admired people like Prompto. She wished that one day she could face life as confident as Prompto does.

Ignis and Noctis came back, which made Lucida more nervous than she already was – if that was even possible.

"We'll set up our camp and stay here for the night. Noctis insists on it", Ignis said to everybody around, then looking at Lucida. "That includes you as well", he assured with a nod.

"Uh..", she said with insecurity, "I-It's fine! I can go and find another place to sleep. I won't bother you any longer."

"Are you crazy?!", Prompto urged, "We're in the middle of nowhere!"

"You're not going", Noctis demanded, "Stay here."

"But I -" "No chance!", Gladiolus interrupted, "There are too many monsters out there."

"Gladiolus is right. It's far too dangerous. You'll ratherstay here, Lucida", Ignis said as if he was offering peace, whereas he was the one who mistrusted her most. "But we have to sleep in the same tent, since we only have one", he added.

"It's totally fine by me", Lucida responded looking around, then gazing at Noctis."Thank you", she said with a sentimental expression. He nodded with a slight smile.

Before it got completely dark they set up the tent together and built a bonnet fire. Now it was time for Ignis to cook a delicious meal for the group.