Disclaimer: All the main characters in the story belong to me, but the non-player characters, dungeons, towns, weapons, and armor mentioned in the story belong to Square Enix. Final Fantasy III also belongs to Square Enix.

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This is a new story, so don't flame. Constructive criticism will be appreciated. ^^

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Sora didn't remember how she got here inside the Crystal Cave, but she did remember about falling into a hole. She got up and looked around, still trying to find a way out. There was a glimmering hope that she felt when she fell down that she might find some answers.

She said, "Why do I have a feeling that it's not a safe place to be? I must've hit my head harder than I thought." She suddenly felt something behind her and there were three goblins lunging at her, each one waiting for the kill as they circled around her.

She quickly took out her knife which was the only weapon that she had in her arsenal of weaponry and said, "I guess my knife would just come in handy when fighting the goblins by myself."

The goblins tried to attack her, but she got out of the way, just in time to thrust her knife into the goblin's chest. The goblin cried out in pain and just dissipated into thin air. She dodged the attacks and sliced the goblins into mincemeat until they dissipated into thin air themselves.

She put her knife away and continued walking inside the strange cave full of crystalline rocks. She knew that she had to get out of this cave in order to return home.

Sora stumbled upon a treasure chest and opened it. Inside the chest was a longsword, perfectly capable of attacking enemies within a distance. This sword will do as my knife does little damage, she thought. She continued walking until she found herself battling more monsters. This time, a Blue Wisp and a Carbuncle lunged at her, waiting to strike.

She took out her new weapon as she ran towards the Blue Wisp in order to try to defeat it. The Blue Wisp was slow to react and dissipated into thin air in which the Carbuncle attacked her.

Sora took the blow and cried out in pain for there was a bruise on her left leg where the Carbuncle hit her. She sliced the Carbuncle in return and the Carbuncle was defeated.

She put away her longsword and winced in pain as she walked towards another treasure chest which contained a potion and another which contained a leather shield. She strapped the leather shield to her back and shoved the potion into her bag.

Sora continued to walk inside the cave until she found another treasure chest which contained bronze bracers and another which contained a leather cap. Together, she put on her new armor and found some more monsters, some in which they were the same as before.

After she defeated the monsters, she continued to walk and look around to see if any more monsters were attacking her. Along the way, she found more items, mostly Potions and two Antarctic Winds inside them. She also found a wellspring to heal her wounds.

Finally, she reached the cave where she saw a huge, light blue crystal, but before she could touch it, a huge monster attacked her. She drew out her longsword and her leather shield. She looked up to see that it was none other than the land turtle.

The land turtle tried to bite her, but she was quick and dodged the attack, so she could reach into her bag and pull out an Antarctic Wind to cast Blizzara on the land turtle.

The land turtle flinched when it realized that it was being weakened by the icy touch of the item. She saw that it was her chance to attack it and weaken it.

She dodged the blows once more, but was injured by the land turtle's bites in her arms. She cried out in pain, but she ignored it. She finally managed to weaken the land turtle and subdue it with a killing blow.

She put away her weapons and used a potion to heal her wounds when a voice said to her:

"You have been chosen."

She asked, "Who said that? Was there somebody here?" The crystal answered, "I am the Wind Crystal. You have been chosen to banish the darkness that grows within our world."

She said, "If I have been chosen, then that means that I must be destined to be a hero." The Wind Crystal said, "Find the others who share your destiny and save our world from the ever-growing darkness..."

She nodded her head in agreement and found a teleportation portal in which the Wind Crystal said for one last time, "Here, I have created a portal to take you back to the surface."

Finally understanding what the Wind Crystal meant, she headed towards the portal and the portal transported her back to the surface where she landed on the grass.

She said, "Well, I'm back on the surface already, but what did that crystal mean? Warriors of Light? Darkness taking over our world? I don't understand any of this..."

She shook her head at the thought of knowing what the crystal meant and headed towards Ur. Here, everyone was waiting eagerly for her and she went to the elder's house where Elder Topapa was waiting for her.

Elder Topapa was happy to see her when she arrived in his room and said, "Hello, Sora. DId you have a good time today?" She answered, "Well, I fell into a hole where I explored a cave and then, the Wind Crystal told me I was chosen to be a Warrior of Light."

Of course, Elder Topapa was pleased to hear the words coming out of her mouth. He said, "Well, I always knew that you were destined to become a hero. I just knew right from the start."

She said, "Of course, elder. I am destined to be a hero. I'll just start my journey to free this world from the evil forces of darkness." Elder Topapa said, "Good. I am glad to hear it. Now, go on and use your light to find your way through the darkness."

She was happy to hear such good words coming out of his mouth and ran out of the door. Her destiny was just unfolding as she ran to find her childhood friend...

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Remember to R&R. I hoped you enjoyed it as well as I do and Chapter 2 will be up next.