Expect fourth wall breaking and different references in the story. Those who have already played the World of Final Fantasy might already know the explanation.

This is not as kid-friendly as World of Final Fantasy game. It has anime-esque jokes.

There are some made-up whatnot but whatever, this is Fanfiction.

A light gentle wind traveled through the modernized city. This place is something that is completely far off from a fantasy world. Beautiful trees planted in a flower bed, a lush scenery with a clear massive pond with plants and flowers growing by the side as the sphere-like lights lit.

This place is called Nine Wood Hills, or to be more specific, the "Fake Nine Wood Hills".

Time never flows in this place, thus everything here will never wither no matter how many millions of years pass (unless through forceful means), however, night and day still flows normally, as well as the different kinds of weather and it even has the four seasons. Think of this place as similar to Neverland from Peter Pan, where day and night and the weather flow normally but the people remain the same no matter how many years pass. The most notable examples of people are the twins who slept here for more than a century, with no apparent changes in both their appearance and personality. Despite this, the clocks are ticking normally just for the purpose of knowing what period of the day is now.

Speaking of people, there are no "Actual" inhabitants in this world, meaning people who are born here. That's because this world is merely a copy of the original Nine Wood Hills, in other words, it is an artificial world created not by gods but rather two human whose powers are on par with the gods. Most of the current inhabitants are living illusions known as "Mirages", most of them being different versions of monsters, espers, eidolons, etc. They can be considered as one of the most powerful species since most are much stronger than their other versions, some mirages such as the most powerful such as the "Pleiad" look down on their esper/eidolon versions, though not all. They are also one of the very few races who can freely travel to different worlds, thus making them more knowledgeable than their counterparts.

The other current inhabitants are denizens from other worlds and dimensions, few of them even came from outside the Realm of Fantasy, our universe.

The explanation is already too long so let's just get on with it.

Everything is completely peaceful, nothing out of the ordinary...

"AAAAHHH!"

...Or so we thought.

Fire suddenly emerged from the area of Sylver Park, it was huge and powerful that not even a Firaja spell could compare its size. There was a sudden string of small explosions and the fire was suddenly extinguished by a huge wave of ice that surrounded it, causing the ice to melt at the same time.

"Take back what you just said, Frosty!" The dark-skinned woman yelled. She wears a brown sleeveless crop top that has a unique patten with two golden breastplates as well as a large metal choker and brown shorts with the same pattern as the top and it almost looks like it is part of her skin. Her ears are long and pointy that is accessorized with golden earrings. Her most noticeable features are her fire-colored hair and eyes and animalistic features, having large claws and sharp teeth, as well as having a dog-like nose. She also has a white diamond-shaped marking on her forehead. She wears a black headband attached with two long black horns that extend to the back that ends with a curve. She is a female Ifrit, a rarity of her tribe, Ifreeta.

Another figure dodged her fire attacks and retaliated by using ice magic that seemed to be more powerful than a Blizzaja. It was a young adult-looking man which makes him look like he's in his early twenties. He has blue hair and eyes with snow-white skin and pointy ears. He wears a blue high-collared coat that reaches the knee, it has an elegant crystallized pattern that reaches the end of his sleeves and center of the coat. He wears dark-blue pants and winter boots, each having a snowflake design. He also wore three belts with one large buckle. He wears white gloves with white faux fur wristbands, each having a snowflake key chain. He is a male Shiva which is very rare for a nearly all-female tribe, Shivar.

"I would if what I said wasn't the truth!" Shivar yelled back as he dodged another one of Ifreeta's attacks.

The two collided each other using opposite yet powerful magic attacks. Strangely, the area itself hasn't been damaged and no matter how many times their attacks hit the same place, the area looks very fine as if nothing happened.

"How long have they been going on like this?" Asked the boy who looks about 17-18. He has short and somewhat wavy strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore a long black coat that only reach halfway down his thighs. and has a single red zipper line, as well as a gray belt. He also wore a long transparent scarf that has a clear, colorless scheme and for some reason, has a high light dispersion, thus creating rainbow reflections. He also wears gray pants and long black boots that reaches his knees. He is a human and his name is Lux.

"About 3 hours." Replied the girl who looks younger than the boy. The girl had two braids on both sides of her head, with her hair loose on the back (which is shoulder-length). She wears a black sleeveless top with a four-pointed star at the center. She also has black sleeves (not connected to her top). She also has a large golden metal bracelet on both of her wrists and gloves that make her hands look machine-like. She wears a large blue skirt with golden metal ornaments at the top and bottom of the skirt. A violet ribbon is placed at the center of her skirt along with two golden lightning-shape ornaments at both side of the ribbon. She has no feet, at the end of her legs are two metal pointy edges that look like blades. She also has two large horns (her left horn is much bigger than the other) on the sides of her head. Before and while she was imprismed by her first masters, her vocabulary was still that of a young child, speaking very few words that make up for sentences until she was taught by Lux on how to speak properly. She is the mirage Ramuh's granddaughter and his scion who inherited the Judgment Staff, Ramewl.

There was something right behind Ramewl. It was a spherical machine with four cylinder legs. It has some sort of connector that has a belt-like adapter at the end. It also has two large batteries at each side of the machine. the most distinguishing feature is that it's levitating in one place. It was a Cogna that Ramewl happened to encounter by chance, she stole its body and turned it into her electricity container. Apparently, this machine allows her to store up magical energy while sleeping and release it in controlled bursts. This also has booster capabilities that help her conserve electricity.

"What's the fight all about, anyway?", He asked again.

"Well, Ifreeta's actually the one who started it and Shivar insulted her back with something. I don't anything about what he said but Ifreeta wouldn't react like this if it wasn't the truth." Ramewl explained as she drank a glass of milk.

Lux noticed her drinking milk and had a confused expression, "I've never seen you drink milk before."

Suddenly, Ramewl's face was filled with enthusiasm, "I heard milk can make you grow taller!"

"No, it won't." Would be Lux's answer but decided to keep his mouth shut as he doesn't want to ruin her beliefs, especially since he knows that Ramewl had always wanted to grow taller like Ifreeta and Shivar. Plus, her grandpa would strike him with lightning if he ever made her cry.

He merely replied, "I see."

Suddenly, something was tugging Lux's scarf, causing him and Ramewl to look behind to see who it is.

It is a small, fox-like creature with white fur; yellow, turquoise and midnight blue eyes with a light red dot in the corner of thick black lashes; a turquoise bib, a small light blue nose, small pink cheeks, and light blue tips on its large ears, small arms and feet, and tail. It wears a turquoise bow on either side of its head beneath its ears and its large tail is adorned with a gold crown and eight four-point stars, each one a different color of the rainbow (red, orange, green, turquoise, light blue, blue, purple, pink), "Hey, guys~! Come to the library! It's the-urgent!"

"What's wrong, Tama?" Lux asked worriedly.

"Just come and you'll the-see! Something bad is the-happening to the worlds!" Tama cried in panic.

Lux nodded and turned to the two opposite mirages, who are still fighting.

"Hey, you two! Time out!" Lux yelled but obviously, the two are too busy beating the crap out of each other that they didn't even hear him.

Lux took a step forward and told Ramewl and Tama, "Stand back, you two."

Ramewl and Tama nodded and retreated a few steps back.

Lux held out his left hand and something suddenly materialized to his hand. It was a large black armor glove with a large glowing red gem on the back of the hand.

"KNOCK IT OFF!"

After that, a huge explosion can be seen from the distance.

=Library=

Located in the area near the café, the library looks almost similar to a museum and has some statues that features creatures such as the Behemoth, Malboro, etc.

The inside was so big that it almost looks much larger than a castle ballroom. Everything is surrounded by shelves and books. The only thing that stood out was a large globe at the center of the hall. However, it wasn't a normal globe. It was a crystallized globe with the color of space and had numerous lights on different positions inside.

A moogle wearing academic clothing is staring in front of the globe in worry until he heard footsteps. He turned around and saw some familiar figures. His name is Mog, sometimes being called as "Dr. Mog."

"What the hell happened, kupo?" He said slowly after seeing them.

The figures were none other than Tama and Lux and Ramewl, with the latter two carrying the beat-up Shivar and Ifreeta, unconscious and apparently burned to crisp which makes it look like that it is something not even Ifreeta can handle.

"Punishment for misbehaving." He immediately replied with a blank face as he set down Shivar in the red couch, which Ramewl does the same for Ifreeta.

Mog's face became deadpanned, "Don't you usually just let them beat each other up?"

"Well, Tama told us it's urgent." Lux said as he sat down on the red couch.

Mog suddenly remembered why he called them for in the first place, "Oh yeah, that's right! The worlds, kupo!" He exclaimed as he pointed towards the globe.

"The worlds?" Lux gazed towards the globe and some of the lights that were positioned in there are slowly being covered by a dark aura, soon the lights were consumed and eventually faded into nothingness, "What the..."

"...When did this happen?" Lux asked in a serious tone.

"I'm not sure, kupo. They were already disappearing by the time I noticed it, kupo." Mog answered weakly.

"Okay, then." Lux suddenly stood up and casted the spell Raise on the two human-like mirages. A baby angel appeared, however, instead of healing them with light, the baby suddenly took out a bow and two arrows and shot them straight to the head.

"OW!" The two immediately woke up and screamed in pain while Ramewl and Tama stared at them, dumbfounded. All the wounds have been healed but not their sense of pain. Shivar and Ifreeta angrily turned to the caster, with the female Ifrit having slight tears in her eyes, "WHAT THE HELL, LUX!?"

Lux stared at his left hand in surprise for a moment, "I think there's something wrong with my Raise spell."

Mog stared at him incredulously, "Did you just call a cupid, kupo? Also, that was pretty damn random, kupo."

"If it WAS a cupid, wouldn't the two of them fall in love with each other?" Lux pointed at Shivar and Ifreeta, who are glaring at each other. Everyone was sure that they saw a spark for a moment there, "Anyway, let's go."

Everyone was confused by Lux's sudden decision.

"Huh? Where?" Shivar asked.

"We're going to check on the worlds and find out what's happening." Lux turned to Mog, pointing at the globe, "Hey, Mog. Can you check which worlds are getting affected right now?"

Mog nodded and took a closer inspection at the globe, he flew around it for a bit and then stopped for a moment, staring at something. A few seconds later, he flew back right in front of Lux, "Currently, there are three worlds. IV, VI and IX."

Lux nodded, "We need to go quickly or things might get worse."

Ramewl then suddenly raised her hand, gaining everyone's attention, "Can I go, too?"

Lux reluctantly shook his head, "Sorry, but-"

However, before he could even finish his sentence he noticed Ramewl doing her sad puppy dog eyes, causing everyone except Lux to sweatdropped.

...

Within seconds, Lux already gave up, "Okay, okay! You can go! Please don't do that or your grandpa will kill me."

"Yay!" Ramewl cheered while everyone else is laughing as Lux facepalmed.

"But actually, we can't go with your machine, we'll gain unwanted attention."

"Don't worry! I'll just use Grandpa's staff as a substitute!" Ramewl assured him as she summoned Ramuh's Judgment staff.

Lux nodded, "Okay, but be careful. All that absorbed electricity could devastate a huge area."

"Aye, sir!" Ramewl saluted and the staff disappears.

Lux raised his eyebrows, "Was that a reference just now?"

Shivar crossed his arms, "So, where should we go first?"

"I recommend World IV first." Mog suggested as he pointed at one of the lights in the globe, "The aura seems bigger than the other two."

"So Cecil's world is first, huh? Haven't seen him in a while. Zidane and Terra, too." Lux smiled.

Mog looked surprised, "They know you, kupo?", Lux replied with a nod.

"How did you guys met?" Shivar asked in curiosity.

"I'll tell you later, we have something to do first, right?"

Everyone nodded as they all started to go to the entrance. Lux was the first one to go up the stairs in front of the entrance until suddenly, he slipped and hit his head on the hard steps, causing blood to flow out of his head, which shocked everyone.

"LUX!" Everyone screamed and they rushed to his unconscious body as Mog immediately hurried to a medical shelf, going to row by row trying to find medicine.

"Where the hell is the Elixir, kupo!?"

=Sylver Park=

Everyone gathered around near the large lake, in front of a mystical-looking door with elegant patterns around it, as well as emitting bright light. Everyone was trying to get ready as Tama and the other mirage named Serafie were arguing. Lux was given an ice pack created by Shivar and the former placed it on his head and sobered the pain he inflicted upon himself.

Ramewl approached Lux with a questionable look on her face, "Hey, Lux? I know I'm not supposed to bring my machine but wouldn't our appearances be the same case?"

Lux patted her on the head with a smile and she seemed to love it like a cat, "Don't worry about it. Enna Kros placed some magic in that door. Your appearances will change so you can easily blend in."

Ramewl tilted her head, "What about you, Lux? Will your appearance change?"

He shook his head in reply, "Not really, because, unlike Grymoire, the places we're going to are filled with (seemingly) normal humans, not Lilikin."

"Oh~!"

"You still have much to learn."

Shivar then stepped in, "I'll ask again, Lux. How'd you met the people from those worlds? I'm really curious. I've read almost all of Mog's records about them but I'm pretty sure I've never read about them meeting you."

Lux then remembered, "Oh, right. Remember when they got summoned in World B by two gods? The old and the new?"

Shivar nodded and realized something, "Wait. Did you get summoned, too?"

Lux shook his head, "Nope. I stumbled upon that world and they all thought I was with one of the two gods until I cleared the misunderstanding. I befriended everyone from the good side, though I did befriend a few from the bad side. I went there twice, that time when Cosmos and Chaos were still there and now Materia and Spiritus are the new gods there."

"I see. But h-" Suddenly, Shivar stopped himself and let out a sigh and gave a little smile, "You screwed the records when Mog wasn't looking, didn't you?"

"What was that, kupo?" Mog turned to the two, having heard his name being said.

Lux and Shivar then immediately shook their heads while the former is sweating bullets.

"Where do you think we'll wind up in that world?" Ifreeta asked.

"Well, there's a high chance that we'll be in Baron. After all, that's where it all started there." Lux answered.

Lux then suddenly became silent for a minute, "...Let's just go."

The others three nodded to each other and followed suit.

Mog and Serafie stared at the gateway for a minute before looking around with confused expressions.

"...Hey, where's Tama?"

To those wondering who Shivar is, he's in Final Fantasy 12: Revenant Wings as a 2nd rank summon and Shiva's lover.

The Mog here is the one from Record Keeper and I'm sure you get what Shivar meant by "Records"

The crystallized globe that monitors the worlds is a reference from the space-like tree in Starlight Garden from the game Fantasy Life, which is the pathway of Starlight Garden and Reveria.

The reason that it's IV, VI, IX is because those are the main games that I've personally played, including the After Years (not counting spin-off games).