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Scribbleness' Note: YAY! First chapter! This story is my first collaboration with MonMonCandie, when we decided to write a Dissidia fanfiction, putting all our favorite heroes in Disney's Enchanted! Of course, changes were made, replacing all the elements with people and creatures from Final Fantasy. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy our first story!
MonMonCandie's Note:Huzzah! Hopefully you like the beginning of our little story! :3 As Scribbleness stated, this is also my first collab and I'm very much excited! Stay tuned for more, because just like the movie, the exciting things have yet to come!
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Happily Ever After
Once upon a time, in a land far far away where fantasy is realized, lies a kingdom full of…well, Chocobos, magic, Aeons, time compression, talking trees… things you've never seen! The beautiful kingdom of Cornelia is where the wicked Queen Ultimecia rules with an iron fist. However, her reign of tyranny is threatened by her stepson, the noble Prince Firion. With the passing of his coming of age ceremony, Prince Firion is eligible to take the throne as the new king, for as soon as he finds the young maiden who he wishes to spend his life with.
Dreading this foreboding event, Queen Ultimecia does whatever she can to stop her stepson from ever meeting the lucky young lady who will ultimately replace her as queen.
But unknown to the tyrant, the day Prince Firion will meet his true love may come sooner than she would ever like…
"It was so amazing! So…breathtaking!" she sighed blissfully as she sank into the soft bed.
"What's so special about dreaming of a guy? Seems pointless, Terra," the young boy asked in disbelief while reading a novel. He looked up at the green haired girl.
She only giggled while hugging a pillow close to her chest, "Oh Luneth! He wasn't just any guy; he was a prince…the prince that may one day come and sweep me off my feet. He was so real in the dream."
"Still, pretty strange…" Luneth rolled his eyes; closing the book he finished reading. He sat up from lying on his stomach for so long. Luneth stretched his arms out to the ceiling as he heard Terra giggle some more.
"You're only saying that because you don't understand things like 'love,' Luneth," Terra rebuked playfully. She could see Luneth glaring at her from the corner of her eye. Putting a hand up in defense, she explained, "I'm only saying you're too young for that kind of thing." Luneth huffed in response.
Turning to face her silent companion in the room, Terra asked, "You think so too don't you, Light?"
The man with silvery hair sitting at the table in the far corner glanced at Terra. He stopped polishing his sword for a moment to think, then nodded in agreement as he returned to his handiwork.
"Oh yes; let's just gang up on Luneth today!" the young boy scoffed, throwing his hands in the air with defeat. Terra laughed out loud while Light wore that rare smirk on his face.
Getting up from her bed, Terra went to kneel beside Luneth and ruffled his hair slightly. The purple eyed boy sat there defiantly with arms crossed. Figuring she took the joke too far, Terra apologized, "I'm sorry, Luneth. I didn't mean to upset you. I was only kidding…" The boy slightly turned his gaze at his sister-like figure. She smiled apologetically to which Luneth couldn't help but blush.
Turning his head away, he replied, "…Well, I guess the dream must be a sign."
Happy that she was forgiven, Terra beamed with a clap of her hands, "Oh! You think so too?" She stood up, grabbing Luneth's hands to have him stand up as well. Terra chuckled as she twirled in a circle with Luneth before gracefully making her way to the open window of their little home. By this time, Luneth's thoughts were spinning in his head. He shook his head to stop himself from getting dizzy to look at Terra. He went quiet as he saw the girl drop into her quiet state of mind.
As Terra sat by the window, looking out with longing, she quietly mumbled, "One day, my prince will definitely come for me…"
Luneth exchanged a worried glance with Light, who shook his head. The brother-like figure gave Luneth a look that told him to "leave her be." The boy sighed with a nod, watching Terra play with her magic as she began to hum a beautiful melody.
Meanwhile on the other side of the forest, the sound of running Chocobos could be heard, but it wasn't a normal stampede. There was a wild chase happening!
"Hurry Gabranth! We must stop him before he flees deeper into the forest!" cried the commanding voice of the young prince. "HYAA!" He encouraged his Chocobo to run faster.
"Yes, of course, my lord!" replied the prince's knight and royal escort. He too made haste of his Chocobo, catching up with the prince in pursue of the bouncing clown.
As he jumped from spot to spot, the colorful clown taunted, "HAHA! You'll never catch me! Just give it up Princey!" He continued to bounce about, throwing fire and blizzard spells towards the Chocobo riders and laughed fanatically, "This is so much fun! Dance, DANCE!!!"
Firion and Gabranth tried their best to steer away from the unpredictable patterns of magic, yet the Chocobos let out a cry to signify they were experiencing trouble.
"Your highness, we cannot keep this up for much longer!" Gabranth warned in his eloquent voice. He pulled on the reigns to make the large bird swerve to the right. The man barely dodged a blizzard shard aimed for his body.
Firion ducked his head to the left, a fire ball whizzing over his head, "Tch!" He had to agree with the older knight.
When his stepmother informed him that a deranged clown, Kefka, was terrorizing the local villages, Firion couldn't avoid the overwhelming feeling to help his people. The silver haired prince took it upon himself to stop Kefka while one of his stepmother's loyal men Gabranth agreed to accompany the prince during his campaign. So now, here they were; chasing the crafty Kefka before he disappeared…again.
As Kefka continued to throw various spells, he picked up the sound of a maiden…humming. Distracted, Kefka turned away for a moment with deadly curiosity, "Hmm-hmm! And what do we have here!?"
Noticing Kefka's vulnerable state, Firion pulled out his bow and summoned a magic arrow. He pulled back on the bow, aiming for engrossed clown. "Please hit!" he quietly wished. And with a quick release of the arrow, it flew across the air hitting the jester dead on the chest. The force of the arrow caused Kefka to crash into a tree, rendering him unconscious.
Taking this as a sign they've won, Firion and Gabranth slowed down the strides of their Chocobo companions. The brave prince was first to dismount from his ride, handing the reigns of his yellow bird to Gabranth. He pulled out his red sword embezzled with the family crest and walked cautiously towards the clown.
"An impressive display of archery, your majesty. I'm sure her highness, the Queen, will be thrilled to know this insane man has been stopped," Gabranth praised, dismounting from his own Chocobo while petting it. However, he winced inwardly, Nonetheless, the Queen will be most displeased that you stopped him so fast.
Gabranth could still remember how Queen Ultimecia specifically called upon Kefka Palazzo, an exiled court mage of a distant country, to toy with her stepson however he wished. Kefka's reward: access to Cornelia's magitek research. Ultimecia gave Gabranth strict orders to make sure Firion would be distracted with this ordeal for as long as possible. Unfortunately, it was not as long as the Queen would expect.
"I'm sure," Firion simply replied, watching the clown with a keen eye. It was then that Firion heard the wonderous melody humming through the air, a sound that Firion had never heard before. It was light, yet mythical; sweet, but soothing. A maiden's serene voice no doubt, but how Firion wished to actually see her.
"Do you hear that, Gabranth?" Firion asked, making sure he wasn't imagining things, "That voice…It is the voice of a damsel!"
Panicked, but showing no signs of expression, Gabranth quickly waved it off, "Nonsense your majesty! What would a lady be doing here in the middle of a forest?" He had hoped the prince would believe in his argument, but the sound itself was winning over the prince's judgment.
"Why, for me to BURN her of course!" cried out the supposedly unconscious Kefka. Both nobles looked in surprise. Before they could react, Kefka pushed Firion back with a force of enveloping magic, knocking the young prince and his guardian to the ground. The Chocobos cried out in fear, wings flailing in panic.
Kefka emerged in a newer form, four wings sprouted out of his back while his skin turned into a violent purple. If Kefka was troublesome then, he became a riot now! "KEHEHEHEHE!" he laughed evilly, flying towards the woman's voice, "We hear what she sings like, but I wonder what she SCREAMS like?!"
Firion struggled to his feet, hastily instructing, "We…we must hurry! Before that sadist harms whoever is there!" Gabranth grunted in agreement as both men got on their feathered rides and began the chase once again.
Terra continued to hum by the window as she played with the watery bubbles summoned with magic, lost in her dreamy thoughts of the prince charming she saw in her sleep. Luneth had opened another novel, but paused to appreciate Terra's melody. Light also listened to the girl's carefree sound as he ran the cloth against the steel of his blade.
He immediately stopped when he sensed a forthcoming evil. Light stood up abruptly, causing his companions to look at him confused. Terra stopped summoning bubbles to send a worried glance at her oldest friend. Light narrowed his eyes with alertness, "It comes!"
Light quickly reached for his sword and shield when Terra asked innocently, "What comes?"
"Th-th-th—!" Luneth stuttered while pointing to the window Terra sat by. The violet eyed girl noticed Luneth's face turn pale white. She raised a puzzled eyebrow as she followed the young boy's line of vision. Terra immediately jumped away from the window in shock; a ghastly looking figure pressed himself again the glass!
"Who—!?" Terra gasped out loud. Luneth tried his best shield Terra from the clown's demeaning stare.
"Why my dear! No needto be afraid! All I've come here for is to hear you SCREAM!!!" the mad man declared. Using his strongest spell, the jester broke the walls supporting cottage to stand. The small home started crashing to the ground.
Slicing through some of the falling debris, Light managed to create an opening, "Outside! Quickly!" Luneth and Terra nodded, running out of the collapsing shelter.
By the time they got out, Luneth pushed Terra to the side as a thunder spell crashed to the ground. "And where do you think you're going!? I'm just getting warmed up!" cried the winged man. Terra summoned a barrier to shield her and Luneth from various spells the man tossed in their direction.
Light rushed to attack the "angel." He called out, "Come light!" The swordsman strikes, but the winged man dodges each blow tauntingly.
Luneth, who couldn't watch the struggle anymore, tried to run forward to help the warrior. Terra, reading his intentions, grabbed hold of his arm with a shout of worry, "Luneth! Don't!"
"But if we don't do something, Light will—!" Luneth argued, but is cut off when the cries of charging Chocobos are heard. They both turn to see two men riding Chocobos coming forth to attack the winged man.
The younger man jumped off his Chocobo, swinging his sword in a horizontal slash at the laughing man, "That's enough, Kefka!" The purple figure managed to dodge the incoming attack, but he wasn't quick enough to evade Light's upward slice. It hits and Kefka is seething as he flies to a further distance.
Landing on his feet, the young man turned towards Terra and Luneth. Time stood still as Terra glimpsed at the determined young knight; her heart beating faster as his eyes are transfixed with hers. He was handsome Terra contemplated. She had never seen such bravery and resolve in a person since…well since Light, but for some reason, this man felt completely different from her older guardian. When he tore his gaze away from hers, Terra blushed furiously in embarrassment for staring. The reaction did not go unnoticed by Luneth, who looked at her with a questioning gaze.
"Gabranth, make sure the lady and child are kept safe," the young man ordered in a calm voice.
The older man, Gabranth, bowed his head slightly before making his way to Terra and Luneth, "Understood, Prince Firion!"
Prince? Oh! A prince! Terra exclaimed with a hand covering her mouth. It was happening! The shadowed prince from her dreams was really here!
The brave prince turned his focus back on Kefka. Firion and Light glanced at each other, silently sending messages to the other. They nodded in agreement to follow through with their "plan."
"Oh you make me sick! Losers! All of you!" Kefka angrily expressed as he raised a hand and quickly brought it down. A shower of blizzard shards hurled its way towards the two knights.
Light and Firion sidestepped in opposite directions and jumped in the air simultaneously. Using his trusty shield, Light threw it forward to block any projectiles headed his way.
Using the momentum of his jump, the silver haired knight appeared in front of an unprepared Kekfa and dazzled the clown with elegant slashes of his sword.
Kekfa backed away in pain, growling in irritation. But before he can retaliate with another whirlwind of spells, Firion had once again summoned his bow, "This is the end for you, Kefka!" The young prince aimed and fired a large arrow, striking Kefka explosively.
Terra covered Luneth with her body as Gabranth stood in front them as protection from most of the flying debris.
Kefka, wings tattered and body covered with minor cuts and scrapes, shrieked, "Gah! Don't think you've won you little worms! I'll be back before you know it!" He faded away in an ominous shadow after vowing his threat.
Everyone took a deep breath of relief, Luneth crying out, "Light! Are you okay!?"
Light stabbed his sword in the ground to embrace the younger warrior, who ran up to him, with a one-armed hug. Luneth was shaking slightly as he tried to hold back tears, knowing it wouldn't be very knightly of him to cry in front of so many people. Terra walked a few steps forward, turning at all sides to check everyone and smiled in contentment. Everyone was alright!
Feeling his eyes on her, Terra turned her violet-blue ones to look at the young prince. He blushed slightly, but his gaze never faltered. The emerald haired maiden blushed slightly as well, smiling back at the prince nervously. He's very much a warrior, but he seems like such a regular person now, Terra thought blissfully. Happy that he hadn't scared the girl away, Firion began making his way to Terra's spot, much to the dismay of his guardian knight.
As Terra held her breath for his presence, she heard a cracking sound from above her. Curious, she looked up only to be surprised by a falling tree, probably caused by the earlier explosion. Terra couldn't react fast enough, preparing for her untimely doom. She closed her eyes tightly only to feel someone swiftly carry her off from the unfortunate spot. She instinctively grabbed the material of her savior's clothes as she felt wind rushing by her face. The crash of the tree and shouts from her worried guardians was heard, but surprisingly enough, Terra wasn't hurt in any way!
Slowly opening her eyes, Terra looks up to be greeted by the gentle golden eyes, "Are you alright?"
Terra was slightly embarrassed by how Firion carried her bridal style, but answered, "Y-yes. Thank you, your highness."
Firion let out a small chuckle as he shook his head, "Please don't worry about the formalities; just call me Firion. And you are?"
Terra shyly replied gazing into his eyes, "I'm…Terra."
"Terra…It's a beautiful name."
"Thank you…Firion."
They continued gazing at each other and both felt like they could spend eternity that way. A tense, but a mutual feeling was shared between the prince and the young maiden. Both felt like closing the distance between their faces, but a third party clearing his throat broke them out of their resolve.
"Uh, don't mind us. Continue with…what you were doing…" Luneth stated, uncomfortable with the lovey-dovey atmosphere. Light covered Luneth's eyes with a hand teasingly as the boy fought to remove it, "Hey!"
Terra and Firion both looked away in embarrassment, but not once did Firion let Terra touch the ground. The dismayed Gabranth cleared his throat grabbing everyone's attention, "I hate to interrupt majesty, but we must return to the castle and report the status of the hunt to your mother."
"Yes, right," Firion replied, slight disappointment in his tone. Terra lowered her head with a small frown. She had only met the prince of her dreams and now he was leaving. Sensing her sadness, Firion looked back at the innocent girl and smiled, "However, I'd wish to escort this fair lady to the castle as well." Caught by surprise, Terra gazed up in bewilderment. Not looking away from her eyes, Firion inquired gently, "Lady Terra, might I ask you to come and…live with me at the castle?"
Terra was ecstatic knowing the underlying meaning in the prince's words. Beaming, she answered, "I would be honored to, Prince Firion!"
"Of course, not for a few days…"
"Your highness…?"
"But forever?"
Terra's teary purple eyes shone as she clapped her hands to her mouth, overwhelmed with his offer of the happily ever after that she had dreamt of. She jumped at her prince, placing her slender arms around his broad shoulders and embraced him tightly. "Yes! Yes!" she cried.
Grinning widely as he hugged back, Firion looked at his armored guardian, "Gabranth! There is much to celebrate! Terra and I shall be married in the morning!"
Gabranth's jaw dropped in surprise. His Lady will not like it, she will be furious, angry… enraged. It took a slightly long moment before the prince's escort respond. "Y-yes, your highness," Gabranth stuttered in reply, hiding his disbelieving tone. Luneth couldn't help the wide grin crossing his face while Light smiled brightly in happiness for his female comrade. Terra and Firion broke their embrace to gaze at each other once again and beamed.
Terra's happy ending was finally coming soon; and she couldn't have asked for a better ending than the one she was in now!
"Why that insect!" snarled the venomous voice of the female monarch. Ultimecia had been watching the events unfold through a magic window. From Firion's wild goose chase to Firion's engagement, Ultimecia heard it all. She waved the window away in fury, "That useless twit did nothing to stop Firion from meeting a little wench!"
"It is only a minor setback my Queen," comforted the voice of Ultimecia's royal advisor, Mateus.
A booming voice, belonging to none other than the warlock Exdeath, laughed out, "Indeed. Gabranth was nothing more than a fool."
Sighing, the Queen fell back on her throne, her chin rest on her palm in an elegant matter, "I suppose you're right. Worrying about it now would be meaningless. There must be a way to separate my naïve stepson and that little girl…"
Taking a step forward with a bow, Mateus hinted, "Your grace, might I suggest sending the girl to a place where your dear stepson will never find her…where she won't ever find happiness?"
The Queen's lips curled in a wicked smile. She created a smaller window in her open hand, and through it, Ultimecia saw her stepson helping the green haired dame mount the Chocobo. A taller silver haired swordsman carried a younger brat and helped him mount the same Chocobo, much to the prince's confusion. Watching her stepson receiving some sort of threat from the taller man, the Queen replied calmly, "That sounds like a fabulous idea. And I know just the place!"
The evil Queen and her henchmen let out malevolent laughter.
Soon, Ultimecia smirked, Soon you will see that there are no happy endings…
