We haven't actually said much to each other after we began traveling together. Luna is now wearing my jacket because of the blood that was on her clothes. I did apologize for that, but she seemed not truly bothered by it.

'Strong, independent and doesn't mind getting into a fight. I'd say the other me has his work cut out for him.' I think jokingly. I look at the journal that she has been looking at for the past 30 minutes of our journey. She mentioned that her and this worlds Noctis kept in contact even though she was behind enemy lines and if I'm correct then that journal was how they did so.

She seemed quite upset when she noticed it's cover was slightly burnt from my firaga earlier. That... I refused to apologize for. Gentiana was very likely going to freeze me to death before I could even explain myself. But she seemed to be stumped as what to wright back.

"What's the problem?" I ask. Her head turns towards me. "I'm sure he's desperate to know your okay." I said truly curious.

"Well... I'm wondering if I should mention you." She answers honestly before continuing "You do seem to be a very important part of this now but we usually like to keep our responses short and intimate." She explains.

I let mischievous smile show on my face. "Ahh. So you are romanced with him. I was wondering if that had stayed the same between our worlds." I tell her. Surprise appears on her face.

"So does that mean this Stella woman and you were romantically involved?" She asks me. I give her a small nod.

"With us it was more like we were two sides to the same coin, we seemed to just fit together." I say before my smile spreads even more. "And once we were no longer fighting against each other things got carnal real quick." I explain. Her cheeks show a small blush and she turns back to her book.

"That's not very appropriate." She says clearly embarrassed. I give a loud chuckle at her expense.

"Just tell him you have a powerful and handsome guardian watching over you." I say jokingly but quickly let the smile fall from my face. "I'm sure he's worried sick." I tell her honestly.

I turn back to look at the path. She seems to consider something for several more moments before jotting something down. "Umbra." She calls and the dark colored dog jogs over to her. She put the book in his bag before patting him on the side. He sniffs around for a little bit before taking off in a direction north of us.

"Did you mention me?" I ask honestly curious.

"I simply said I had a guardian, without the powerful or handsome part. He has enough problems with confidence as it is." She explains.

I let out a snort and she gives me a sideways glare when I say, "Doesn't sound very kingly if he has problems with self esteem."

She seemed to be insulted by my words. "Noctis will succeed when the time comes." She tells me defensively.

I can't help the dark smirk that appears on my face. "Oh Yeah? Well I agree." I tell her, my head turning to face hers. "But how do you think he will do it?" I ask her. Her face shows her confusion towards my question. "After all, their are so many wonderful ways for one to commit suicide."

Her face contorts to one of hurt as if I had physically struck her. She turns away.

"As I thought. The gods of this world are just at self righteous and arrogant as in mine." I say. I fold my arms behind may head as we continue walking. "Well, he's had plenty of time to get over it." I assure her.

It takes me several seconds to realize she is no longer walking next to me. I turn around to find her staring down at her feet to moving. "You speak of it so casually, yet none of us could bring ourselves to tell him his fate." She says quietly.

My hands fall from the back of my head as I realized what she was telling me. "You mean to tell me he doesn't know?" I ask her.

She gives me a small nod before replying. "He just seemed so happy and innocent. I couldn't bring myself to say it. And his father wanted nothing but happiness for him. We just couldn't." She explained.

I thought back. When I was told my fate I became bitter. At the crystal, my father, the whole world, but the gods especially. For the longest time I felt that I was owed something for what was expected of me. Whatever it was I don't think I got it. Eventually the bitterness disappeared. What I was after was cold, uncaring. Some would even say dark. Funny considering I was the world's 'light.' But before that I was carefree, kind and happy. If I was never told that fateful day I might still be that way.

I begin walking towards her. "I can understand." I say to her as I put my hand on her shoulder. She looks up at me with a blank face but her eyes showed a plea for some form of reassurance. "I didn't exactly change for the better when I found out, but still he deserves to know." I tell her. She gives me a hesitant nod and I let my hand fall from her shoulder. I look around and noticed the sun was starting to go down.

"Come on, we are almost at Cauthess. We don't want to get caught out in the open at night." I tell her as I begin walking again. A few seconds later I hear her heels hitting the ground behind me as she catches up.

"Tomorrow I need to get to the meteor and awaken the Titan so that I may forge a covenant with him." She explains to me. 'Oh. Right. Oracle.' I think to myself.

"Is there any complications about that I should know?" I ask knowing that there always is something when it come to this stuff.

"The only entrance has a blockade of imperial troops, and while I'm sure we could take them no problem, we don't want them to know what we are doing until we are already leaving." She explains to me. My annoyance showing more and more as she explains.

"So that means if the soldiers at the blockade disappear then it's a bust?" I ask for my own clarification. She nods to me.

"Well too bad we can't fly." I say with annoyance in my voice. She looks at me strangely.

"Are you implying that you can fly?" She asks me with slight disbelief in her tone.

I let a mischievous smile appear on my face. "If you want the technical answer then yes. But if you want the real answer, then no. I can't fly. Especially with someone else." I explain to her.

She looks at me quizzically as if expecting me to continue. "Are you going to tell me how?" She asks.

"If it becomes relevant... maybe." I tell her. Her face shows her annoyance at my lack of context to my supposed "flying."

When we arrived at the town the sun had just about gone down. The first thing I noticed is that there was no lodgings to rent. Luna points it out as well. "We have no place to sleep for the night. How much money do you have? We can probably buy a tent and some sleeping bags from that vendor." She says to me as she points to a small outdoor store.

'Like hell im sleeping in a tent.' I think to myself. I look to her and start forming a plan. "Let me handle the sleeping arrangements. In the meantime, why don't you go get some dinner at the diner." I say, Handing her a few hundred Gil.

"And what exactly are you going to do?" She asks clearly not happy to be excluded from my plan.

"You just worry about getting some meat on those bones and let me handle it." I tell her. She stands there for several seconds before giving in and heading to the diner.

I begin looking around the town. "There's got to be one of them somewhere." I say to myself. I soon spot a local hunter cleaning his weapon. 'Bingo'

I approach the man and he looks up at me. "Something I can help you with?" He asks.

"Just a few questions first." I tell him. He stops cleaning his weapon. "Ask away." He says.

"I just want to make sure but your a local, correct?" I ask him. He gives me a nod. "Well that brings me to my second question. Does this town have anyone suffering from the Starscourge?" I ask him.

"Yeah a few people unfortunately. It's practically everywhere you go nowadays." He tells me somberly.

"Well then, you should spread the news to those people that the Oracle herself happens to be in town and is more then willing to heal them before she rests for the night." I tell him. His eyes light up with surprise and excitement and his sword drops to the ground forgotten.

"She is?! That's great! I knew she couldn't be dead! Where is she?" He asks me standing up.

"She is currently at the the diner. We just arrived a few minutes ago." I tell him.

"Oh wow! I'll go spread the word." He says excitedly. He jogs off to go tell those affected.

'And now we wait.' I think to myself as I begin heading towards the diner to meet up with Luna.

When I walked in I immediately spotted her sitting at one of the booths. She may not be wearing all white anymore with my jacket covering her, but not many people in lucis have blond hair. I sat down across from her and a waiter immediately walked up to the table. "I take it your her number 2?" The waiter asked. I simply nodded my head before looking at the short menu and ordering.

The waiter walked away going back into the kitchen to get my order. "Did you find us a place to stay?" I turn to look at Luna. She must have been hungry because she is almost done her food.

"I'm working on it." I tell her, but her expression showed she was unconvinced. The waiter soon returned with my meal and I thanked him before digging in.

As the waiter walked away another person walked up to us. He was a young man, possibly in his early twenties but he looked rather sick. "Lady Oracle?" He asked, desperation on his voice. She turned to the man in surprise. I listened while continuing to eat. "Is it truly you?" He asked.

She gave him a small smile and a nod. Relief washed over his face as he fell to his knees. He spoke once again. "Lady Luna. I heard word you were here and came immediately. I have been plagued by the starscourge for days with little hope of survival. Please I beg of-" he was cut off as Luna placed her hands on his shoulders as they began to glow a warm yellow.

"Say no more. I will happily heal you. It is my duty as the Oracle." She said kindness seeping from her voice. The few other people in the diner were watching the miracle that she performed on the man. I continued eating, only listening. I hear the incantation she whispers as her hands glow brighter.

After several moments the color of the man's face came back. His breathing became easier and the pain he felt must have disappeared from the relief he showed. Her hands stopped glowing and she removed them from his shoulders. "The starscourge is gone from you, but you still will feel some residual pain for the upcoming days."

He stood up from where he kneeled. "You have done something no one else could. I couldn't ask anymore of you. Thank you my lady." He said as he bowed before walking away.

Someone else walked up to her immediately after a older man holding a young girl in his arms. I could tell she was affected by the same plague but hers seemed much more advanced. "Lady Lunafreya! Please! I had lost all hope for my daughter." It was then that I noticed a few more people by the door most of whom looked to be affected as well.

Luna went through the same process with the young girl. I heard them give there thanks before leaving and making way for the young woman. This process happened 2 more time before I heard what I was listening for. "Thank you for healing my wife. If there is any way we can repay you just let us know." He told her as he bowed to her.

"Thank you for your kindness but I need nothing of you for what I do, it brings me joy to see happiness on the faces of others." She replied very humbly. They began walking away. I got up from my chair and she ignored me in favor of healing an elderly man.

I caught up to the man and his wife outside the diner. "Excuse me?!" I called out to them. They stopped and turned to me.

"You're the young man who was with the Oracle. How can I help you?" The man asked happily.

"Well I'm sorry to bother you but you offered your help to the Oracle?" I asked him.

They nodded their heads. "What about it?" He asked.

"Well since Luna is much to humble I suppose I have to ask, but we arrived in town and quickly realized that we have no place to stay the night." I say to him.

"Say no more we will begin preparing our spare bedroom immediately." The woman said. The man nodded and said "Yes, it's the least we can do after what she did." He said.

The man turns to one of the buildings and points. "We live on the third floor of that building over there. Just knock and we will let you in." He said.

"Thank you. I'll let Luna know." I tell them before walking back into the diner. She was finishing healing the last person as I sat down. When she did, he thanked her profusely before leaving us.

Now that the eyes weren't all on her she slumped back into the booth letting her exhaustion show. She will probably be annoyed about what I did but it's not up for debate after what she will be going through tomorrow.

The covenants, they killed the Oracle of my world. And for what? The gods were completely useless to me in the end. All they cared about was seeing to it that I fix their mistakes.

I bring my thoughts back to Luna. "Come on." I say. "We've got a big day tomorrow. Let's get to bed." I tell her as I stand up.

She looks at me with annoyance. "You've found somewhere for us to sleep?" She asks wearily. I let a small smirk appear on my face.

"Yes I did."

Mirrored Fate

I pushed myself up from the road to look towards the reason I crashed. As I suspected the white dog was sitting on the side of the road waiting for me. I got up and ran to it as it began walking. Suddenly I was no longer following it through the forest but the desert. It barked at me to follow it as it ran up the side of a beached boat before disappearing inside.

I followed it in and walked into a train filled with armored troops. I walked towards the front of the train car looking for the dog until I got to the other end. I turned to the doors and saw myself but noticed something was off about my reflection. It looked wrong.

I didn't linger on it because the train came to a stop and I found the dog again standing at the top of the steps waiting for me. I push my way through the crowd and suddenly I'm no longer in the subway but at some kind of mining station. I can't keep up with the dog so I begin unceremoniously shoving my way through the troops. They begin to turn aggressive and point their guns at me but I pay no mind.

I jump over a railing onto a lower walkway to avoid the troops coming up the stairs. They turn around to give chase. I continue to follow the dog but found myself blocked by more troops coming up the stairs.

I slide past the first one knocking it from behind before hitting the one behind it to the side. I summon a dagger as stab the gun the next one aimed at me before kicking the trooper. I summon a sword and throw it at the dog waiting patiently in the elevator. The warp happens different than how I usually warp, no leftover particles, no high speed movement. It felt more like a real warp. I paid it little mind as I rolled into the elevator and slapped the down button.

Bullets riddle the elevator as I looked into the dogs burning eyes. Luna blocked the blade with her trident but it was knocked to the side. She put up a barrier to protect herself from the next few swipes but the barrier shattered sending her to the ground.

She crawls towards the trident reaching for it but it is picked up before she can reach it.

The elevator suddenly disappears leaving me and the white dog in a free fall. I summon a dagger and stab it into a wall to stop myself. Instead of coming to a stop as I suspected, I was suddenly laying on the ground of a bridge. I got up and immediately noticed I was surrounded by magitek troopers. I summon the other dagger to match the one I have.

I throw them both but warp to one slamming my boots into two of the troopers. I roll up summoning them back to me and slicing the necks of two of the troopers. I switch to a spear and slice several of the nearby infantry with a single swipe before switching to a large sword in a single motion continuing the onslaught. I switch back to a spear killing a few more troopers before throwing a fire spell at a group of the troopers.

Suddenly I was in the a beautiful hallway fighting a behemoth. I sliced its throat but it just came back with a swing. I throw my sword nearby in an attempt to warp away but it fails and I'm back in the spot I first was. I get hit by the behemoth and slammed into a pillar nearby. The dog barks at me and I leave the fight to follow it. I begin running towards a mirror.

On the other side I notice what looks like me but distinctly different. He was calmly walking towards the mirror, the behemoth on his side lay dead behind him. Unlike me he seemed to not have a scratch on him while my clothes were ripped to shreds and I was bloodied and bruised.

"You're no king. You're a child living in a fantasy." He says. I jump into the mirror the same time he walks into it. Suddenly I'm in water swimming to the surface. I swim to the surface and am suddenly in front of an imperial base. I hold up a spear ready to strike but suddenly it disappears from my hands.

I have to avoid the barrage of bullets and hide. I slammed into a trooper and steal their gun, using it to kill the remaining troopers. Suddenly a magitek sentry appears and begins firing upon me and the dog. I take aim at the mech but it fired knocking the gun away from me. The dog jumped out of cover drawing the mechs fire. I run up the stairs nearby and grabbed a chain, hooking it around a crane before throwing the other end at the mech.

I quickly push a button on the crane making it move. The mech begins pulling against the crane to the point that it falls over pulling the crane down on top of it. I run over to the dog laying on the ground. Suddenly the ground gives way.

I once again wake up in a sweat. 'That dream again?' I think to myself. I sit up in my bed in the Leville. I notice that it seems to be almost be the middle of the day meaning the guys decided to let me sleep in.

I sit there thinking and analyzing the dream. Trying to make some kind of sense of it. The problem was I could only remember bits and pieces of the dream. Fragments of it. But something I do remember is my reflection on that mirror his darker hair, his red eyes, and those cold words. 'You're no king. You're a child living in a fantasy.' I think to myself. What this dream was telling me I couldn't figure it out so I gave up for now.

Mirrored Fate

"God I miss the regalia." I tell her. We've been walking since early morning and we are now climbing the largest overhang to get to the meteor. Luna looks over to me with some confusion.

"Do you honestly believe your car could traverse this?" She asks me. I think about it for several seconds.

"Well no but at least then we could have taken the road." I look over to her. "And how can you even walk in those heels?" I ask her. She lets out a small laugh.

"It comes with practice." She says as we continue walking.

"Well you should get some more casual clothes. That bright white dress isn't good for much other than announcing the location of the oracle." I tell her truthfully before turning back to the new phone in my hand. Last night I went and bought a phone so that I would be able to access the internet. There are things that I wanted to know without having to ask her constantly.

What I'm looking at currently is the biography of one Noctis Lucis Caelum. Everything seemed similar to what I had up until a apparent attack on his life by a demon that left him crippled. That must have been why they went and meet the Oracle but that's not even mentioned on here.

One of the most concerning things I noticed was a lack of achievements in battle.

I look back at Luna deciding whether or not to ask before finally deciding to. "Hey Luna?" She looks at me and gives me a hum of acknowledgement. "Did your Noctis ever fight in the battles leading up to the attack on Insomnia?" I ask her fearing the answer.

She gives me a confused look. "No. By the time all the territories were lost other than Leide Noctis was only 17 and therefor his father made argument that he shouldn't fight. And before he turned 18 his father put up the wall using the power of the crystal and the Ring of Lucii." She tells me. I can't help it when my face contorts to one of shock and anger. "Why? Did you fight?" She asks.

"Of course I fought!" I tell her, perhaps raising my voice tad too much. "My god! Your noctis is probably a pansy! I started fighting when I was 15!" I tell her. Her face shows her shock at the age.

"And your father allowed it?!?" She asks in surprise.

"Allowed it?! He suggested it to me!" I tell her as I kick a stone in anger. "He wasn't told his destiny and he wasn't allowed to fight before the attack?! Etro help him! Your noctis is probably so woefully underprepared for this that is a miracle he lives!" I tell her but she remains completely quiet.

"And what the hell is the Ring of Lucii?!" I ask her in frustration. She seems confused. "Is that the ring you found so important when we first met?" I ask her.

"You mean you didn't have that in your world?" She asks I immediately shake my head. "Well it's how the crystal is controlled." She says pausing before continuing. "It also allows the wearer the ability to use the crystals magic if they are not of Royal Blood. But they have to pass the judgment of the past kings of Lucis to get that power. But when someone of Royal blood wears it, they are given even greater power and new abilities." She explains. I think about what she tells me for several moments.

"Well then why don't I wear it? After all I am royal blood." I explain to her. As I reach out my hand. She hardly even need to think about her answer.

"No." She tells me. A frown appears on my face as she continued. "We don't know if the kings see it that way and if they don't and you fail to pass their judgment then the results are... horrid. And even if you pass, they demand some kind of sacrifice for its use. A toll for its power." She tells me.

She continues after a moment. "Believe me, I've thought long and hard about it. This ring, just having it on my person, it takes away from my strength continuously, but the risk is to great." She explains as she walks past my open hand.

I think for several seconds before telling her. "Then at least let me carry it. After all there's a higher chance it would be useful to me than to you." I explain to her.

"It's not up for discussion. King Regis entrusted me to get the ring to his son." She tells me.

'Regis? Dad must have a different name here.' I think to myself as I catch up to her. We soon reach the top of the hill and find ourselves overlooking the meteor.

I look up at the sun and don't like what I see. "We need to make haste. It's already almost 1 and we've been walking since 7. We might barely make it back before dark." I tell her. She agrees and we begin making our way towards the center.

I notice a faint feeling that I recall, as we walk towards the center. We turn a corner and find a cliff. And on that cliff looks to be a king's casket. In his hands is a long silver sword and I immediately recognize it as one of those weapons of light from that island.

"This used to be a royal tomb. The kings of lucis would be put around the kingdom in tombs when they die along with their weapon, their souls still lingering with it. These weapons are called royal arms and they are each extremely powerful. The powers they grant to those of Royal blood are great." She explains to me noticing the confusion on my face.

I think about it for several moments. "Yeah I actually have a royal arm. Only one though." I tell her as I walk up to the statue. "Collecting it left me in quite the state of helplessness and agony for several minutes. So I'm wondering if it's worth grabbing." I explain to her.

She thinks about it for several moments. "Royal arms can't really be used by non royalty. It's useless to them. Perhaps some adjustment had to made in order for you to use it." She explains to me. I think about it while staring at the sword.

"I'll leave it for your boyfriend. He needs all the help he can get." I say as I turn away.

She seemed to be slightly irked by the boyfriend comment but she says nothing as we continue down the path.

We reach the bottom of the meteor and walk to the edge of the cliff. "We need to be ready to go quickly. The empire will know what I've done almost immediately." She explains to me.

"And yet the only resistance we've met was that blockade at the front entrance." I say. She ignores me as she walks forward several more feet before stopping. Suddenly there is a slight change of wind and Gentiana appears next to her holding a trident.

She hands the trident to Luna, "Good luck lady Oracle." She says before looking at me for several seconds and disappearing.

'Get the feeling she doesn't like me.' I think to myself 'but then again, I don't really care about the opinion of a god.'

Luna opens her mouth and begins singing.

It's quite beautiful but she must be using magic to amplify her voice. It truly is a song that could wake the gods. There are no words to it. Just the sound of her voice to different tunes.

It was a song I heard before but I wasn't paying attention to it back then. 'Etro. Your awakening brought nothing but chaos to my broken world.' I thought as I clenched my fists.

Suddenly the ground shook and she stopped singing.

(Latin if you care. Also the spacing of sentences are very important in this language so the sentences are sometimes

Split like this.)

"Quiz excitavit mihi?" I hear a thundering voice say.

"I am Lunafreya, Blood of the Oracle. God of strength and earth, I ask of you, Enter this covenant so that the chosen king can fulfill his destiny!" She tells to the heavens.

Suddenly the meteor begins to move and the ground begins to shake. The meteor rises high up and under it, is the god himself holding up the meteor.

While still mildly impressed I'm not all that surprised as I was the first time I saw him.

"Quod Rex ut habet mea robur dignus est

fortitudinem meam faciet mutuari" he said.

"Then challenge him yourself, so that he may prove his worth!" She pleads.

"i expecto provocatione eius" It said before it began to glow.

"Terra et Caelum"

"Altitudo et profundum"

"natus moriensque"

These were the words is began repeating. Luna too began to glow and many particles of light began pouring from her to the Titan. She was most certainly in pain during this. When it stopped she leaned heavily on the trident.

I can't help the frown that appears on my face as I watch her now. Despite not knowing her that well, Anger rises in me. I walk over to her and put her arm around my shoulder to help her stand. I look up to the Titan to see him studying me intently as if the pain he just caused Luna was of little importance to him. My frown turns to a glare. Had Luna known of my feelings of the gods she would have never brought me.

" aspiciens prospiciebat

quando potest videre

tu interficiamini

et Disputatio indigentiam sanctulus Deorum ex omnipotentis" I say to him, putting plenty of sarcasm into the last part.

I hear Luna's labored breathing hitch and I look to see her staring at me with terrified eyes. He roars at my insult to the gods but I ignore him now helping Luna walk back towards the hillside.

A shift of wind and Gentiana appears next to us. "We have lived for thousands of years watching over your kind. Yet you insinuate that we are self-righteous." I look to her as I continue walking with Luna.

"You force a destiny on a mere boy, expecting him to die to fix a mistake you've made while you sit and watch. And that 'god' over there has the gall to ask if he is worthy?!" I ask anger becoming overwhelming in my voice. "Is he worthy?! Like he and I had a fucking choice! All you gods care about is seeing us to our deaths!" I yell at her as I continued to walk.

Gentiana says nothing and the Titan remains silent. I practically carry Luna over the top of the hill. We walk along the large rocks toward the outpost in silence. I wish we could move faster. The sun is going down soon and we have some distance to travel.

Suddenly Luna's legs give out from under her at this point she is held up by me holding her alone. "I just need a minute. The covenant took more out of me than expected and the Ring is taking all that is left." She explains to me.

"We don't have a minute Luna. The sun is going down." I tell her. She breathes heavy for several seconds before trying to get her footing and immediately falling into me again. I shift her behind me before bending down and lifting her up on my back. "If you won't let me carry the ring, I'll just have to carry you." I tell her as I begin a speedy walk leaving the trident behind. I feel a brush of the wind and look to see Gentiana picking it up.

'At least she does something useful.' I think to myself.

It takes several minutes before Luna loses her tenseness and weakly leans into me but I barely notice it. I walk at as quick of a pace my legs can safely take us, making sure to avoid any of the more hazardous wildlife. The sun is completely gone when we make it back and I'm actually surprised I don't run into any demons on the outskirts of town but I don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

I bring her back to the apartment we stayed before and knock on the door. The woman answers the door and lets me us in. After once again thanking her for her hospitality, I go into the bedroom and gently sit Luna down on the bed.

"Thank you, Noctis."