Dissidia Final Fantasy: The Return of Chaos

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Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy or any of the related characters.

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(From the Previous Chapter)

"You villains will be brought to justice!" said the Warrior.

"Not really!" said Kefka.

"What?" said Terra.

Kefka laughed maniacally and grabbed a small device from his pocket and planted it.

"Bye Bye Warriors of Cosmos……. for now…" said Kuja as the device exploded and released huge clouds of smoke at the dining hall.

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The Warriors of Cosmos were coughing violently because of the huge clouds of smoke. After the smoke cleared, the Warrior of Light picked up the device that Kefka planted on the ground.

"Obviously a grenade." he said.

"Are you all right" said Terra reassuringly to Onion Knight.

"No. I've been dangling from that chandelier for hours. Does that seem "all right" to you." he said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry" she said.

"It's fine. Just a few.. no.. a lot of burns. Anyway what are you two doing here?"

"The same reason as you, we presume the Cloud of Darkness is alive, right?"

"Yes. It was the old hag who took me from my world. Where are the others?"

"We were going to ask you the same question. We've searched the whole castle. Yet, were the only ones here." said the Warrior of Light.

"They must be holding the others in different places." said Terra.

"What is this place anyway?"

"This is the mansion of Master Gabranth." said a voice.

The three warriors turned around and saw the old man who served food to the prisoners.

"You.. you gave me food." said the Warrior of Light.

"Yes, I am the butler."

"Who's Gabranth?" said Onion Knight.

"You do not disrespect my master!" said the Butler.

"I'm sorry…. who is your master."

"Hmph! Master Gabranth is the Judge Magister, the highest rank in the Archadian Empire Military. Truly an Honorable Man!" said the Butler with pride.

"Well yeah! If he's so honorable, why did he imprison us here!" said Terra in frustration.

"He said you were outlaws! Nothing more than rouges!" said the Butler.

"Did you see how his "friends", Kefka and Kuja were treating me." said the Onion Knight.

"Master Gabranth told me that Masters Kefka and Kuja were here to punish you for your crimes."

"If your Master Gabranth told you to jump off a cliff, would you?"

The Butler stopped replying. He looked ashamed.

"I'm sorry. But how can you prove to me that you are indeed, not criminals."

"Umm… we don't have any proof."

"Then I'm going to have to take Master Gabranth's word then. I will alert him immediately."

The Butler was about to leave until Terra called him.

"Wait! If we are criminals, wouldn't we have hurt you or forced our way out? We reasoned, and even though you still don't believe us we are still not hurting you or killing you. Please believe us, we truly have good intentions." said Terra.

The Butler paused. He was in a moment of thought.

"Fine. I won't alert him. I believe you. You may go."

Terra hugged the butler and thanked him.

"Thank you so much!" said the heroes as they left the mansion.

But as they left, the Butler started to alter "his" form. His true form was none other than Ultimecia herself. She then teleported out of the mansion.

Ultimecia teleports to a shrine. The shrine was tainted with foulness and wickedness.

"Master. It is time. I have let them escape."

"Good. Ultimecia I think it is your turn to, let us say, stall them. So I Will have more time to regain my energy." said a cold and raspy voice.

"Yes Master." said Ultimecia as she grabbed a sack that was struggling and making muffled noises and then teleported away.

As the sorceress left, a man arrived. He was dragging a small lady by her hand.

"Master" said the man "I have caught her.".

The small lady then said "You demons! The light will never fade away. The Warriors of Cosmos will beat you again!" she said in a mocking voice.

"Ugh… Throw her in the cage!" said the voice in a very angry tone.

The small lady was thrown inside a large cage. Altough besides her, there was another girl in the cage. She was small and young.

"Oh dear, did they do anything to you? said the small lady in a kind tone.

"No. But they made me do something." she said then started crying.

(Back to the three heroes.)

"I can't believe it actually worked!" said Terra. She was overjoyed because her reasoning worked. "I was never really a good debater."

The three heroes were in a dense and foggy forest just in front of Gabranth's Mansion.

"Oh no! The fog is worsening!" said Onion Knight.

"I can't see a thing" said the Warrior of Light.

Then they heard a sinister laughter.

"Did that sound like…"

"Ultimecia!" chorused the three heroes.

"Quickly! Follow her voice!"

"It's so foggy!" said Terra as she tripped.

"Where is she?" said Onion Knight.

"No thank you?" said the sinister voice.

"Terra! Thanks for hugging me, that was really touching." said the voice.

"Would you three stop dawdling!" said the voice angrily.

The fog suddenly cleared and they saw the owner of the sinister voice it was indeed Ultimecia.

"Good. You listened." said Ultimecia.

"What do you want with us Ultimecia?" said the Warrior of Light.

"I think it is more of you want from me that matters." said the sorceress.

"What?"

"Behold! The dashing lion." said Ultimecia.

And out of nowhere Squall appeared, he was tied up and gagged.

"Not so dashing anymore right?" said the sorceress.

"Let him go you hag!" said the warrior.

"Well you can't always get what you want, right? You should have to work for it. Prove yourselves, beat me in combat." then she glared at Squall "He's all yours."

The Warrior of Light immediately charged at the sorceress. But she teleported.

"Tsk… Tsk… Tsk.. I expect more from a gallant knight than to fight dirty." said Ultimecia as she quickly shot Terra with a spell.

"Hey! You also fight dirty!" said the Onion Knight aggressively.

"Well, I am the bad guy. I… naturally fight dirty." said the witch with an evil smile.

The Warrior of Light approached the Onion Knight and talked to him.

"Why don't we just grab Squall and leave"

"Yes. I don't think we're ready to fight that old witch yet."

The Warrior of Light rushed and grabbed Squall.

But suddenly time stopped.

The Warrior of Light froze at mid-air.

"I knew my ability to stop time always came in handy. How pitiful, trying to make a shortcut out of this fight. I expected more from you". She then grabbed Squall from him. If you want to fight dirty, then I will play along." She forged a cage out of dark energy and placed Squall inside it. She then formed very sharp spikes out of dark energy and placed it under the cage. She then returned time back to normal.

"If you dare rescue your friend the fragile chain holding his cage will snap and make the cage plunge into those spikes. You don't want that to happen, don't you?"

"You're a monster Ultimecia." said the Warrior of Light.

"That may be true but it is still your fault. You were to rash to save him. You should always listen to your elders, you know." said the witch.

TO BE CONTINUED

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Will the Warrior of Light and his friends bear Ultimecia's mind tricks or will they bow down to the sorceress of doom? Who is the small lady and the young girl? Find out in the next chapter.