I do not own Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles.

The Mag Mel expedition group continued on, completely unaware of the person following them.

"Sanhy, why did you insist on coming to a place like this? We have so many other things that we could be doing at home," Carlyle whined putting his arm around his fiancé Sanhy. She said nothing.

Lonehoyk turned around; his helm already covered in frost "Carlyle! If all you're going to do is complain why don't you crawl back to the village?" He snapped. Carlyle glared at the Yuke but said nothing let go of Sanhy and walked ahead to join Ahrcenam.

Sanhy smiled at Lonehoyk "thank you. I'm sorry for his behaviour; he's just concerned for my safety."

Lonehoyk shook his head "who told you that? Your grandfather? I think the only thing Carlyle is concerned about is perpetuating his family's legacy."

Sahny's smile faded "I know..." she said sadly. The group was very silent for a few hours.

A sudden cry broke the silence "dear god!" Ahrcenam yelled "look at this!" The group converge around the remains of a tremendous white wolf. "What could have done this to a beast of this size?" The wolf had been mauled and skinned its blood stained the white snow so brightly that it played tricks with your eyes.

"There's no way a human could this," Lonehoyk said, "but since the Miasma faded the monsters have all become too weak to fight."

Carlyle trembled "do you see Sanhy!? You see how dangerous it is out here? We should just forget those damn materials and save ourselves," he wasn't even trying to mask his fear.

Sanhy slapped Carlyle in the face "get a hold of yourself Carlyle! It's more likely that there were many people that attacked it at once, that's why the wolf has been skinned; they use the fur as clothing."

Ahrcenam placed a hand on his chin thoughtfully "but how could this place be inhabited, no one has lived here since before the meteor hit."

One of the Lilty mercenaries piped up "is it possible that people that used to live here survived the Miasma?"

Ahrcenam feeling very intelligent answered quickly "anyone exposed to Miasma for that long would be dead, either that or they would have to be some kind of human monster cross breed..." Everyone in the group looked at Ahrcenam worriedly. "But of course that would be impos..." He stopped suddenly looking frightened.

Sanhy reached for weapon "I heard it too."