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Chapter 2

The group appeared a few seconds later on a large circular platform. The area around them looked like something in the mind; any land they could see around them was on the same circular platforms built of a stone that no one could recognize. Everything else was open air and was shrouded by the strange purple clouds that seemed to cover the entire place. Lloyd ended up back with his two swords, somehow sheathed, he quickly drew them and held them by his side and turned to face the rest of the group, Zelos had drawn his sword as well, he gave them a nod "Let's go."

They moved through the maze of platforms relatively quickly the only things slowing them down were several lower class angels and revived souls who were more of a hindrance than a danger. After a particularly large attack by a group of angels that left Zelos and Lloyd breathing hard but uninjured they came to a larger platform that at the other end had a jut with a warp circle on it "Look everyone that must be the next warp up, one more and we'll be in Welgaia," Lloyd said. Without waiting Lloyd ran forward towards the warp just as he reached it Collette's voice stopped him "Lloyd wait, we need help!"

He turned quickly to see everyone right behind him but trapped behind a semi-transparent wall of energy, then he noticed the floor, it was a hidden warp gate, but much larger as he watched Presea disappeared and he noticed Regal was already gone.

Raine spoke quickly "Mithos must want you separated from us, be careful," she had just finished when she too disappeared.

Zelos then said "Lloyd when you get to Welgaia, remember…" but he disappeared.

Now it was just Genis and Collette, Genis laughed "Don't worry about me Lloyd, see you later!"

Lloyd looked at Collette "Sorry," he managed to say.

She smiled "It's okay Lloyd, remember you are my guardian, you'll save me, I know you will," then she waved and disappeared. Lloyd stared at the spot for a few seconds before turning around and stepping onto the warp spot. The place where he stepped out was familiar, the same platforms and clouds, the only difference being that the platforms were larger and some had actual features on them, and now not so many were circles.

Lloyd continued through the maze of bridges and platforms avoiding all the monsters that he saw, unless there was only one of them, hoping to find something of use he didn't find anything. After what was probably thirty minutes he came to another platform with two possible ways to go off to his left he could see the platform there, it wasn't very far away and was small 'Nothing special' Lloyd thought, off to his right he couldn't see the platform, not because it was too far away but because about 50 feet out it was covered by the clouds and disappeared, though there seemed to be a very faint glow coming through the clouds. Lloyd quickly decided to go on the right path and drew his two swords, as he entered the bank of clouds, the sword that Dirk had given him lit up a bit more and created about a three foot field of vision in front of him. It was slow going as the path wasn't very wide and the off chance that he encountered a monster he had to keep one eye ahead of and one on the ground to make sure he didn't fall. He only encountered one monster and shortly after seeing it, was able to knock it off the ledge, the clouds had been getting thicker for a time but now he noticed they were starting to lessen, a bit more, confident he went into a slow jog and in the next ten minutes burst out of the clouds. In front of him was the largest platform he had seen so far, it was easily sixty feet across and had pillars around the edge like a temple, opening in one spot where a flight of stairs went down to where Lloyd stood, he could also see a semi bright glow coming from the top, he gripped his swords a bit tighter and walked slowly up the stairs, slightly nervous of what he would find. As he got to about the last seven steps he crouched down and peaked very slowly over the top to see Sheena standing close to the middle of the platform where a warp gate stood, Lloyd stood up a little more but was hesitant to go onto the platform 'I bet she's still under the control of Mithos' he thought. The next ten seconds changed his mind as she quite suddenly fell to her knees and let out a short scream, in Sheena's voice instead of Mithos', her whole body began to shake and she clutched her head in her hands and shouted "Get out!" then he heard a boy grunt in pant and frustration and looked again to see Mithos standing next to her, he quickly ducked down, hoping he had not been seen.

He heard Mithos shout again in anger then he said "Well I guess I don't need you anymore anyway." Then there was silence, he looked again and saw that Mithos was gone and Sheena was still on her hands and knees, he quickly stood up and moved over to where she was, and rested a hand on her shoulder when she didn't notice him. She was obviously startled and turned her head with one of her cards in her hand in less than a second, but when she saw Lloyd she moved just as fast to stand up, put way the card, and wrap her arms around his neck, hugging him tight. It took him a few seconds to get over the initial shock, then he hugged her back, his heart was pounding, he was just hoping she didn't notice. After a couple of minutes she pulled away slightly, keeping her hands on his shoulders, he seemed oblivious that his were still wrapped around her, but she didn't mind, this being the boy she had been in love with since the Lightning Temple, after another minute of silence she smiled "it is good to see you Lloyd," she said.

He smiled back "You too Sheena."

There was another pause then Sheena said "Where are the others?"

The smile on Lloyd's face immediately disappeared "The others…shortly after we got here Mithos had a trap set, a warp gate big enough to transport several people, he let me through, everyone else got stuck, I think they are in Welgaia."

Sheena's face fell "Sorry I wasn't there to help," she muttered.

Lloyd laughed at this, which surprised her "What are you talking about? If you had been with us you would be a prisoner in Welgaia right now, I'm glad you're here to help me out Sheena."

She smiled slightly but looked away, "I'm not sure I should help."

Lloyd was shocked, having known Sheena as someone who liked a good fight "Why?"

She spoke softly, her head still turned away "Well I guess you saw me kick Mithos out, but I'm afraid he might've left something behind, and that I might fall back under his control during a fight."

Lloyd smiled slightly then after a few seconds of silence said "Sheena, just…look at my eyes for a minute." She hesitated then looked at him out of the corner of her eye; he raised his eyebrows "Come on."

She mentally shrugged "Um…okay." She turned her head and looked up at his light brown eyes, he stared back calmly, and there was a minute of uncertain silence by the end of which Sheena was blushing noticeably she finally said "This is embarrassing."

He grinned and laughed "And that is proof that it's all you Sheena." She quickly looked away, blushing again and smacked him on the arm "That isn't funny."

He laughed again "I was surprised you made it that long."

Sheena relaxed a bit waiting for her face to lose the redness, she turned back to him "Shouldn't we be going?"

Lloyd quickly stopped laughing and drew his swords "Yeah, you're right, we've wasted some time Welgaia has to be close." They walked up to the warp gate, he stepped back "Ladies first."

She rolled her eyes "Gee thanks," she said then pulled out one of her seals and stepped onto the gate and quickly disappeared, Lloyd stepped on a second later.

When he stepped out it was the corner of Welgaia where the data computer and refreshers were, Sheena was waiting and they moved across the small chasm to the main city. As they moved across the area Lloyd noticed a flash of light from below the platform, he looked at Sheena "Did you see that?"

She nodded "Yeah, weren't there prison cells down there?"

"I think so, let's check it out." The two stepped onto the small elevator platform and moved down as the glass cells came into view they saw Raine and Genis.

Genis was about to cast another spell when he saw them he stopped, but then all of the sudden looked even more depressed "Oh jeez Lloyd! Mithos got you too, well that's it, and we're screwed."

Sheena made an exasperated noise and put her hands on her hips "You idiot it's not Mithos anymore! Lloyd is there anyway we can get Rained and pick up Genis later?"

Lloyd laughed at this and Genis quickly said "Sorry Sheena guess I jumped to conclusions. You'll let me out right Lloyd?"

Lloyd closed his eyes and brought a hand up to his chin "Thinking about it," he winked at Sheena, who giggled.

"Lloyd!" Lloyd laughed again "Alright calm down," he then proceeded to cut holes in the glass using Kratos' sword.

As Raine stepped out she said "Any idea where the others might be?"

Lloyd thought for a few seconds then said "Well there was another cell next to the one that Regal blasted the first time we were here the first time, I bet someone is in there."

The others nodded "As good a place as any to start." Raine said "Let's go."

They moved across the city quickly until they got to the warp spot that led to the small prison and stepped on in twos. When they arrived they saw that Regal and Presea were indeed stuck in the other cell, they quickly ran over to them "Regal, Presea, you two okay?" Lloyd asked as he got close.

`Regal stood and walked up to the bars where Presea joined him "We're fine," Regal said.

"Have you not been able to use that thing like when we were here last?"

Regal shook his head "That is a very dangerous attack if I would've done it again so soon there is a very good chance it would have shattered every bone in my hands."

Lloyd shuddered, hearing this "Oh, I see, well can anyone here pick locks?"

Sheena nodded "Yes actually I can, but that usually takes awhile and we don't have a ton of time."

"Well then this is a problem," Lloyd said, scratching his head.

"I've got it," Genis said, and before anyone could ask how, he stepped forward, raised his kendama closed his eyes and pushed his hand forward ever so slightly, and the lock clicked.

As the door swung open and Presea and Regal stepped out Lloyd and Sheena looked impressed "How'd you do that?" Lloyd said.

Genis grinned "I used a tiny wind spell and pushed the mechanism, simple really." Raine and Regal both nodded, giving Genis approving looks, and Lloyd patted him on the back "Way to go Genis."

Now Lloyd turned to Regal and Presea "Do either of you have any idea where Zelos and Collette would be?"

Regal thought for a minute "They put us here last, and I was able to guess where Raine and Genis were placed, but I can't give an even semi-accurate guess," he said, then looked at Presea who hand not said anything yet "I think they are on one of the floors above us, we will have to use the elevator on the next floor up. I don't know which one so we will have to check them all."

Lloyd nodded "Okay sounds like a likely place to find them, let's go." The now 75 percent full group moved back to the warp gate and went on in twos until they all were at the main area, they moved over to the elevator and everyone stepped inside "Going up," Lloyd said and hit to go to the second floor. The second and third floors were relatively with the exception of a couple of lower class angels who ignored them. On the fourth floor Regal found a different pair of greaves and quickly began to replace his older ones, as he did that Lloyd gathered the others around "Well they have to be on the next floor and because these places can't be locked there are probably several warrior angels, guarding them so let's try to be ready before we get there, Raine could you maybe use one of your healing spells on the whole group?"

Raine nodded "Sure, let me get it ready." Regal quickly joined the group and Raine muttered a quick incantation "Healing circle." The rune circle appeared on the floor for a few seconds then disappeared, they all got back on the elevator and Lloyd hit the button to the top floor, then drew his swords and Genis muttered an incantation, causing his Kendama to glow lightly, but he didn't say the casting words yet. As the doors opened they immediately saw Collette and Zelos, however they also saw four angel swordians, and archer, and a commander, the four swordians instantly charged at the group. Genis raised his Kendama and spoke two words "Gravity well!" The floor sank instantly and the four swordians were slammed onto the floor. Lloyd moved forward and before any of them could get up he had stabbed both of his swords through one of the swordians' chest, its body convulsed for a second then went limp. Sheena and Presea quickly joined him at the front and as Genis' spell wore off, the three remaining swordians rose back up. Presea and Lloyd both engaged one of the swordians each, and were both slowly gaining ground, and Regal joined Sheena, after one of her attacks faltered when the swordians tried to trip her. Once Sheena had her balance back she and Regal made quick work of the swordians and Regal gave the last blow with a kick that came off a back-flip, shattering the swordians' skull, but as it fell to the ground, the commander rushed forward catching Regal off guard and slammed him into the wall where he clutched at one of his legs, grimacing in pain. Raine rushed to heal him but now Sheena was in a very bad situation with the commander and the archer who so far had been able to do nothing because each arrow shot was deflected by someone, or redirected by Genis, but now had a chance to shoot, and possibly hit Sheena. Lloyd quickly saw this and blocked another attack from the swordians he was fighting, to his left he saw Presea smash away the blade of the weakened swordian she was fighting and then rent the swordian in two, she quickly turned to see the situation and nodded to Lloyd, he ran towards Sheena who was now doing her best to hold off attacks from the commander and dodge arrows as the archer had finally found a way around Genis' magic, by shooting an arrow at him at the same time. Sheena stumbled and as the commander raised his sword, Lloyd threw Kratos' sword and knocked the commander's sword out of his hand, and now with nothing to defend himself Lloyd impaled him through the chest, blood spilled from his mouth and he coughed once, then went limp. The archer fired another arrow, but Lloyd knocked it down with his sword, after quickly pulling it out of the commander's chest. As he blocked the arrows Presea came running from the dismembered body of the last swordian and promptly beheaded the archer. Lloyd sheathed his sword then turned to Sheena who was back on her feet, he placed his hands on her shoulders "You okay Sheena?"

She blushed a light shade of red but added "Yeah I'm fine; one of his moves caught me off guard."

Lloyd moved his hands away and shrugged "It happens to the best of us." She nodded "Thanks." Lloyd nodded and smiled. Now looking around he saw that Zelos was walking out of one of the side rooms holding his beam sword and Collette's pair of chakram, along with Lloyd's other sword, which he tossed to him.

About one second later Lloyd was nearly knocked on his face as Collette ran up to hug him from behind "Lloyd I knew you'd show up, I was just waiting, I knew it though."

After recovering Lloyd slowly turned around and hugged her back "I wouldn't forget about you Collette." Sheena who had been enjoying having Lloyd next to her again, saw this and thought to herself 'Well I guess that was really my last shot, dammit.'

As Collette let go of Lloyd he turned back again and saw that Regal was standing again and wasn't limping at all. The group gathered back around, whole once more and Lloyd said "Okay nice to have all of you back now we can finally finish this, there's only one thing left we have to do, Mithos' castle must be in the place where that big warp spot is, the one that was blocked from us the first time we were here, it must be where the spot that the Vinheim key goes is."

Raine nodded "That makes the most sense, we should head there."

Collette then spoke up "Lloyd?" he turned to look at her "I want to talk to Mithos before we do anything, once we get there."

Lloyd nodded slowly "Yeah, we all understand, we'll help you."

Genis pumped a fist in the air "I'll help you the most Collette!" Collette smiled and nodded. Then with that the eight friends crowded back onto the elevator, this time Sheena stayed to the other side, as Collette was right next to Lloyd. They quickly reached the bottom and after running along the moving sidewalk they reached the maze of platforms and the huge warp spot, Lloyd made sure everyone was ready then they all stepped on at the same time.

The spot they ended up in was perhaps even more amazing than the parts of Welgaia they had already seen. It was a large room in height only as they couldn't even see the ceiling and the pillars that stood against both walls disappeared after going up so far, there were three doors that they could see, one on each side, that were on opposite sides, they were normal sized and from these two rooms there was a soft green light coming through, the last door was in front of them at the top of short flight of stairs, it was enormous, easily 60 feet tall, with a beautiful design on the front, and in front of it the group saw the largest dragon they had ever seen, dwarfing the dragon they found in the Earth Temple and even a bit taller than the Golden Dragon they had encountered in the Torrent Forest.

Lloyd stared up at it for a few seconds, and then turned to face the others. "Well guys, are we going to move straight forward or try to find something to help us out? You all know me, so you know what I want." Zelos, Sheena, and Collette all went along with Lloyd, but the others were not so hasty to agree.

Until Raine spoke up "I must say I will side with Lloyd." At this Lloyd nearly fell over and Genis gave Raine a look that said 'who are you and what have you done with my sister.'

After seeing the looks Raine continued "For all we know we might not find anything and there are probably quite a few swordians and Dark Spears flying around here and if we encounter them I'll have to heal all of you again and I can only cast spells for so long."

Genis thought it over for a few seconds then nodded "She's right."

Lloyd clenched his fist "All right! Let's not waste anymore time then, for this one Presea, Regal, Sheena, and Genis, do as much damage as you can on his legs, see if you can break, or at least damage them, Zelos and I will be in there too, but if his head lowers the rest of you get out of the way. Raine you know your job, Collette do what you can but don't get too close." There was a chorus of "Right!" then Lloyd drew his swords and Sheena, Regal, Presea and Zelos walked up next to him.

"One more thing everyone," Collette said, and as everyone turned Collette grew her wings, spread her arms and said loudly "Holy Song!" a small wave of energy was released and everyone looked around.

"What was that Collette?" Lloyd asked.

Collette smiled "One of my angelic abilities, this next battle we will all be stronger, faster, and just better overall."

Lloyd nodded, impressed "That's great, thanks Collette!" She nodded and smiled again, "Okay, let's go," Lloyd announced and they all walked up the short flight of stairs to the feet of the dragon, as they approached, its head which had been looking straight forward now looked down.

As they all stopped it spoke in a loud, but gravelly voice "I am the guard of the master of this world, will you challenge me?"

Lloyd nodded and shouted "We challenge you to get to Mithos!"

There was a moment of silence then the dragon said "Then you all must be destroyed."

Then its head moved forward, blinding fast for its size, intent on devouring Lloyd, the group scattered except for Lloyd who simply jumped just out of range and thrust both his swords at the dragon's face, damaging the softer flesh around its nose, making its nose bleed. The dragon quickly reared its head back obviously irritated by the wound and realizing that just trying to bite them would be nearly pointless, it tried a different strategy. The main group was to its left so it moved its head even farther left and breathed a stream of dark fire from its mouth and started moving left, the group quickly began to run to the center and when they did this the dragon used its speed and stopped breathing fire and lunged its head to where the group would be, but again the attack failed when Lloyd dove in front and used Guardian, and the bite did nothing, then before it could move away Genis shouted "Aqua Edge!" and shot several condensed water disks at the dragon's head, stunning it momentarily. This was all Lloyd, Zelos, and Presea needed to see and the three moved forward quickly hacking away at its head and neck area adding about eight cuts to the bloody nose, two or three were deep. That would've been the end if not for the dragon shaking its monstrous head and knocking the three away. It had already been weakened considerably as the dragon rose back up Sheena made her move running forward dodging the dragon's claws with ease and ran circles around its legs three times placing several power seals on each, then as she back flipped away from another claw swipe she sped through several hand signs and shouted "Power Seal: Release!" There were two medium sized explosions on the dragon's legs and it roared in pain and fell to the ground its tongue lulling out of its mouth. Lloyd saw this, leaped forward plunging the flame sword all the way through the monster's tongue and into the stone floor, blood poured out and the dragon writhed in agony but couldn't seem to free itself. It was thrashing in such pain that no one approached it for a few seconds, until Presea approached Lloyd and Zelos, the two turned to look at the small girl and she said in her semi-monotonous voice "Lloyd, Zelos I grow tired of this if both of you could throw me above its head, I will finish this." Lloyd and Zelos looked at each other for a second then nodded and held their arms out the girl stepped onto the, holding her huge axe that was nearly as big as her, carefully, the two men took a few practice swings then threw her. As Presea got over the dragon's head she raised her axe and the others heard her say "Devastation." Then as she swung down the attack that could shatter stones, cleaved the dragon's skull, it roared one last time for only a second then was silent.

As Presea removed her axe and jumped off the dragon's destroyed head, everyone seemed frozen as she got back to the group Lloyd said cautiously "Presea, have I ever made you angry?"

Presea stopped and looked up before saying simply "No."

Lloyd nodded "Okay," in his mind he thought 'Thank god, I hope I never do." Everyone started to walk around the dragon's enormous carcass and Lloyd pulled his sword from its tongue before following. They reached the door and in the very center was an odd shaped lock, Genis looked at Lloyd "That must be the lock for the Vinheim Key, try it Lloyd." Lloyd pulled the key off from around his neck where he had been keeping it and put the tip into the lock, it moved easily and turned, Lloyd thought he might have to ask for some help but found the doors to be almost weightless. The sight when he opened them was impressive to say the least and he heard Collette gasp. In front of them was a small platform that looked like it may have been once part of a larger one, in the center was a circular rune that Lloyd could only guess was a warp, a huge spot of empty space sat in front of the platform, in the distance was much larger platform far above it they all looked out into the center out into the center of the platform. (actual game dialogue starting) Lloyd was staring at the one in the distance a look of determination in his eyes "Mithos is just ahead," he said.

Collette walked up next to him "And the Great Seed should be there too."

Lloyd turned to face the others "This is it everyone…are you ready?"

Raine who was standing towards the front was first to answer "I'm ready, I'm prepared to accept, whatever happens in the coming battle, and we will win!"

Sheena was quick to follow suit, she was standing in the back "Yeah, we're gonna win, for Mizuho, Corrine and for all of you who believed in a coward like me."

Collette looked sad when she spoke next "And, for myself too, I don't want anyone else to make the same mistake I did. No one should have to think that he has to sacrifice his own life."

Genis then moved to stand with Lloyd and Collette "Everyone should be able to live freely, no matter who they are. Humans and elves, and even us, it's okay for us to be here, in this world."

Then Regal, who had barely spoken said in his calm but commanding voice "Yes, that's why we must recover the Great Seed from Mithos and revive the Giant Tree. Without it not only will we be unable to restore peace between the different races."

Presea continued his thought "The world itself will die, we can't let that happen, we must reunite the worlds, afterward we shall make a new promise to the new world."

Zelos, who had been silent for awhile walked up to the front "The people that I like and the people that I don't, both have the right to live in the same world as I do. Because that's the way it should be. So count me in, I won't run from this one."

Lloyd nodded and clenched a fist in front of his face "All right! Let's go, we're going to restore a world where everyone can live freely." The group quickly gathered onto the rune circle where it glowed and spun for a few seconds then the group disappeared to finally confront Mithos.

They reappeared at the edged of the large platform and walked forward to the open spent where a few steps went up and there was Mithos in his older form known as Yggdrasill, his eyes were closed and he had a serene look face and was floating a few inches off the ground, his wings beating softly. Then he spoke, his eyes still closed "Home…I'm going home."

Lloyd stopped when he heard him speak and Genis ran up to stand next to him "Mithos, listen to me! We don't have to fight! Please return the Great Seed to us so that we can reunite the worlds."

There was a short pause then Yggdrasill spoke again "Home…I'm going home."

Lloyd scratched his head "Something's wrong," he said "He sounds like a puppet." Then he heard Sheena cry out and turned to see a Cruxis Crystal appear from her chest, it floated towards Yggdrasill and disappeared into his chest. Lloyd looked from Sheena to Yggdrasill and back, Genis went to help Sheena and she gave him a nod.

He turned to see Yggdrasill had opened his eyes and the same arrogant smile was on his face, then he said "I need to thank you for going through all the trouble to bring me back here, I'm finally myself again."

Lloyd scowled then said through clenched teeth "Damn! So that's what this is all about!"

Genis who was supporting Sheena then said "Mithos…Martel is dead."

Yggdrasill shook his head quickly "That's not true, Martel is alive just as I lived on in the Cruxis Crystal."

Lloyd had now calmed down a bit and held up his hands "That's not living, that's just existing as a lifeless being."

Yggdrasill cocked an eyebrow "What's wrong with that?"

Lloyd was caught off guard "What?!" he blurted.

Yggdrasill nodded "After all in our bodies flow the blood of humans and elves," he turned to regard Raine and Genis, then continued "the bloods of those who despise us," he shook his head "we're better off casting aside such filth and become lifeless beings."

Lloyd was still recovering "That's what you really want?"

Yggdrasill then spoke in the voice of his younger alter-ego Mithos "Of course, watch! When you become a lifeless being you can even control your appearance and growth." As he finished his older body flickered and the Mithos they knew originally then he continued speaking "Everyone should become lifeless beings, I told you before the only way to eliminate discrimination is for everyone to become the same race."

Lloyd had had enough and waved an arm cutting him off "What you hope for is nothing but a dream Mithos. Discrimination comes from the heart."

Genis nodded "He's right Mithos; it's the weakness of peoples hearts that causes discriminations. Looking down upon others while placing themselves too high."

Sheena now slowly rose to her feet and said, anger evident in her voice "You do the same thing! You look down on humans and elves, treating them like cattle!" She pointed a condemning finger at Mithos "That's the weakness of your heart."

Regal continued on her idea "Even if people become lifeless beings, nothing will change, discrimination will continue."

Mithos raised his hands "Then where shall the half-elves go? We aren't accepted anywhere. We opened our hearts, but no one took us in. Where should we live?"

Lloyd wasn't worried "You can live anywhere you like."

Mithos snorted "Don't make me laugh."

Lloyd nodded "I'm serious. Anywhere is fine. If you aren't doing anything wrong you should just live proudly in the open."

Mithos shook his head again and let it hang down "It's because we couldn't do that…that I… that we wanted a place of our own."

Zelos scoffed at this and waved a hand in front of his face, rolling his eyes "Uh-uh, sorry but don't act like you're the only victim here. It doesn't even come close to justifying all the things you've done."

Presea moved towards the front, then in a voice filled with loathing "What you've done caused meaningless suffering and death to countless people. Can you feel their pain?"

Raine had an unreadable expression on her face when she spoke "People can change, even if they don't change right away, months, years, and change is inevitable."

Collette moved forward and tried one more time "Maybe not everything can be forgiven, but one can try to atone for ones sins. Can't you feel it in your heart? The goddess known as conscience."

For once Mithos laughed with mirth, laughing loudly then he stopped "Do you think I'm going to beg for forgiveness? Ridiculous! There is no goddess so I will continue to pursue my ideas. If there is no place where I can live and if I've been denied my Age of Lifeless Beings then the only thing left for me is to build a new world on Derris-Kharlan! A world just for my sister and me, and none of you will stop me!" (actual game dialogue ending) Then without another word Mithos released his wings and lunged at the group. Lloyd drew his swords and knew the battle ahead would be the most trying of his life.

A/N: I'm publishing all of my written chapters at once, so you don't have to wait for anything. The next chapter is one huge battle, so I hope you like how I changed it a little bit. R&R please!