Terra woke up to freezing winter winds howling through a window that Celes forgot to close before they went to bed. Terra walks over to shut it, before doing so, she sits and stares at the outside at the harsh, Narshean winter. She hears a knock at the door and jumps at the sound of it. She walks over to the door and questions the visitor,
"Wh-who is it? What are you doing h-here s-so late? Please d-don't tell me you-you're a thief." The combination of it being the middle of the night, someone unknown knocking at her door, and the cold air still flowing through the room caused a constant shakiness in her voice.
"Come on, you know I prefer the term 'treasure hunter'!" A familiar voice retorted. Terra opened the door to see Locke shivering so quickly you could see faint trails around him.
"Locke! What are you doing out in the freezing cold?! Here come inside. I'll wake up Celes." Terra practically whipped Locke inside the house causing him to tumble and fall. The loud thud made my Locke's fall was enough to wake Celes who sprung up with her Rune Blade out and ready to fight.
"Celes! Celes wait! It's me, Locke." Celes, still groggy from her sleep, seems confused at first but eventually comes to her senses and greets him.
"Hi Locke! Where have you been all this time?" She questions.
"That's not important right now, I have to warn you both about something that I'm not sure you'll be able to avoid." Locke's tone suddenly turned somber. "There's a new threat that has arisen. It knows about who you both used to be. He absolutely despises the Empire and the Espers for the loss of his family after we released them on the Empire. He isn't going to stop until he finds you two. He already has an idea that you guys are here."
"Wait, wait. Okay, how did he even find out that we were here?" Terra said growing increasingly frightened. Celes, upon seeing this, sat Terra down and comforted her while waiting for Locke's response.
"Alright, I was at Figaro Castle and I met up with Sabin who was obviously in a panic."
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"Sabin, is that you? How have you been" Locke says, surprised to see him after all this time. Not long after though, he notices the Falcon was completely obliterated. Sabin's bleeding wounds, burn marks, and panicked demeanor suggests this was something more than an accident. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place when he wondered, "where's Setzer?"
Sabin collects himself and begins speaking, "I need your help, Setzer and I were travelling back to Vector in order to help the few survivors get back on their feet. We left and were on our way here when we hear another airship rapidly approaching. And he and I both knew the pilot wasn't here to be friendly. The airship pulled up next to us and hooked onto the Falcon. A man in a dark coat climbed onto our ship and set it on fire. He wouldn't put it out unless Setzer or I told him where Terra and Celes were hiding. When we asked what he wanted with them he simply told us, 'I want my revenge." The Falcon was burning away quickly and Setzer told him they were in Narshe. Next thing I know he captures Setzer and slices me up with his sword leaving me on this burning airship plummeting toward the ground. Luckily I ended up here and met with you. Please, you need to go warn those two. They could be in grave danger."
Sabin collapses on the ground just as Edgar comes out to investigate what happened. Locke orders him to bring Sabin in and care for his wounds and help him heal while he goes to warn Terra and Celes.
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"You guys need to run, now, I don't know how much longer you have. GO! I'm going back to Sabin and Edgar, get out of here as fast as you can." Locke sprinted out the door leaving Terra and Celes behind who were both beginning to panic.
"Terra, come on let's go." She tugged on a teary-eyed Terra who would not stand up. "Terra we can't stay here let's go!" Terra would not budge. Celes decided there was only one option left. She lifted up Terra and carried her in her own arms. They weren't running for long when they were stopped by the man in the dark coat Locke had warned them about. He revealed his name to be Braig.
"How about you two beauties come with me?" Braig meant nothing behind such a compliment.
"Why are you hunting us?! Please just tell us!" Celes screams.
"You were a general in the Empire were you not? You aided Gestahl in the murder of my family. And for the green-haired one, your kind completely destroyed the city my wife was living while I was away. I am not letting either of you slip by unpunished."
The two felt themselves getting weaker and weaker until they both eventually collapsed. Braig picked them both up and brought them on his airship, the Arrow, tying them both up on a post located under the deck. "When you two wake up, you will wish you never did." Braig flew the airship a ways away off the continent Celes and Terra lived on their entire life. When he arrived to his own continent, he heard a rumbling from below deck, followed by a crash. From the hole in the deck he sees Terra rise out of it. Possessed by a new power he wasn't used to. "This isn't an Esper. Is it? I thought they were all gone!" The possessed Terra destroyed the airship by setting the entire thing on fire which caused the engines to fail. The Arrow began to fall towards the ground. Terra rescued Celes and flew far away from the wreckage. Terra suddenly began to lose whatever was possessing her leading she and Celes to plummet to the ground, landing in a forest clearing, both unconscious.
~A/N~ Thank you for reading this chapter! I'm still a very novice writer and any criticism would greatly be appreciated. I hope you all enjoyed it still. Please review! Thank you!~