That night we landed near Tharnasa, about three miles away. It was almost pitch-black but thankfully the stars lit the night sky up. Sabin had brought out about a dozen fireworks to set off to celebrate for Relm and Strago for their time in being with us. He was about to light them all off when we all heard Setzer's voice from the deck above.

"If you burn my airship down, you're paying for it boy!" He angrily cried out to Sabin, who looked away rolling his eyes and began to light the fireworks again. "You really have an attitude for rolling your eyes, you know that?!" He called out once again, returning into the ship. As Sabin was about to light the whole batch, I walked over to him about a foot away, slightly scared.

"Um, maybe you shouldn't light all those off at once Sabin." Sabin looked at me then the fireworks. He nodded and toke the remaining ones that were unlit, then we both walked a distance back.

"You're probably right. This should be enough. Gau, what you doing back there?!" Sabin called out to Gau who was off of the ship and on the land, standing some distance away back still close enough that we could see him and he could see any activity going on.

"Gau afraid of big fireballs! Gau doesn't want to be to close! Unlike you, Mr. Thou, you aren't afraid of anything!"

"I'm not Mr...arg!" Sabin dropped his head in shame and embarrassment. He looked back up and waved to Gau. "Thanks for the compliment though!" I giggled loudly which made Sabin look at me annoyed. He was about to say something when the fireworks finally toke off into the air and exploded, shining in the skies that made everyone gaze in awe. I then heard shuffling behind me, and when I looked, I saw Relm come out onto the deck wearing a small blanket around her.

"Old man thought he could keep me away from this. I don't think so!" Sabin laughed as I stepped over to make room for Relm between me and him. "Wow...that's so pretty. I'm glad we got to see it before we had to leave."

"Yeah, good thing. That's why I convinced Setzer to let me set these off. You and Strago are leaving tomorrow, so I thought we better have a way of thanking you two."

"Saying 'thanks' wasn't good enough?" Strago asked as he came onto the deck behind us.

"No." Sabin simply replied. Relm giggled a little bit as she continued to watch the fireworks. Strago came up behind us and put his hand onto Relm's shoulder.

"Relm...you do need to sleep. We have to leave tomorrow as Sabin has said."

"Can't we watch it for a little longer?" Relm turned to Strago, pleading him, almost looking like she was about to cry. Strago sighed and watched along with her.

"Sure..."

"Yah!" Relm jumped up and down a few jumps before hugging Strago and returning to the fireworks. I stayed for a few more minutes before going back inside. I wandered for awhile until I bumped into Locke. I almost fell over but Locke grabbed my arms and straightened me back up.

"I'm sorry! You ok Terra?" Locke laughed out, searching me with his eyes to see if I was fine. I smiled to reassure him that I was fine, and then I nodded. "Good. Hey, I was actually looking for you."

"Really, why?"

"Come with me, I'll show you." Locke led me into a big room that was usually locked off. The ground was covered in a red carpet and red lights hung from the ceiling. Around the walls were paintings of dancers and chairs; about five on one side of the room and five on the other, including one couch on each side, and in the front of the room was what looked like a small stage; it was a foot above the ground and Mog was there playing some kind of instrument. Edgar was sitting beside him, swinging from side to side with his legs dangling off the edge, listening to the music, while Celes sat on chair closest to stage on the right side of the wall. Locke guided me to the back wall and we watched and listened for a few before I saw Relm and Strago walk pass the door outside. Relm ran into the room excited then skipped over to the stage near Edgar, listening to the music, as Strago came into the room.

"Um, Relm...we have to..."

"Care to have a dance?" Edgar got up and bowed to Relm and asked her sincerely. She laughed and toke his hand.

"With pleasure my king." Edgar led Relm to the center of the room and led her into a dance. Strago slapped his forehead and groaned.

"Ug, come on...alright. For awhile, but do have some sleep Relm."

"Oh, calm down already! I'll be fine!" Relm called after Strago who walked out of the room. Very soon after, Cyan walked by and took a peek inside. He saw Celes alone by the wall and smiled, walking over to her. He bowed and stretched out his hand.

"Would thou care to have a dance?" Celes laughed, standing up and taking his hand.

"Sure Cyan, I would love to." As Cyan and Celes walked over to the center, Edgar huffed in jealousy.

"Hey!" He looked over his shoulder and glared at Cyan, but Celes only laughed again.

"Oh, Edgar, come on. You're dancing with Relm right now, what else was I suppose to do?" Edgar rolled his eyes and sighed. "Cyan's a nice man...I'm not saying no because he's trying to be nice." Edgar rolled his eyes again but with a smile, and this time Cyan was the one to laugh.

"It seems thou has an eye-rolling problem just like thou's twin." As Celes, I, Locke, and Relm all laughed, Edgar huffed again.

"He is my twin as you say." The two pairs continued to dance, and then Locke turned to me and stretched out his hand.

"Care to dance, Terra?" I blinked at him, a little shocked.

"What...dance? I don't know how to..."

"That's alright, me neither. Come on." Locke interrupted, knowing what I was saying. I let my hand rise from my side and Locke took it. He led me to the center with everyone else and we began dancing. I don't know how many times, but several times I either almost or I did step on his foot.

"I'm sorry..." I kept saying, but Locke always said it was fine. After awhile I felt extremely uncomfortable and out of place, and I apparently let it show, because Locke stopped us from dancing any further and led us to the couch on the right side of the room.

"We should stop...I'm sorry." Locke took my hand and kissed it slightly before putting it back on my knee. He looked at me worried and ashamed.

"You alright Locke?" I thought I knew what it was about, but I wasn't completely sure.

"Yeah, I guess...no, I'm not. I...I don't know really. I guess I'm worried about what I'll do once I'm back in Narshe."

"That makes sense." I tried to reassure him, but he looked away avoiding my eyes, and I thought I could tell a slight hint of regret. "Anything else wrong?"

"You can tell, huh?" Locke finally looked at me, raising an eyebrow in surprise. I nodded and he sighed. "I'm sorry...but I don't think this is the...time, to tell you. But of course now you're wondering what it is because I said that, huh?" I nodded again, but slowly. I was now sort of afraid of what he was thinking, what Locke wanted to do. He took my hands and looked at me in the eyes. "There's something I've wanted to do since I've met you...but I didn't have the courage to do it, and I'm still not sure now."

"What?" I asked him, but before he said anything, a piece of my hair got in face. I pulled my right hand from Locke and was about to move it away when Locke used his now free hand to tuck my hair behind my right ear. I expected him to put his hand back down but he didn't; he put his hand around the side of my head and rubbed the back of my neck with the front of his fingers and my cheek with his thumb. As he leaned in, Setzer walked in and groaned slightly.

"Alright, sorry to ruin the fun, but it's getting late and some of us need the sleep gifted to us by the night." He strained his eyes mostly on Relm who huffed at him when she walked by. Locke removed his hand and looked down at our other hands, which were still holding. Edgar walked by us and put his hand on Locke's shoulder.

"Come on Locke. Let's go." Locke slowly got up and followed Edgar out of the room. As I got up, Celes came to my side and led me out.