The Alcauld Plains were stretched out as far as the eye can see. There were some forests in the area, but it was mostly flat land. In the distance there was a prodigious beach with a magnificent view of the ocean. The group was approaching an oncoming forest, when they all stopped.
Quistis turned around. "Did you all hear something?"
"Sounds like…buzzing…" Typhlosion remarked.
Pidgeotto flew next to Quistis. "We've got company," Pidgeotto said as she pointed her wing.
In the distance, three large blue insects flew at the four of them with their stingers raised. "Bite Bugs…" Quistis said, as she drew her whip.
Squall drew his gunblade while Typhlosion lowered his head. Flames shot out of the back of his neck.
"We don't have time for this…" Pidgeotto said.
"I know…Squall, you haven't practiced summoning your GF at all, have you?" Quistis asked.
Squall only responded with a shake of his head. "Why not try? We need to get to the Fire Cavern soon."
"…okay," Squall lowered his gunblade and closed his eyes. The buzzing became louder and louder as the Bite Bugs drew near. "Squall, I can just easily-" Typhlosion was cut off by a loud crash of thunder.
The cloud became dark gray and brown color. Lightning bolts struck the ground and thundered boomed around them. All of a sudden, one massive bolt of lightning erupted from the clouds and struck the ground. Out of the bolt, came a large yellow bird with light green markings all over its body. It spread its large wings and let out a piercing shriek.
"So, that's a Guardian Force…" Pidgeotto said in amazement.
"Quezacotl…" Squall said to no one in particular.
Quezacotl let out another shriek and lightning bolts erupted from it mouth and aimed it at the Bite Bugs. A barrier of lightning surrounded them. From the sky, a column of lightning came down from the sky and struck the Bite Bugs, creating a massive explosion, knocking everyone down to the ground.
The Bite Bugs vanished in a storm of pyreflies. Pyreflies are the lifeforces of all living things; they are the souls of living things that sometimes wonder the planet once something dies. They almost look like small comets, a tail of multiple colors trails behind a small ball of white light.
The group was on the ground, still in shock from what they just saw. "That thing had unbelievable powers…" Typhlosion said, once everyone had slowly gotten off the ground.
Squall remained silent for a few seconds, until… "Ah!" Squall grabbed the sides of his head. "What is this!? I hear a voice in my head!"
"Relax Squall, Guardian Forces are very sensitive and they don't like to be called things," Quistis looked over to Typhlosion.
"What? I'm sorry, I didn't know the- Quezacotl could hear me," Typhlosion said.
Squall lowered his hands. "Guess what?"
"What?"
"……Quezacotl doesn't like you."
"…………"
"Good work Typhlosion, now you've made it mad. Anyway, we still need to cross through this forest. On the other side awaits the Fire Cavern," Quistis said as she pointed to the forest that was less than a hundred yards away.
"There are fiends in this forest called T-Rexaurs. We all need to keep quiet, if we're quiet, they won't hurt us. Now let's go," Pidgeotto said as the group walked towards the forest.
A few moments later…
"I though you said if we were quiet they wouldn't hurt us!!!?" Typhlosion cried.
A large T-Rex that had an orange body with blue markings on its back was chasing the group; its large teeth glistened in the sunlight. "Well, I can be wrong sometimes, can I!?" Pidgeotto cried as she beat her wings up and down frantically.
"Why'd you have to be wrong now!?"
"That's enough! Let's get out of here before we get killed!" Quistis cried.
"Why are we running? Couldn't we just fight it?" Squall asked.
"You want to fight a fully grown T-Rexaur? Go ahead, but I'm getting out of here!" Pidgeotto cried as she flew in front of Squall.
Typhlosion looked behind him and saw the fiend was gaining speed. "She's gotta a good point…RUN!!!"
Minutes later, the group sat on the ground on the other side of the forest. "Well, that was fun," Quistis said sarcastically as she stood up wiped the dirt of her pants. "We're almost there." Quistis pointed.
In the distance was a large, gray cavern that had smoke bellowing out of its sides. "Come on everyone, let's go," Pidgeotto said.
The group began their way again onto the Fire Cavern. They all walked in silence the rest of the way their. No one didn't want to say anything, but they were all thinking the same thing…they all had butterflies one way or another in their stomachs.