-1CHAPTER 4
"Porom and Garnet, or Dagger whichever name you prefer." the body said. "And also the you two are the last two white mages."
"For your information she's queen…" Steiner began to say.
"But, won't I be a summoner?" Dagger said.
"You can summon but you have known white magic longer and a certain white hood you wore only shows you are a white mage more than a summoner." the body said.
"Well I could use white magic too!" Eiko said.
"Yes, but you still have your summoners horn and communicate with them at such a young age… so you fall in the summoners class. Now come forth."
The staircase appeared once again at IV and now at IX.
"Come on! We believe in you sis!" Palom yelled slapping her back.
As Porom walked she crossed Cecil.
"….For Rosa…" Porom said.
Cecil just nodded with his hands still shaking. Kain leaned up against the wall, it was around this time he pulled his helmet down.
"That's just a baby." Arc said, and came from the III group.
"Is it me, or the higher the group number the more…mature the people look." Luneth said.
"I guess, but I don't know about IX.." Refia said.
"You know the rules, only white magic and your own strength…and begin!" the body yelled.
Dagger received a racket and Porom got a rod. Dagger quickly moved and smacked the racket across Porom's face. Porom fell to the ground.
"She's brutal." Faris said, from V.
Porom began sniffing and tearing.
"That's right, make her feel sorry for you" Palom said under his breath.
Porom shrieked and cried, her tears overflowed. Dagger flinched.
"I'm…sorry…" Dagger said feeling hot and ashamed.
"Come on Dagger! You're suppose to beat her!" Zidane yelled.
Porom quickly spun around and blasted a small shot of holy. Dagger fell on impact.
"Queen!" Steiner cried.
Dagger stood up with blazing eyes and glared at Porom. Dagger suddenly went Berserk and whammed the racket at Porom and caught her. Porom quickly jumped out of danger and healed herself.
"She can't win like that.." Palom said grinding his teeth. "There has to be a way I could help…" Palom folded his hands.
"Stop it!!" Rydia yelled.
Palom looked at her, feeling guilty.
"It won't help her. Have some faith."
Palom was about to answer when he heard the faint scream of his sister. Porom was on the floor panting.
"Porom!!" Palom cried, all bets were off and Palom climbed on top of the railing and folded his hands and began chanting. Porom suddenly had the same form…not able to control it. They were both in sync chanting slow words. Dagger's heart soon fell. Around here were flames of hell fire.
"Don't do it, don't do it!!" Palom's team cried and pulled on him, but once the twins were in this mode there was no way to stop it.
The IX group yelled that they were cheating. Dagger was then engulfed in flames and ashes filled her place.
"You scumbag! You asses! You-you cheated!!" Zidane yelled with tears behind his throat and he hid it well.
Steiner fell to his knees and began to shake. The body stood up and tension and rage filled the room.
"Disqualified." the body said.
The body then went up to Porom and held her throat. Poor Porom, it wasn't even her fault, and she couldn't have stopped it. And in less then a second a cracking sound screeched inside the room. Porom's head flopped. Palom's eyes had a watery veil over it. Porom was then sucked into the body and disappeared in it.
"W-what are you going to do with her.." Palom cried. A new voice to Palom and his friends.
"You should be lucky I don't take your life too…but I won't…I can't" the body murmured the last part.
The body walked up to the ashes and flicked his hands. And before everyone's eyes Dagger was back, she coughed out water and fell to her knees. Her eyes were red, like she was crying for hours.
"Rusty! Rusty look! Dagger! Dagger!!" Zidane yelled and did flips and jumps, no one saw how hurt she was, and she hid it…must have learned from Zidane.
Seeing this see was happy, she felt the coolness of a breeze as the body picked her up and returned her to her group. While being carried by it she saw a glimpse of an elderly women crying…no one she knew…the setting was horrible and disgusting it was if the earth around her was decaying. Dagger heard the body grunt and…felt it's heartbeat race, please don't give it all away…, the body wasn't talking. Dagger heard it's voice in her head. Cloud instantly looked at her.
The body sat her down as her friends surrounded her.
"You have been healed." the body's voice seemed to change, it seemed more human.
The body returned to it's throne and breathed heavily.
"Go on to your rooms, the tournament will resume in the morning where the white mage and Dagger will fight." the body said.
A door opened behind group V and slowly everyone went through. Then as Luneth was following them, felt a hand rub his back and a head resting on his shoulders words escaped from an unknown mouth, please don't hate me….my planet, it's dying….this was my only choice. Luneth looked back. Nothing was there and the body and throne was gone. Everyone was also gone, must have went inside, weird since he was close to the V group.
"Luneth!!" Arc screamed.