Noctis knelt down and took the notebook. Pryna disappeared. Noctis watched where she had been. He ran his fingers across the notebook the red leather graced his skin. He hissed. What was going on? None of this made any sense to him. Noctis looked around. The field was empty and quiet aside from the light breeze. Noctis started off in the direction of a low hill.
He had been walking for a long time. He knew by now he was lost. So, if he was really here, was what he had seen real? Noctis shook his head. It couldn't be? The sun of a mid day sky shone brightly on him casting a large shadow into the grass below. The crunch of his footsteps sounded in the grass.
Noctis slowed down and stood looking across a clear sky with only three, visible, large clouds. "What am I going to do?" He was surrounded by only wilderness. It was strange how similar the field looked to the one that had been near the plaza. It was a mirrored version of it. An opposite. Noctis let out a huff he had his hands in his pockets. This had to be a dream.
He continued down the slope. When he reached the bottom of the hill, a curved road came into sight. It wrapped around the bottom of the hill. The road was on a ledge with fence rails. The ocean hissed behind the road. Noctis walked onto the road. The world seemed to darken around him. The field behind him withered before his eyes. It was dying.
Noctis bursted into a sprint. It spread up to the road, the road decayed into an older form. Broken. Noctis ran down the road. He looked behind himself. The withering vegetation spread along after him. What? Seriously. He ran harder his arms swinging quickly beside him. The sky looked like night. He noted, that he didn't leave this location. So,…was this the real world? And… not a dream? Noctis thought.
The sky was charcoal black. It was dark with only light breaking through the clouds in the sky. Noctis kept running the dying vegetation was still chasing behind. He warped ahead. It gave him a little breathing room. He continued to run. Where were the guys? Gladio, Ignis, Prompto? He was still lost. He hoped they were okay. The dying vegetation caught up to him. He warped twice and continued to run. He was thankful for Gladio's unreasonably long running sessions.
The air whipped by him. It was cold. Noctis shivered and crossed his arms. The terrain alongside the road was all grassy plains and empty fields, an occasional few patches of trees would mark the grounds. The road was starting to become straight. Noctis huffed as he ran. In the distance he could see a large city. It was a part of Insomnia. Noctis had no other choice he couldn't turn back in the other direction, even if he wanted to. He didn't want to run from the city anymore. He had to go.
Noctis noticed the rate of the dying plant life slowed behind him and stopped several feet from the city bounds. He crossed into Insomnia. He didn't see any imperials. The city was dark over the roads from the darkness casted by the tall buildings. Light sources were scattered across the buildings and the streets making for dim soft light sources. Noctis walked in the street gazing up at the buildings. He was surprised there was no imperial presence, yet.
He traveled down the street the dim light making the white moon prominent in the sky as it glowed down on the city. The city that sleeps. Noctis heard the words echo in his head. He wasn't even sure who had said them but they were from a long time ago. He couldn't really recall but it was just on the tip of his thoughts.
A girl stood in the road wearing a silver sweater without sleeves, a white shirt and white skirt. Noctis stopped slowly gazing back at her. Her hair was a darker blonde with some brown highlights. The girl turned and looked at him. She gave him a smile but didn't approach. "Luna?" Noctis called and walked closer to her.
The sound of gun fire ripped his attention down an opposite street. Noctis summoned the royal arms. They came up around him. The girl summoned a orange glowing symbol on the ground underneath her. Imperial soldiers charged at them from down a neighboring street. Noctis warped into them throwing them up the side of a tall building. He took slashes and slices at them as he continued up the side of the building. Bodies of the defeated imperials fell to the pavement below. One of the soldiers fired back at him trying to still fight him in mid air. Noctis blocked the fire and warped in closer to cut him up the side. The soldier fell.
Noctis fell to the floor after finishing the last soldier. He looked around. The streets were empty again. The girl from before was ground. Noctis clasped his hand. This just seemed like a nightmare. Noctis slowly walked away from the white building he had used to propel the soldiers up. He suddenly took notice to it. The Insomnia Palace looked so abandoned it was hard to recognize it. Noctis looked down to the ground.
The last time he was here…his father died. Noctis looked up at the building. His face hardened. He tried not to cry. Tears came down his face. He cried. "Why…? What the hell is going on!" Noctis cried loudly and looked away from the haunting reminder of his father's death.
Noctis jogged down the road. City buildings towered over him on either side. He shook his head. The realization hitting him. This was real. He thought it over slowly. He was on his own, without the guys. "Does that mean everything I've seen is true? No, It can't… I wouldn't kill… Luna."
Noctis' eyes watered he wiped them with a finger. That girl looked like Luna. Was she? Was she even here? Or did he imagine it? Noctis looked around the abandoned city. He wanted answers. And they weren't coming for him.
Noctis went inside a restaurant that was painted black the inside had colorful walls. Clean dishes were stacked neatly on the bar counter. The tables were freshly polished. The place looked like it was ready for opening the next morning.
Noctis walked over to a booth and slid down into. He hoped the guys were okay. This was the closest thing he could find to a bed. He lowered himself against the stiff, green, leather cushion. If he was lucky this would all be a dream and he would wake up with the guys.
