Me: This chapter almost made me cry whn I was reading it. But luckily I knew this wold neve happen so I didn't cry.
Genis: Really, why did you write this?
Me: Because the idea just came into my head and I thought it would help make a good chapter.
Genis: She owns nothing.
Me:Except for Sarah and Sammy and all the plot twists. Also, go to my profile and check out the fanart Frutillas drew. It's so cute and awesome!
We had finally reached the Ossa Trail. I was starting to get tired of all the walking. Something was finally going to happen. I was thinking about the fight with Sheena and how funny it would be to see her fall down the maintenance hatch.
'At least it won't be me falling down something.'
I still remembered the incident with the sand dune in the Triet desert. I also started to remember all the times I said gravity hated me.
We decided to take a short break just before going through the Ossa Trail. I sat on one of the rocks around the entrance and looked at the sky to think. I had a habit of looking up or down when thinking. I was lost in thought and wasn't paying attention to anything. Not usually a good thing to do.
"Hey, Sarah!" Lloyd shouted.
Like I said, I was too deep in thought to even notice him come up to me. It made me jump, which cause me to fall backwards off the rock.
"Owww," I wined, while sitting up.
"Ouch, that looked like it hurt. Are you okay?" Lloyd asked, offering me a hand up.
"I'm okay, worse has happened," I answered and accepted the hand up.
I stood up with Lloyd's help and dusted myself off.
"Worse?" He asked.
"Long story," I responded.
"I have time," He shrugged.
"Okay then," I replied and leaned against the rock. "It was around my 12th birthday and I had invited my friends over for a party. The last thing we decided to do was sit on the roof and star gaze. When I was about to get on the roof after handing one of my friends a blanket, I slipped and fell. My friends thought I had died, but I surprised them when I turned out with barely any injuries."
"What kind of injuries did you get?" He asked.
"I just strained both my arms, nothing big. I did have a hard time in my combat class though, since I couldn't put my hands into fist without it hurting, especially since we had to spar that day," I reminisced.
"Whoa, bad luck," Lloyd replied simply.
"No kidding, I had to go up against the strongest in the class too," I added.
"The person who taught you didn't go easy, huh?" Lloyd asked.
"Not at all, but that did help me become the best in my class. I would probably be top rank right around now if I had finished the classes," I replied.
"You didn't finish your classes?" Lloyd asked.
"No, I had to quite because in the middle of sparring matches I would start to break out in coughing fits. It only got worse as I continued the classes. When I got my exsphere, my coughing fits stopped and I didn't have any trouble keeping up a fight. But I couldn't continue the classes again because I started looking for my brother," I explained.
"Sorry I asked," Lloyd responded.
"Don't worry, I'm over it," I responded.
Soon everyone got ready to continue to the Ossa Trail. I kept looking to my left thinking that I'd see Sheena waiting on a ledge. Surprisingly, I a glimpse of her pink obi. I smirked to myself at the soon to come events.
"Stop!"
'Here we go, this should be funny.'
Everyone stopped and looked at the owner of the voice. Sheens jumped down and blocked our path.
"What?" Lloyd asked, surprised.
"Is she a friend of yours Lloyd?" Colette asked, turning to him.
"Not that I'm aware of," Lloyd answered honestly. He turn to me and asked, "What about you?"
"Nope, can't say she is," I answered, shaking my head.
"…Is the chosen of mana among you?" Sheena asked.
"Oh, that's me!" Colette chirped, turning her attention away from Lloyd.
I sighed and shook my head. I still don't get how she could be that air-headed. I looked over at Colette then noticed my position, I was right behind the maintenance hatch. I decided not to move since it would seem strange and probably raise questions.
Sheena turned to Colette and readied her cards.
"…Prepare to die!" She shouted and charged at Colette.
I took out my weapon and stood my ground. I had to look like I was going to protect her since I was closest. If I didn't look like I was going to protect her, a lot of questions would be raised.
Lloyd tried to rush in but Colette stumbled backwards and hit the lever. Sheena was right in front of me when it opened. There was a chorus of Uh-oh's before Sheena fell. By instinct, I guess, she tried to grab hold of something. She grabbed my arm, since I was closest, and ended up pulling me down with her.
We landed with a thud at the bottom. You know, Gnome must really hate. I always seem to fall down things. The sand dune, the cliff near the Iselia human ranch, and now the maintenance hatch at the Ossa Trail. Anyways, I sat up and looked around. I saw Sheena still sitting on the ground rubbing her head.
I sighed and decided to try and make peace with her. I stood up and walked over to her. I offered a helping hand to her. Sheena looked at me confused but took it anyways.
"Why would you help me up? I'm your enemy," Sheena explained.
"You don't seem like you really want to hurt us. Also, you must have a good reason to want to kill the chosen, but I'm not going to ask. Besides, if we want to get out of here, it'd be best to work together. So how about a truce, at least for now?" I asked, holding my hand out for her to shake.
She paused and looked deep in thought. She looked at my outstretched hand and paused again before shaking it.
"You're right, I don't want to hurt you guys, but I do have a good reason. A truce would be a good idea, so deal," Sheena replied.
"Good, I don't want to hurt you either," I smiled and took my hand back.
"I'm gonna have to fight you and your friends when we get out of here though," Sheena informed.
"What has to be done, has to be done," I shrugged it off.
"That line just reminded me of one of my friends," Sheena responded.
'Ah, so she does consider Zelos a friend.'
"Really? That's interesting," I replied.
"The guy's an idiot," Sheena muttered.
"Oh yes, that makes me feel really good about myself," I sarcastically said.
"You heard that? Sorry," Sheena blushed slightly.
"Nah it's okay, I don't mind," I responded, shrugging it off.
"C'mon, I don't want to be here too long," Sheena said.
I nodded and looked down the tunnel. I had to let my eyes adjust.
"I can't see a thing," Sheena commented.
"Follow me, I can slightly see," I responded and started walking down the tunnel.
I heard Sheena's foot steps following me.
"How can you see through this darkness?" Sheena asked.
"I honestly have no idea," I replied and continued walking.
I heard Sheena's foot steps pause then continue. She was probably thinking about whether to trust me or not.
After a little while of walking, the silence was starting to get on my nerves. It made things seem really eerie.
"My name's Sarah, what about you?" I asked.
"You're pretty soft hearted, aren't you?" She asked.
"I admit it, yes, I'm soft hearted. But that's just the way I am," I responded.
"Humph, Sheena Fujibayashi. You seem like a good person, too bad we can't be friends," Sheena replied.
"That's the way the world works. People who could be friends are put on opposing sides. And the only reason those opposing sides are created is because those people can't open their minds to each other," I explained.
"Wow, you've thought about that deeply," Sheena commented.
"I've thought about a lot of things deeply. When you're alone often, you have time," I responded.
"You know, you could probably talk some sense into that idiot friend I mentioned," Sheena said.
"Heh, I've talked sense into many people before. One of my friends, not any of the ones that I was with when we met, but one from my home town, she wanted to commit suicide. I talked her out of it with out too much trouble," I responded.
I wasn't lying there, I was being honest. That really happened.
"Wow… You must be a good at talking to people," Sheena complimented.
I nodded my head and looked around the area. I spotted light coming into the tunnel.
"Hey! We're almost out!" I pointed out.
Sheena looked around and saw the light too.
"Finally, this darkness was starting to creep me out a bit," Sheena commented and sighed.
We rushed over to the light and found the wooden wall that blocked the way.
"Well, after we get out of here, we'll be enemies again. Although, I'm glad to have met you… I'm going to be using a guardian to help me fight, I don't want to hurt you, so fight the guardian instead," Sheena instructed.
I smirked, "No problem, and I'm glad I met you too."
"Stand back, I'm gonna blow this door down," Sheena commanded and took her spell cards out.
I heard talking coming towards the wooden wall.
"Wait, I can hear my friends coming. I can't let them know I was helping you. They'll ask questions and think I'm an enemy. What should we do?" I asked.
"Hmm, you think you can knock this wall down?" Sheena asked.
I tapped it with my knuckles to see how sturdy it was. I found it wouldn't be too hard to knock down.
"I think so," I nodded.
"Alright, then knock it down and run. I'll pretend to attack you," Sheena instructed.
"Thank you," I replied.
I took out my weapon to make it look like I was fighting her. I then walked a few paces away from the door and charged at it. I rammed it with my shoulder and knocked it down. I ran just like Sheena had instructed. I stopped when I thought I had put enough distance between us. I turned around and faced Sheena in a fighting stance.
"…W…wait!" Sheena called and got in her fighting stance.
"…Wow, she and Sarah caught up with us," Lloyd pointed out.
I looked over to my right and saw them.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Colette exclaimed, relieved. She took a few steps towards us.
"D…Don't move!" Sheena called, lowering her stance.
"A wise decision," Raine put in.
"…I won't be caught off guard this time! Prepare to die!" Sheena exclaimed and charged at us.
She summoned her guardian and charged at the others. I went straight to the guardian. Lloyd decided to help me attack the guardian. Kratos fought Sheena, Raine and Genis stayed in the back to cast and Colette guarded them and attacked from there.
The guardian tried to swipe at us but I jumped backwards to dodge and Lloyd ducked. I rushed back in and slashed at the wind guardian. I then realized that it would be easier to have Lloyd attack from the front and have myself attack the back.
"Lloyd! Keep attack from the front! I'll attack from the back!" I ordered.
"Right!" Lloyd agreed and continued to attack the front.
I then moved away from the guardian and circled to the back. I rushed back in and started slashing at it's back. It was much easier to attack an enemy from the back. It was getting kind of annoying because I couldn't perform any techniques and it was getting repetitive.
After much repetitive attacks the guardian was taken down. It had switched back and forth between attack me and attacking Lloyd. The wind guardian disappeared in a puff of smoke. I looked over to Sheena and she noticed that the guardian had been taken down. She jumped away from everyone and stood facing us.
"Ugh… Just you wait! I swear I will kill you all next time!" Sheena called and disappeared.
"Wait!" Lloyd shouted and ran to the spot she was in.
I sighed and shook my head. Lloyd should think before running after an enemy. It's dangerous.
"Why are people trying to kill us?" Lloyd questioned, confused.
"…There are always those who reject salvation," Kratos responded.
"Maybe she's a Desian," Genis guessed.
Lloyd turned to face everyone.
"I don't think so. If she were a Desian she wouldn't have been alone," I commented.
"At any rate, we are in constant danger. That's all we have to know," Kratos informed.
"Those… clothes…" Raine said, staring at the place where Sheena had been.
"Professor, is something wrong?" Lloyd asked.
Everyone turned their attention to Raine.
"No, it's nothing. Let's go," Raine insisted.
"Yeah. Anyways let's head to Izoold to get a ship," Lloyd replied.
We then decided to leave the Ossa Trail. I paused right before leaving and looked around.
"Sarah? Is something wrong?" Lloyd asked.
"Where's Sammy?" I asked, slightly panicked.
"She ran off after you fell through the hidden maintenance passage," Lloyd answered.
"Oh, I hope she's okay," I responded, worried.
I gripped my pendant out of habit. Whenever I was worried or nervous or something like that, I always gripped my pendant.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she's fine," Lloyd said, trying to comfort me.
I then heard howling coming from inside the maintenance passage. I knew that howl anywhere. It was Sammy. My eyes widened and I got really worried because it sounded pained.
"Sammy!" I shouted and ran back to the maintenance passage.
"Sarah! Wait!" Lloyd called back to me.
I ignored him and continued on. I ran in and noticed that the lanterns were lit. It would be easier to find Sammy then. I heard the howling again and quickened my pace. I followed the howling an open space. Sammy was laying on the ground injured. I looked up and saw the Sword Dancer. I ran in front of Sammy and got into fighting stance with my weapons out.
"You'll pay for this!" I shouted and ran at the Sword Dancer.
It was huge by the way. But I didn't let that stop me. It had injured my best friend, I was full of rage, and it was going pay. The Sword Dancer swung two of its swords at me, which I dodged quickly and slashed it. The fight continued like that until an Angel Feathers attack hit the Sword Dancer.
Lloyd, Colette and the others had arrived at the battle scene. Colette noticed how much damage it caused and continued to use Angel Feathers. Lloyd ran up to the Sword Dancer to help me. Genis stayed back to cast spells and Raine and Kratos also stayed back to heal.
It took a while but we finally defeated the Sword Dancer. As soon as it was defeated I ran over to Sammy and knelt down next to her. She was still alive and the injury wasn't too bad. But that didn't stop my crying.
"Sammy, I'm sorry," I cried, repeating "I'm sorry" once more.
Raine rushed over and started to heal Sammy. I was still crying, I hadn't cried for years until then.
"Sarah, it'll be okay. Raine's a great healer, Sammy will be fine," Lloyd reassured.
I tried to wipe away my tears but I wouldn't stop crying. I was blaming myself for this happening. Sammy had gone in there to try and find me but ended up getting hurt instead.
"She'll be fine, she just needs to rest now," Raine said, standing up.
My tears slowed down quite a bit, I was confirmed that Sammy was going to live. But that still couldn't stop my crying completely.
"We should get out of this maintenance passage before any monsters come," Raine suggested.
Everyone agreed and I picked up Sammy. We got out of the maintenance passage and out of the Ossa Trail. It was already late so we set up camp just outside the trail. I set Sammy down carefully and stayed next to her.
It was soon dark and my crying had stopped. Everyone had decided to leave me alone. I was deep in thought.
'Sammy had gotten hurt because of me. She could've died because of me. She's in pain because of me! What kind of friend am I to have let this happen?!'
"Sarah, she'll be okay, so don't worry," Lloyd said, coming up to me from behind.
"I know," I said, monotonously.
He paused before saying, "It's not your fault that she got hurt."
"Yes it is. If I had been more careful about where I stood, I wouldn't have gotten dragged down with that assassin and Sammy wouldn't have run off to find me," I argued.
"Look, don't worry about it. What's done is done. All you can do now is make sure she recovers well. Besides, you haven't eaten yet and you've been fighting a lot today," Lloyd reasoned.
"I'm not hungry," I said, simply.
"Everyone's worried about you. Not eating will just make them even more worried," Lloyd commented.
I paused then nodded my head, "Alright, I don't want anybody to worry about me."
"Good, now c'mon!" Lloyd smiled and offered a hand up.
I took it and stood up. I followed Lloyd back to the others.
"Are you feeling any better Sarah?" Raine asked, worry hinted in her voice.
"I'm okay, don't worry," I replied.
"That's good to hear. We were getting worried," Colette responded.
Genis handed me a bowl of soup and said, "Here. I did what you suggested when we camped outside the seal of fire. It worked and now it tastes better."
"Thank you," I said and took the bowl.
After eating I went back over to Sammy to watch over her. I didn't like leaving her alone when she was injured. I stayed there with Sammy for a while until I heard foot steps coming towards me. I looked behind me and saw Genis.
"Hey Sarah, I just wanted to make sure you were okay," Genis said.
"Don't worry, I felt better after Lloyd talked to me," I replied, smiling slightly.
"You're really close to Sammy, huh?" He asked.
"Yeah, she's been my best friend ever since I started traveling," I answered.
"Lloyd told us that you could understand what Sammy is saying. I guess that just shows how close you two are," Genis commented.
I nodded and said, jokingly, "I guess I can talk to Sammy without you guys thinking I'm crazy now."
He laughed slightly and said, "Well, at least I know your back to normal. You made a joke out of something."
"That's because I know Sammy will be better soon and that my friends are trying to cheer me up," I smiled.
"Well, I'm going to go to sleep. Good night, Sarah," Genis said and started walking away.
"Good night, Genis," I returned.
I then yawned, and removed my cruxis crystal. I then went to sleep next to Sammy.
The next morning I was woken up by whining and a wet nose. When I opened my eyes Sammy had been the one to wake me up. I smiled brightly at seeing Sammy moving around and sat up quickly to hug her. I wrapped my arms around Sammy's neck, happy that she was okay.
"Sammy, I'm so glad you're okay," I said.
Translation: "Sarah, please forgive. I heard the others say that I caused you to cry."
"Sammy it's alright. Now that you're okay we can just forget about that," I replied.
Translation: "Yes, you are right. Next time something like that happens I'll stay with the others."
"Okay, thanks," I responded and let Sammy go.
Now that all of that was over and done with, we headed to Izoold.
Me: Yay! Happy ending!
Genis: It's not going to last long, is it?
Me: I don't know, but it probably will.
Genis: How can you not know? You're the authoress!
Me: I decide stuff as I go along and use past events for plot twist and stuff. That way things make sense and all that.
Genis: So you haven't pre-planned this?
Me: No I have, but it's not very detailed.
Genis: Oh...
Me: Anyways, people, so far with the pairing things are going towards Lloyd. I think I'll stop accepting votes on the 25th of this month, but I might shorten the time. So, bye people, thanks for reading ad please review and maybe vote!