Authors Note: Guys, this is the final update from the "Beauty and the Beast" series. This it the epilogue. And I hope you all have enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Thank you all for sticking with this story until the end and I love you all. Thank you all my fantastic readers and reviewers. :D Plus, this is just in time for the Holidays. (: So this is for you guys. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything but my dear Faith.
As Sora said it would be, when Faith finally received the permission from both Belle and Beast to leave the castle to travel the worlds with Sora and the others, it truly was an adventure. But as the months flew by, Faith somehow grew tired of all the travelling.
"Sora, I wish to stay in Radiant Garden. If I may."
Those were her exact words when speaking to Sora. Though Sora faced a bit of displeasure with her request, he merely smiled and nodded. But it had been a good choice to let her stay in Radiant Garden, for this was around near time when the final battle was going to happen between the mighty Superior and the keyblade masters. For one, Faith was slightly relieved that she decided to back down from her adventure at that time. The young brunette never wanted to be in his way when he was fighting. Plus, she was still in his way most of the time, for he had to protect her anyway against the Heartless… Though, somewhere along her time spent in Halloween Town and Port Royal, Donald actually did agree to help teach Faith some art of wizardry and magic.
So now, she at least could protect herself and the others in some sort of battle, but she was still not yet experienced enough to face sorcerers and witches; her heart was happy to never have to battle against anyone of that sort. But that is aside from the point.
But somehow, the ever-so-familiar thoughts of her dear love began to float into her mind once passing by her home world. She could remember the promise that she made to him. To see his home world of Radiant Garden. Her lips apart ever so slightly to let a barely audible sigh escape from her lungs. "Are you sure you want to go back, Faith?" Sora questioned, "If you think you're in the way, you're not. I promise!" He told her.
The brunette merely responded with a weak smile and a soft chuckle, "No, it's alright Sora. I would like to settle down for a little bit." She merely spoke.
With a slightly disappointed expression on his young face, Sora finally nodded and muttered, "Alright. We'll drop you off in Radiant Garden."
Faith smiled, "Thank you."
"I'm sure Aerith and the rest of them won't mind if you stayed with them." Sora continued; his gloved hands upon the steering component on the oddly-shaped, of what she could remember they called a, gummi ship. But of course, to Faith, it was rather peculiar. Oh well. Faith unconsciously nodded.
"Are you sure they won't mind?" She muttered.
"Of course not! They are our friends and I'm really sure that they will let you stay."
Faith merely chuckled softly, barely shook her head and glanced out the massive windshield, or rather space-shield; "Okay then, I'll just have to take your word for it then."
The trip there didn't take much longer but the landing was Hell. That was another reason why Faith would want to stay on Radiant Garden; No more crazy landings with that idiot.
"Sora, remind me again why we let you land the ship?" Faith merely questioned, holding onto her forehead. Her legs staggered for the ramp to get off of that flying metal/gummi/whatever it was made of death trap. The recent thought form no longer than five minutes ago flashed into her mind.
"Sorrraaa!" Faith exclaimed as Sora managed to break through the worlds' barrier and into the atmosphere as made the entire gummi ship completely a full rotation of 360 degree turn. There was a rather loud smacking sound; as if something was hit against a plate of thick glass… Which was soon followed by another smacking sound and a loud, "Owwwuch! What'd'ya do that for?!" "You're a bloody idiot!"
Sora merely walked out from the ship holding his arms behind his neck with a nervous smile on his lips as his vocal chords just let out a simple chuckle. "Don't worry about it." Faith merely shook her head as she added a roll of her chocolate brown eyes into the mix of things.
"I should be going—." Faith began but was quickly cut off by the teenage brunette;
"You know I'm going to miss you coming on our adventure." He spoke, quickly embracing her with in a hug, which at first surprised Faith but she willing accepted it. He's still no charmer… Like him. Faith sighed.
"I'll miss you too." Her arms managed to find away around his torso as she rested her head upon his shoulder, "Try not to forget me or get hurt, okay?" She added with a soft chuckle, as if she was trying to lift the mood ever so slightly.
Sora laughed lightly as she could feel his nod, "Of course. You try not to worry about me too much and stay out of trouble. I don't want to hear anything from any of them about you eloping with one of the bad guys." He teased; Faith's cheeks brushed profusely.
"Hah! I'll stay out of trouble." She smiled and pulled away from the hug, "I guess I'll see you around then." She smiled weakly. Sora's arms fell to his sides and he glanced away but for only a moment and his eyes locked with hers once more.
"Yeah. See you around." His voice seemed a little hesitant as he spoke. Faith glanced away and let out a simple cough and nodded. Had she gotten attached to the boy? Faith quickly turned away and began walking.
There was a look upon Sora's face that would make a fan girl want to fly out and tell him would be alright, but unfortunately, there were none around at that moment for him. It had almost appeared as if he wanted to stop her but… There was something in his heart that told him that she was meant to be in Radiant Garden. He sighed and shook his head as he turned upon his heel to walk back unto that gummi ship.
From there, Sora and Faith had not seen or spoken to each other any further.
But that was a few years ago. Faith still lives in Radiant Garden now, but she still does have word with her sister and her other family and friends back at her home in the Beast's Castle. The young teen has grown a little bit more now. Now in her early twenties, could you believe it? Let's close in on the scene with our beloved heroine walking along a road with one of her closest friends, Aerith Gainsbourgh.
"You know, you've told me your entire life story but you still never really told me why you came to Radiant Garden in the first place." Aerith began, brushing back a piece of her hair from her eyes. "I mean, you could have just gone back to your real home. Why did you want to come here?"
Faith's gaze changed from Aerith to the ground, "Well, you see… I fell in love with someone. He told me he was from this place." Faith began; glancing back up at Aerith with a weak smile, Aerith quickly returned the favor of a tiny grin. Faith chuckled softly. "He promised me that he would take me to see his home after the entire ordeal between the Organization XIII was finished so he wouldn't have to worry about anything happening to me." She continued.
"Aw, how sweet." Aerith smiled.
"But unfortunately, before we could do anything, he was… Taken by the darkness." Faith spoke. Okay, so she had to switch up the truth just a tiny bit… But that was only because no one needed to know about her love for one of them members of the infamous Organization XIII.
Aerith let out a light gasp, "Oh! I'm so sorry. What was his name?" She asked curiously.
"Oh, um…." Faith began; not a clue what to say his name was. But thank goodness for the familiar blonde, Cloud.
"Aerith, Leon wants to speak with you about something." He spoke, nodding to Aerith then towards Faith. Both them returned the gesture. Aerith nodded and smiled towards Faith;
"Oh, I want to hear about this more later. Do you mind going to the market place by yourself?" Aerith questioned, Faith quickly responded with a shake of the head.
"Of course not. I'll finish my story later." She smiled as Aerith and Cloud soon left her side. Faith let out a soft sigh as she continued down the street as countless children ran past her with laughter in their voices. A smile crept unto Faith's lips.
It didn't take much longer to reach the market place, which was as always, buzzing with plenty of business for everyone. There were sounds of countless voices bargaining with each other.
"How much does this--?" Faith began but was almost violently pushed against the table, "Oof!" She huffed, quickly fixing herself as she stood straight up and corrected outfit. The culprit was laughing, not even noticing that he bumped into Faith. He looked like a teenager.
"'Ey! Little guy!" An accented voice called out to the younger teenager.
"What do you wa-ahhh?" He spoke back with an attitude, not realizing who he was talking to until he turned to face the source. "Professor! I'm so sorry." He apologized.
The older male shook his head and walked over to Faith, he seemed only to be just a few years older than the young maiden. "Are you okay, miss?" He questioned her. Faith nodded,
"Oh, I'm fine. But thank you." She replied. He turned to face the boy,
"Apologize to the lady, now." He commanded. The younger boy quickly obeyed and said his apologizes and ran from the professor's sight. He chuckled and shook his head. "I'm sorry about him. A little trouble maker." He laughed. His voice was just a little husky, but his hair was long and tied back into a tight ponytail. But a very intimidating feature upon his face was the deep scar travelling up along the right side of his cheek. His eyes were a bright yellow, almost like a cat's eye, but not entirely. Faith merely smiled and laughed,
"Oh it's fine. Boys will be boys." She responded.
"May I ask your name, miss?" He questioned with a light smirk on his lips, Faith blushed ever so lightly.
"Faith." She answered.
"Faith," He copied, "A beautiful name." He cut in.
She responded with a laugh, "Thank you. And what may I call you?"
"Oh, how rude of me. My name is Braig." He spoke, as if he was clearly trying to be a gentleman. She smiled.
"It is a pleasure to meet you then, Monsieur Braig." She replied. He laughed,
"Ah, French." He laughed, "One of my colleagues speaks almost fluent French."
"Oh, really? That's wonderful; I hope I would get the chance to meet him." She spoke.
He perked his ears slightly, "Actually, I believe he is here. He never misses a beautiful day like this in the market place." They both shared a laugh. He let out a soft gasp, "Oh! And there he is." He stepped back, as if to save her ears the trouble of his yelling. "Hey! Dilly-boy! Come 'ere!" He called out for his friend.
In no less that a minute, his friend was beside Braig. Faith let out a soft gasp.
"…Xaldin?" She questioned under her breath.
"Excuse me?" The new man questioned. Their voices sounded almost identical. Their appearances were the same as her memories of her lost Nobody.
"Nothing, I'm sorry." She quickly covered and Braig merely shrugged.
"Faith, this is my friend and colleague, Dilan." He introduced. His eyes almost seemed puzzled at the sight of Faith.
"Have we met before?" He questioned her. She blushed ever so slightly.
"No, I don't believe so. But you do look familiar."