I still am not totally satisfied with this part of the chapter. But I have made you a promise, and I hate to brake it. So, there is the almost last chapter of this story. Thank you for my reviewer. Enjoy.

Chapter 18 : War (part 2)

All of the former L'cie were stunned to see their friend alive and here. The last time they have see them, they were in their crystal stasis. They don't know why, or how, Fang and Vanille have wake up, but they were very grateful that they were with them now. And the feeling was shared with the two pulsian L'cie.

" It's so good to see you again." Said a joyful Vanille. " We have missed you very much."

She fought to suppress her tears of joy, and even fang seems to have an hard time too. But soon she changed the topic. There is no need to become emotional now. There is more urgent matters to deal now. They will have time to that when the harra is no more. But it was not her who cut the silence.

" How have you wake up ?" Asked Light.

" We don't know." Answered Fang. " We just know that the time of finally complete our focus had come."

" What had happen to cocoon ?" Asked Hope. " Without you, is cocoon still in the sky ?"

Fang looked at the man who had asked the question. She don't recognized him, but something told her that she must.

" Who are you ?" Asked a puzzled Vanille.

" You're jocking, right ?" Asked a bewilder Light. " It's Hope !"

" What ?" Exclaimed at the same time fang and Vanille. " But he's not like we have see him in our dream !"

" Maybe you have see me as my old self, but I have grow up since then. " Answered Hope with a smile.

" That's for sure." Chukled Snow.

" Oh my ! You have changed so much." Said Vanille. " You are even more handsome than before."

Vanille had said it without thinking about who is in the room. Light don't liked the way Vanille talked and acted around Hope. If she had accepted it when they were L'cie, now things have changed very much. Hope is no one else but hers, and it's time for Vanille to understand it.

" Yes. And he is mine." She said without any shame.

It was Hope and Vanille who blushed like mad. Fang can't help herself but laugh at this. Lightning was never the sort of people who beating around the bush. And she don't have changed. Suddenly her eyes caught the ring in Light's finger and she can't help but wanted to tease a little the soldier woman. Just enough to made her blush, but not enough to be at the end of her killing fist.

" I see that. " She said. " What is this with the ring ? I don't have see you like a person who love jewellery."

All of the L'cie looked at Fang like if she had grown a second head. There is no way that she don't know the significance of the ring. But, apparently, it is. So Hope decided to enlightened them.

" I have asked Light to marry me, and she had agree. That's why she had a ring." He said it matter of factly.

" You have what ?" Yelled the two pulsian at the same time.

" We are engaged to be married." Said Light.

" That's a jock, right ?" Asked a fake stunned Fang. " You two can't marry each other. You are too different for that."

All of this begin to angered Light. She loved her friends very much, but there is no way she let them humor her feelings for Hope. She glared at Fang and began to come closer to the woman.

" I don't care what you think !" She yelled. " I love Hope with all my heart, and I won't let you-"

She can't even finish her sentence before she fall into unconscious, right in Hope's arm.

" I'm sorry. " Said a frantic Fang. " I just wanted to tease her. What happen to her ?"

" We don't know. " Said a very worried Hope. " It's not the first time that it's happen. I don't know what to do anymore."

" Don't worry." Said a very joyful Vanille. " There is nothing wrong."

" What do you know ?" Asked Fang.

" It's like my sister before she had you know what." said Vanille.

Fang burst out laughing at that. She can see that the others don't have understand Vanille's meaning, and it's better this way. if Hope learned that Light is carrying his child, then there is no way he let her fight by his side. And if there is only the three of them, then there is no way they win against the Harra. The four of them were needed to fight the harra. She will keep her mouth shut for now. There is still plenty time after to share the good news.

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The harra is beyond than furious. They were less than six days away from the village, when the rumor about the promised land not far away from the colonies had reached the army. Most of the people had joined the army for they family had some food, but now they have no reason to continue. Soon, the rumor had reach every soldier, and they began to desert the army. This morning only the guardian force and less than fifty civilian were still there. There is no way they will succeed at making the harra's plan working. The harra had no other choice but go to the village and found an other host. This one will not last more than a day, and it was always easier to find a new body with his last host still alive than in his spirit form. If he can have some physical contact with his prey then he will mostly succeed. Which was not the case when he was in his spirit form, Bartolomew Estheim was the proof of it.

The harra had no other choice but let the civilian who wanted it to return home. Unsurprisingly, almost all of them left at once. After that, the harra ordered to the guardian force to continue their journey to the village. He don't planed to let them live, so there is no worry if they found out what his plan were. He will killed the commander Amodar last. The man is like a thorn in his side, and the sooner he will die, the better it will be. Even the spy Mayrie would die too. She had become too attached at the doctor of the village. He can't trust her anymore. Her death would help him to succeed in a way or an other.

He had told to the guardian force that he wanted to made a peace treaty with the L'cie. If the colonies will need food once again, then the village can provided it to them at less cost. On the counter part, the guardian force will come to help the village if they needed some help. The commander seems very pleased by that, and he had happily agree to continue the journey to the village. His men also were happy to not fight some of the fellow former cocoon citizen. They were all so easily fooled. The harra don't plan any treaty, but just a way to come close to the L'cie. He will find a reason for their destruction when he will be in front of them. After all he had years and years of practice of that. It will not be the first time he ordered some massacre, and it would not be the last.

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This morning, the watcher of the village ring the alarm bell. All of the men of the village come to the place with their weapon in hand. The only three women with them are Fang, Vanille and Light. Serah had screamed, fighted, without any success. Her husband had refused to her to come with them. To say that Serah was not pleased, was a major understatement. But Light had helped to made the right choice when she had say that there is no way for Alex to leave the village without at last one of his parent. And she had also said that it will do no good for the baby. finally, Serah had followed the other women and children, but she had made her sister promised to her that she will still be alive at the end of the battle. To ease her sister's mind, Light had made the promise, but deep down she had known that if Hope, Snow or Sazh were in danger, she will go to their rescue, no matter how dangerous it can be.

The army stopped at one mile from the village and a man alone come to the village. Light was surprised to see her former commander. The last time she had saw him was during the firework in Bodum, before the purge. She can't have see him after she had wake up from her crystal sleep. His co-worker don't have let her come close to him, and he had never returned any of her call. At one time she was very angry with him. But she is no more. If she can have saw him, then she will be with the army on the other side. She will not have found a life were she can do what she is good at, but also can enjoy her life. She is glad to be no more a guardian force's soldier. And she won't change her mind, no matter what. Her life is here, now, with Hope at her side. Nothing else is more important to her.

" Good morning, sergent Farron." Said Amodar with a smile on his face.

" It's Ms Farron, commander. I am no longer a member of the guardian force, thanks to all of you."

Amodar lost his smile. He had never thought that Lightning can turn her back to the guardian force, but she looked so sure that he don't doubted that she had said the truth. He had hoped for her help, but it's looked like if he is alone on this.

" You're right. I know, it don't mean very much, but I am sorry for that."

" I am not. " Said a smiling Light. " Why are you there commander ?"

" We want to made peace with you. " Said Amodar.

" We were never in war with you. " Said the man the commander knows as Dr Eidan Hole. " It was you who had come to attack us. We are just ready to defend our village and our family."

" Are you the mayor of this village ? Mr ?" Asked Amodar.

" Estheim. Hope Estheim. And no, I am not the mayor, we don't have any here. We made decision together. Everyone can say what he wanted and we chose the best way together."

" Es-Estheim ? But you are dead !" Said a stunned Amodar.

" Again, you are wrong. Be carfeful it will not become habitual." Laughed Hope." But right to the subject at hand. What are you waiting of us ?"

" The primarch want to see you. Please come with me."

After some discussion, it was decided that all of the former and still L'cie will come to visit the primarch. They left the security of the village in the hand of the others. The journey was pretty fast, and the only incident was when a skywolf attacked them. Snow was his target, but Light had see it before the beast can attack her brother-in-law. Without thinking she summoned Odin, and the Ediolon answered her call. In less than two second the beast was no more. Light smiled at Hope who returned her smile with pride for her. Amodar, on his side, regretted more than ever that Lightning was no more part of the guardian. What a wonderful warrior they have lost then !

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The harra had made his choice. He had see the L'cie calling her Ediolon, and he wanted no one else but her for host. With her power he can be the master of the world. No one could beat him now, with this power he can even beat the Fal'cie. He will become a god amongst the human. His dream would finally happen, it would become true.

The harra had never take time to study the faces of the L'cies. He had always more important matter to do than known how his enemies looked like. He had men under him to know this stuff, and it had never bothered him until now. Because now, he can't believe his own eyes. There, with the L'cie was his brother. It's not possible that he was still alive ! His brother was the first L'cie who had woke up from the crystal stasis without his brand. He had lived his life like an human after that. Then he had died at seventy-seven years old. The harra laughed at himself. What a fool he was ! Of course, his brother had children of his own after he was an L'cie. Surely, the man is on of his descendant.

But he can't help the uneasy feeling who go through his spine. The man had the same silver hairs and bright green eyes as his brother. And he looked at the L'cie he had chose for host with love. There is something going on between the two of them, and the harra wondered how he can have the woman without the man coming in the way. The lady luck was with him then. An unexpected turn of event give him the opportunity to come close to the woman. And he used it as fast as he can with his dying body.

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Mayrie had seen Eidan coming to the primarch tent. She was overjoyed to see him again. Nothing else existed to her than him. She followed his every step with bright eyes. That's why she don't failed to notice that Eidan take Light's hand in his and kissed it. That's when Mayrie noticed the ring. Her world failed apart and she can only feel hurt and anger. Anger toward the woman who had stole the heart of her beloved. Eidan belonged to her, not to this poor excuse for a woman. What had she more than her ? She is not more pretty, nor her manners are better. She had blinded him, and it was Mayrie's duty to open his eyes. She will show him that this Lightning is not good for him. And when she would be dead, there is no one who will stand in the path of their love ! With that in mind she rushed to Light with a knife in her hand.

Never during his long life can Hope explain why he had looked at the entrance when he had done so this day. No sound had alarmed him. No feeling of an upcoming danger had shown. He had just turned his head and see a mad Mayrie running to Light with a weapon at hand. He don't have take time to thought about it. He had pushed Light out of the way of Mayrie's path and had take the knife Light had give to him in their engagement day. He had throw the knife at Mayrie and was lucky enough to kill her at once. He turned his stare to Light and made a double take at the sight in front of him. Light was on the floor with the primarch holding her hand. Both of them are glowing. But if Light's glow was clear and bright, the primarch's was dark, very dark.

Fang cursed herself. The mad woman had take all of her attention and she had let Light fall into the hand of the harra. She needed to say that the man was very good at hiding what he really is. She don't have suspected the primarch to be the harra when she had see him, and even now, she would not believe it if she don't see his dark aura. Vanille seems as lost as she is. None of them can move. It's like if they all are paralyzed. They can just look Light lost her life before their turn come.

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Never before the harra had to fight such a powerful being. The woman is a fighter by heart, she will not give up to him without trying to resist him. Which would be futile in the end. No one can beat him. Only a child can do it, and this woman is far from a child. Soon her body will become his and then he can kill her former friends. No dangers will come from them. He even know where the women and children have hid, so he can go there and kill the last L'cie before she can give birth.

Light know that she fight a lost battle. She can feel her own body who began to betray her. For how long did had she fight ? She don't know anymore. Minutes, hours, days, months or years. These words don't means anything to her anymore. She had just to keep fighting. She needed to give time to her friend and lover to escape. That's the only thing who mattered to her. But she is so weak. She wanted so much to sleep. 'Maybe she can rest a minute ? Just a minute, and after that she would fight better'. She tried to not heard this voice, but she found herself unable to block it completely. In a way the voice made sens. maybe she can heard to it.

" Mommy, you need to fight. Fight for daddy and me. Please mommy, don't let us down." Said an unknown voice in Light's mind.

" Who are you ?" Asked Light.

" I'm your daughter. You are carrying me, that's why I can talk to you. The bad man had open a way between our mind, who would not normally exist."

" My daughter ? Am I pregnant ?"

" Yes. So please mommy fight the bad man. I will help you."

" That's wonderful." Said an overjoyed Light. " We will fight and we will win against him. There is no way I let him hurt my child !"

The idea of sleeping had left Light's mind for good. She is ready to fight and she can feel her child alongside with her. She go to the man and open her mind to him. She show him all of her feeling. The joy, the love. And much to her surprise the harra began to scream like if he was very hurt. She know that she is doing the right thing. Her daughter told her so, and she believed her. There is no point at fighting someone who feed on bad feelings. The anger is not ally then but the enemy. Her only weapon would be her love for her family and friends, and the joy to have a daughter in few months.

The harra can't stand it anymore. The woman was not alone. There is an other soul in the woman's body. Finally, he had meet the child who was mean to be to destroy him. And he don't have see it coming. The woman's joyous feelings hurt him more than thousand shotgun. He can't stand the feeling. Unwanted memories come back to him. when his mother was making cake for him and his brother, when they were no older than ten. His father who is teaching to him how to ride a chocobo. So much wonderful memories he had hided deep inside his soul, until now. Now these memories killed him. His power is quickly fading and there is nothing he can do about it. Soon he let his soul going to his once loved one. The last sight he saw before his soul faded into nothing was his brother smiling proudly at him. ' I come to you' was his last words.

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As soon as Hope can move again, he rushed to Light. He sighed in relief when he saw her still breathing. He don't have understand why but the primarch body had suddenly become on fire, and now, not even ashes were there to prove that the man had once existed. Fortunately for them, the commander Amodar was with them during the whole incident. He can testified that the primarch had die from "natural case". But it don't bothered Hope too much for now. because the woman in his arm is all that mattered to him.

Light opened her eyes and she feel happy to see that Hope is by her side. She is very tired but she need to share the news with him. He deserved to know that he will become a daddy soon. Light had lost her connexion with her daughter, but she is not bothered by it. Soon enough she will meet her in the face. She smiled at the thought.

" Light ?" Asked a worried Hope. " Are you all right ?"

" I'm fine. We both are fine. Me and our daughter."

She had just time to finish her sentence before the sleep claimed her.

To Be continued.

The longest chapter I have ever write. I'm so proud. I hope you have liked. Don't forget to give me a review.

Next chapter : the final chapter.