Author: Cracks knuckles Here I go. My first Final Fantasy fanfic and I am going to make it good! Hands hover over keyboard

Gaia: Then why haven't you started?

Author: I'm gonna… Sweat drop

Gaia WELL?

J.K. Rowling: Flies in window on broom. So. You got writer's block 'eh?

Author: Well apparently, there's nothing on the page!

Katie: Teehee plays with tassels on J.K.'s cloak.

J.K. Rowling: Stop!

Author: Screams at Katie Stop! And you're not helping me, now leave!

J.K. Rowling: Claps hands and disappears in a cloud of green smoke, which turns into a face and says, HA HA YOU SUCK!

Author: AHH! Attacks smoke

Gaia: She wasn't much help was she? But I have her broom! Gets on broom and attempts to fly around room; ends up rocketing out the window. It's a Firebolt

The larger portion of the Fellowship

"Hurry, you guys! She's this way! I hear the Basilisk!" Morgan cried.

They had heard the cry of the Basilisk through the walls of the cave. It only made their hearts pound in their chests. Their going was slower than what it should have been, for they had to maneuver around the fallen rocks I had knocked from the ceiling and walls. The area was bathed in moonlight from the night sky above. My companions scrunched their eyes; they hadn't seen any form of natural light for who knew how long?

Blasting through the rocks was no easy task. I had created quite the little landslide, though I hadn't noticed when I'd been running from it myself. The moonlight hurt their eyes as my friends shattered their ways through the impending stone, sending shrapnel flying in all directions which only hindered others and cause their aim to waver as they brushed the bits of stone out of their faces and arms, scratches appearing almost instantly in every spot on their bodies.

The last of the moonlit area was littered only with stones small enough that the Fellowship was able to pass over them with ease, for which they were grateful; another abominable screech shattered the icy stillness and made the adrenaline in their bodies push them to their limits in running.

Morgan had become the honorary leader in my stead, and was the fastest runner, though the shortest, and led the charge; holding the lantern high above her head, illuminating the darkness. It felt better to be back in the dark than it had been to be in the moonlit area, and the familiarity of their surroundings slowly came back to them.

"Katie! We're coming!!" Hanna yelled, adjusting the straps of her pack so that it was held tightly against her back and not bouncing around. Her muscular legs propelled her forward with practiced ease, although she wasn't used to running this far. 'Please, don't let us be too late!'

What they saw next was horrifying enough to stop her in her tracks.

Further into the darkness, and lit by the lantern, the giant Basilisk that hunted in the mountains lay coiled and ready to sink its fangs into Amy who was running valiantly toward it, sword glowing an astonishingly bright orange.

"KATIE!!" Jake and Geoff yelled at the same time, seeing me, motionless, around the Basilisk's body. They shot each other a heated glare before running for me.

"YOU FOOLS! WE HAVE TO SAVE AMY!!" Morgan bellowed angrily. But the prince and the bandit weren't listening.

Sarah smacked her forehead and cursed love to hell before running full-out to help Amy destroy the snake.

Her yell had brought to Amy's attention that her friends were here. They would save her, help her, and destroy the monster. She smirked evilly at the snake and met its head with a crushing slash that knocked three of its T-Rex sized fangs out of its mouth before flipping over backwards and landing nimbly on her feet. What an amazing move!

"Amy, MOVE!" Sarah bellowed the first of my companions to reach Amy. She bolted just in time as Sarah sent a Cyclone Wave towards the snake; me and Amy momentarily forgotten, being entirely consumed by Sarah's attack which was greater than any pain it had ever endured.

Blood was not now only flowing freely from the Basilisk's mouth but from huge gashes cut from its huge body. It shrieked at the top of its lungs before recoiling in pain and withdrawing into the shadows.

"Sarah, how'd you learn that move?" Nich asked incredulously.

Sarah shook her head and shot her companions a smirk. "While you lot were getting fat, I was out practicing. Looks like it came in handy, too."

"Come on, let's go see what's wrong with Katie," Amy told them, appearing at Sarah's shoulder, blood splattered across her face and arms, her long sword resting against her shoulder. She looked utterly amazing covered in blood. So strong and powerful… (A/N: Wait a minute! It's not an ecchi fic either! WTF?! .)

Judging by the tone of her voice, my friends had assumed I was dead, so they followed Amy silently over to me. Imagine their surprise when I moved! Better yet, I was crying. It showed I was alive, but I was in neither of the guys' arms who were sitting with me, comforting me in more ways than one by just being there with me.

"You're alive!" Morgan cried, leaping onto me and enveloping me in her arms with a happy smile plastered on her face. One by one, the others followed suit. They made attempts to stop my crying, but I kept on plowing ahead.

None of them could figure out why I wouldn't stop. I buried my hands in my arms and wept silently, refusing to look at them; the meat and my sword lay forgotten on either side of me; a protective barrier that said 'keep out.'

"Please, Kate. Open up. We want to help you. No matter what, we'll always be here for you," Amy whispered in my ear, stepping over my barrier and holding me in her arms. I gulped and choked back a fresh wave of tears. She's always been like this. I could never hold anything back when she acted this way.

"Is that...t-true?" I asked, giving her an attempted glare, but failing dismally. I succeeded in merely making her chuckle at my runny nose and tear-stained face with an angry expression.

"Of course!" She chirruped, setting me up again and sliding my sword back into its sheath. "We'll never leave you."

I couldn't hold it back any longer. I leapt up and gave each and every one of my friends a big, wet kiss. Even Amy.

"AIIIIIIEEEE!! GET OFF ME!!" She yelled. I smiled happily and gazed at my friends with love. Jake and Geoff blushed and turned around, trying to pretend to be angry whilst my girl companions giggled and told me how powerful Sarah's attack had been. I felt my eyes widen.

"So the Basilisk's still out there?" I asked, peering over Morgan's shoulder into the shadows. At any time, I expected the Basilisk to fly out and avenge its pain on one of us. I gulped and shook the thought from my mind. I went back to sit against the wall and comment on how awesome Amy looked caked in blood when I saw it. Movement.

"AMY! WATCH OUT!!!" I shrieked.

"Huh?" Amy turned around to see what I was staring at, but that was all she saw. She blacked out as she was hit full-force by the one of the snake's monstrous heads. I ducked out of instinct as her body flew at me and slammed into the wall behind me. It made an angry cracking noise and slumped to the floor, lifeless as anything I had ever seen.

"Amy! AMY!!!" I bellowed. I grabbed her sword and my own and turned to face the sickening creature; tears flowing once again down my face, but if looks could kill, that bastard would be deader than dead.

"Come on!" I snarled at my comrades. "For AMY!!" I yelled, swinging both blades around in the air, and piercing the snake's nearby body with a powerful thrust. (A/N: What-the-hell? o.0 BGMLOTR. XP) Blood spilled out onto my twin blades and I yanked them out of the snake's body, and then shot a ball of chi to irritate the wound.

Its tail came flying from out of nowhere, so I ducked and rolled backwards toward Amy. I glanced down at her, then my friends; my eyes darting between each of them attacking the snake effectively from a point and Amy who was still silent.

I reached down and grabbed the ball of meat, vowing my revenge on the black bastard which was trying to throw Hanna off its hind end, near the tail.

"Just lie back and let us take care of it," I whispered, throwing myself back amidst the rage of battle. I jumped over the flying tail and ducked just as the Basilisk attempted to bite me. It missed and made other vague attempts at the others.

"Geoff! Go long!" I yelled, waving my arms in the air. The man in question tossed me a glance; I was holding one sword under my arm and waving the meat in the other. He nodded and rushed toward the tail, facing me. I threw the meat with all my might towards him, praying I would hit my target.

The Basilisk let loose a horrific yell as Morgan danced amazingly fast in front of it; each of its strikes causing one of its fangs to go missing. It didn't understand the duel attacks that Morgan possessed: a sword and her chi. Its normal prey had usually been the untrained soldiers.

"YES!" I pounded the air with my fist as Geoff's hand made contact with the hunk of meat I'd thrown at him.

"KATIE, DUCK!!" Hanna cried. I turned around just in time to see one side of the snake's body come flying at me, Hanna's sword plunging deeply into it. As she flew overhead, I was splattered with droplets of blood, and vaguely wondered how I looked caked in the sticky red stuff. 'Idiot!'

I jumped up again and saw Jake and Nich teaming up with Morgan in her little dance while Hanna slowly made her way up the serpent's side.

"What're you guys doing?!" I yelled at them when Jake announced he'd gotten "Number twenty-three!"

"What does it look like we're doing, you moron?! We're-duck-knocking its teeth out!!" Jake snapped irritably.

"Yeah! So go play the good little woman and help Sarah out at the back!" Nich told me mockingly as he back-flipped away from one of the numerous strikes the snake was throwing at them. I rolled my eyes and raced toward the back of the writhing demon, still not seeing Geoff, even when I got to the tail, where Sarah was hacking away with tooth and nail at the flailing back end.

She smiled when she saw me. "Geoff said you were on your way!"

"Geoff?" I looked around, hoping to see him somewhere, but I didn't I frowned. "Where's he at?"

"He's with Hanna now. Said the salt would be more effective is it was applied on the head, I think.

'Geoff, you idiot,' I thought to myself. Sarah pushed us against the side of the cave as the snake's tail lashed out, barely missing my face by centimeters. I slashed at it with my weapons and made contact, pinning the end down with brute force. The guys at the front were forgotten for a moment as the Basilisk turned to see what had stopped its moves. It gave me a cold four-eyed glare and launched for me.

I could see, dangling off the side, about ten feet from the head, Hanna and Geoff, holding onto each other; a long line of bloody gauges marking their strenuous path up the side of the Basilisk.

"Come and get me, you great ugly brute!!" I snarled, waving both blades around like nun chucks. Sarah stood firm beside me, ready to offer support.

The serpent let loose another howl, sure of its victory. At such a close range, the loud noise caused my ears to pop. I flinched and jumped into the air as it made a frugal bite for my leg. I ended up straddling one of its heads. Perfect.

Once the snake realized that one of its snacks had disappeared, it reared its great heads in anger and tried shaking me off. Holding onto both swords was definitely going to be a problem if I was going to want to stay on.

"Sarah! CATCH!!" I cried, throwing my sword over my shoulder. It spun around before Sarah caught it in time to parry an attack. The sudden change in motion almost threw me off, but I looked underneath my right leg and saw one large eye looking at me. I stuck my tongue out at it and thrust Amy's blade deep into it.

"Geoff! THE MEAT!!"

"DON'T YOU DARE MISS!!" Geoff bellowed, throwing me the meat. I grabbed it and, holding onto the hilt of the blade that was still buried deep in the eye of the Basilisk, I jumped off.