Me: Man, still can't believe how many twist and stuff I've added to the story but I swear it will go somewhere.
Lloyd: What?! Another chapter?
Me: Hey, I had a free day and I have nothing better to do.
Lloyd: Obviously, so what are you going to do to the story now?
Me: Nothing for a while.
Lloyd: finally. So can we start?
Me: Sure why not?
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF. Only Tiamatt, the Oblivion Blade, Ash, Eria, and Oblivion.
"You don't remember any of us?" the brown haired kid asked, I believe he said his name was Lloyd but I wasn't for certain.
"Nope. All of you are complete strangers to me." I replied shaking my head. The man Kratos and the young girl, Eria, who had only moments ago been a dragon, both looked at me with sorrow filled eyes. "Why? Am I supposed to know all of you?"
"Tiamatt, you've been traveling with us for months. How could you just forget us all?" the blonde Colette asked me with concern.
"It could have been the three hours that she was out of her body that might have somehow affected her memory." The half elf Professor Raine stated.
"Whine!' the dog like animal whined at me, nudging my hand.
Do you remember me? I looked at a small griffin like creature that had fluttered into my lap and looked at me with big black baby eyes.
"Cloud!" I cried, pulling the creature into my arms.
"Ow that hurts!" the red haired womanizer said. "She remembers the stupid bird but not her own friends and family."
"Shut it Zelos!" Eria warned, cracking her knuckles. Zelos turned pale and closed his mouth.
"What does he mean by family?" Kratos and I said at the same time. We looked at each other in confusion but then his expression softened and I looked away. I was sick of him looking at me like that and I couldn't figure out why he did it."
"Isn't obvious Eria is…" Zelos started but he was stopped by Eria who was punching a fist into her open hand as she glared dangerously at him. "I mean…um…we've all grown so close in friendship we're all like one big family!" Eria seemed pleased and grinned.
"Well, as much as I want to believe you all and I find it scary that you know so much about me, I think I'm gonna have to leave all of you and find a way home." I said rubbing the back of my neck.
"Why don't you just stay with us?" Sheena asked.
"I don't know. Even if at one point, I knew who all of you are, that has all changed and I haven't the faintest clue who any of you are." I explained. "It's not that you all don't seem like nice people or anything its just-DAMMIT! Will you stop looking at me like that?!" I screamed, turning to Kratos who blinked in surprise.
"I'm sorry." He apologized. "It's just…"
"Just what?" I asked, still glaring at him.
"Forget it." Kratos replied, shrugging off my question.
"No, tell me now." I ordered. He sighed and looked at me with his auburn eyes full of what could only be love.
"I love you." He said simply.
"Right, I just met you and you already admit you love me. Ha! Funny cause those glances of yours are freaking me out and though your kind cute, I'm gonna have to say no." I replied, giving a fake laugh. Kratos' face fell and the others emitted a nervous silence.
"Tiamatt, you two have kinda been going out for several months now." Sheena said, finally breaking the silence.
"I don't know why you didn't give up on him after he betrayed us." Lloyd sighed.
"Because it was true love." Colette giggled. "They were head over heels for each other."
"That may have been but there's nothing between us now." I sighed, my mind in total chaos as it tried to sort what everyone was saying.
"Do you truly feel that way?" Kratos asked.
"Like I said, you're cute but you have your head in the clouds if you think you can have a go with me."
"Dude! You were dumped!" Zelos laughed. "That has to hurt!"
"If you value your life then you will be quiet!" Kratos growled.
"Kratos, what are you doing here anyways?" Genis asked the swordman.
"I felt that something was going to happen and I thought I could stop it but…" The auburn haired man looked at me sadly. "I must leave now. Please take care all of you." With that, he revealed large feathered mana wings and took off into the sky.
"Weirdo." I muttered once he was out of sight.
"How many times have people said that to you?" A voiced asked from behind me. I turned to see a large silver wolf with matching eyes the size of Noishe, sitting down behind me.
"What in mana?" Regal said as he saw the wolf.
"Fascinating!" Raine cried, causing the canine to flinch.
"Did it just talk?" Lloyd gasped.
"Oh! Puppy!" Colette chirped running to the wolf and rubbing her face into the thick fur as she wrapped her arms around its neck.
"Tiamatt, please remove this girl before I lose all dignity." The wolf pleaded.
"Colette, please step away from him." I asked. The girl pouted but backed away allowing the wolf to shake out his fur but he soon found my arms latched around his neck. "Oblivion I missed you. I never thought I'd see you again."
"Tiamatt…cough…your choking me…cough…" he hacked from the embrace.
"Who or what is he?" Genis asked as I tried to smooth down Oblivion's neck fur after nearly choking him.
"My name is Oblivion Silver. I am the former ruler of the Wolves of Mars and aided Tiamatt during the Apocalyptic Wars." The wolf explained. "I came here to watch over her till she regains her memory."
"Hey!" I shouted angrily. "I'm not a little kid!"
"I know but this lose of memory could result in you making some not so wise choices, such as the chasing off of the man who risked his own life to ensure you did not become a servant of Cruxis." Oblivion growled.
"You mean that Kratos guy?" I gawked. "You gotta be kidding!"
"Tiamatt, all of us saw you jump in front of Kratos and take Fralex's attack yourself. We all watched you die in his place." Sheena told me. "And that was only hours ago."
"Then my memory really was erased…"
"Not erased, just…locked away. I believe it will take extreme emotion or events to trigger their release. Like Eria's transformations." Oblivion corrected. "You remember everything up to coming home from your world and Tiamatt's Geostigma death on hers. Which, by the way, might have disappeared."
"Tiamatt you had Geostigma?" Genis' eyes went wide.
"I guess, but I feel fine now." I shrugged.
"Let me see your arm." Raine asked but she already had it and pulled up my sleeve. "Hmmm…Oblivion seems to be correct. Your Geostigma has been cured from your death."
"Ok" I nodded. "I don't know why but I feel like we're supposed to be going somewhere."
"Altessa!" Lloyd shouted. "We need to get there to help Presea!"
The group quickly reorganized themselves and we walked through the intimidating forest to a small town, which was identified as Ozette, Presea's hometown. We entered the town and I could feel the people's stares as we walked through. When we had reached the bottom of the hill at the back of Ozette, Presea took off running into a house. Oblivion and me wrinkled our noses in disgust as the stench of death covered the small building. Inside, Presea ran to a bed where the decayed body of her father lay. After a moment, we all decided she would be better waiting in town then coming with us and left for Altessa's once again.
The man's house wasn't too far away from Ozette and the sun was just starting to set when we reached it. I was shocked to see an automatron doll open the door to greet us and was even more shocked when the dwarf Altessa entered the room.
"What's wrong with your friend?" He asked Lloyd as I continued to gawk.
"She's not from around here and has never seen a dwarf before. Sorry if it bothers you." Lloyd apologized. "Right Tiamatt?"
"Um… yes, sorry sir!" I replied quickly and then turned my attention to the various crafts around the dwarf's house.
I stood and wondered how Lloyd and the others remained so calm but then I remembered they were from this world and that Lloyd was raised by the dwarf, Dirk. How did I know that? Suddenly more memories rushed into my mind and I felt more at ease then I had since I had first woke up. I actually remembered who Lloyd was. The others were still blanks but I least it was progress.
"Tiamatt, are you ok?" Lloyd asked after we left Altessa's house.
"I …remember who you are now."
"Huh?" Lloyd looked puzzled.
"I remember that you were raised by the dwarf, Dirk. That you gave Colette a necklace for her birthday. I remember how you'd get excited about something and then be bored ten minutes later. I remember Tiga calling you an idealist." I stammered, shocked at the amount I knew.
"One down, nine more to go." Oblivion sighed as he and Noishe padded up to the group since they weren't allowed inside. "It's getting dark. I suggest we hurry back to Ozette or rest here for the night."
"He's right. We should rest before we have to head to the mine." Lloyd agreed.
"I hate to say this but I was too intrigued with gaining my memory back that I didn't hear the conversation with Altessa." I explained, rubbing the back of my neck in embarrassment.
"He said that he wouldn't help us but he did reveal what we need to make Presea's keycrest." Raine explained.
"Then I guess we should set up camp now right?" Lloyd suggested. Everyone nodded and soon camp was set.
After dinner, I went to the edge of the camp sit and sat besides Oblivion who was as intrigued by the stars as I now remembered I was at first.
"They're so similar." He said in awe as he traced the constellations. "It's hard to believe by the stars that this is a world other then home."
"I know what you mean. Three different dimensions, each with the same stars." I sighed. "It just shows how everything is connected."
"True. The heavens show us the connection of the dimensions but each dimension is different."
"I wonder why I can't remember this world or the sister world. What would cause me to forget my friends and the journey we've gone on?" I asked.
"…"
"You know, don't you?" the wolf didn't look at me. "Last time you with held information, I ended up under Jenova's control. What's gonna happen this time?"
"I'm sorry about that but I thought if I told you that it was prophesized that you would be used as a tool to destroy all life that you would hunt down Jenova in an attempt to stop her. I thought if I told you then it would be like you were just giving yourself to Jenova." Oblivion explained sadly.
"I understand. Just as I understand that something's are best kept as secrets." I nodded.
Soon everyone began to go to sleep, well, except for Colette, Zelos and Lloyd who were on guard duty for the night. I welcomed the sleep, hoping it to ease my confused mind with its peace. I remembered I dreamed of looking at the stars, someone sitting silently beside me, their identity masked by the darkness…
Me: I know it's the third chapter I've put up the last couple days but I had a lot of free time this weekend.
Lloyd: We couldn't tell.
Me: Shut it! Anyways, its funny, I was listening to Daughtry as I wrote this and I can't help but feel that "It's Not Over" kinda fits the story. That's just my opinion though. Anyways, Read and Review please!
