Fipp: The Ending Theme to Final Fantasy VI has to be my second favorite theme in the series (it looses to Dissidia) because, as mentioned earlier, I simply love character themes.

Prompt 55

Music: FFVI Balance is Restored.

Played: Ending Theme to Final Fantasy VI. Contains excepts from each playable characters' personal theme.

A bar of Sea-Salt Ice-cream.

Roxas

Around them, the fortress of Xehanort collapsed with its Lord and Master's powerful magic to keep it up.

Roxas, Riku and Aqua rushed through one of the desolate hallways. Riku slowed down, prompting Roxas to do so as well.

"C'mon! What's keeping you?" Roxas called to him.

"I know this isn't really the time, but . . ." Riku answered, unsure on how to exactly how to say what he wanted to say. "But, I never got the chance to say I'm so-"

"Don't say anything," Roxas said. "There's nothing to apologize for. You were simply doing something for a friend. That's something I can understand more than anything. Let's get going."

Riku nodded and ran forward.

"Besides," Roxas then gave chase. "I can't get mad at someone who tries to help a friend."

000

A small vase of flowers.

Aqua

Aqua, Riku and Roxas ran down one of the castle's bridges, with Aqua far behind the other two. Suddenly, a large section turret fell from above, crashing into the bridge and causing it to collapse.

Seeing her chances at safety fleeting, Aqua quickly rushed forward and jumped over the falling debris as it came down, and striking at what she couldn't. Jumping off one last slab, she cartwheeled in the air and landed on her feet between Riku and Roxas.

"That' was impressive," Riku mused, as Roxas ran for the exit.

"Thank you," Aqua said. "I was, after all, the first of my friends to make Master."

Riku gave a nod and ran after Roxas.

"But hopefully, after this is all over and we all make it out, I finally won't be the only one." She then gave chase.

00

A simple sketchbook and several crayons.

Namine

Sora and Terra ran across the catwalks that hung above the Heartless factory, when suddenly it began to shake and rumble, before it gave away, leaving them hanging in the air.

From the other side of the room, Namine looked down to one of the control panels. Not exactly knowing which would help, she pressed one of the buttons. This moved a conveyer belt under them, allowing them to safely drop down and run to the nearest exit.

'I'm not entirely sure,' Namine thought to herself as she watched them escape, 'But I think it's time for the memories I make with people from now on, to be real.'

000

A discarded strip of cloth

Riku

A large number of Neo Shadows appeared, preventing Riku, Roxas and Aqua from escaping. They made to attack the three, but Riku pointed his palm forward, sending out a large ball of black flames, that exploded upon coming in contact with the Heartless.

He then spun around and fired another blast, shooting it right between Roxas and Aqua, destroying several more Neo Shadows that had appeared behind them.

With nothing left in their way, Roxas and Aqua quickly ran forward.

"I guess being submersed in darkness, isn't always such a bad thing." He then chased after them.

000

A clear glass bottle is a note scrolled away inside.

Kairi

Kairi, Ventus and Xion jumped down from one of the higher ledges and to the platform below, they were about to continue onward when Kairi stopped, and turned back towards the summit of the castle.

"Is something wrong Kairi?" Ventus called back.

"I can't sense him anymore," she said, not turning away from the castle.

"Who?"

"Xehanort. I don't feel a single ounce of his darkness anymore. There was some of it lingering before, but now there's nothing left."

"So he's gone? Totally gone this time?"

Kairi turned back to them and smiled. "Yes. I think there's no longer anything of him left to come back."

000

An armor pauldron.

Terra

Explosions ran throughout the hallways, sending the three of them to roughly land on the platform. As they struggled to recover from the blast, the platform jerked as it began to move upward, causing Terra to fall off.

"Terra!" Sora called, running to the edge, but there was suddenly a flash of light from the darkness below and Terra, now on his Glider and donned in his Armor, flew up and above them, matching the speeds as the elevator made its way to the exit.

"I guess I should be thankful for all the times this armor has saved my life, and in a way, preserving who I am."

000

A crown, a wizard hat, and a knight helm

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, & Goofy

Mickey, followed closely by Donald and Goofy, ran through one of the narrow pathways.

"I can't wait to get home," Donald said aloud. "I'm getting too old for these kind of things."

"Really?" Goofy asked.

"I don't know! But either way I'm taking a long vacation!"

"Sorry Donald," Mickey said. "But the castle will need us now more than ever now that all this is done with. We have a lot of responsibility to get back to."

"Also, I think Dairy wanted ya to tidy out the garage and clean out the gutters."

Donald squawked in annoyance.

000

A small charm made of seashells.

Sora

Sora, Terra and Namine saw the doorway which would lead them to the clear, but a large door slammed down, sealing them inside; one of the castle's last defenses.

Jumping back, Sora summoned the Kingdom Key. After spinning it into his hand, he pointed it forward, directly at the door, and a beam of light that struck the door through the very center. No sooner it been hit, it rumbled, and began to rise, allowing them to freely exit.

"You're getting good with that thing," Terra said, giving a quick pat on the shoulder as he and Namine made their way out.

Sora grinned to himself. "Well, I've had a lot of practice with it." He then shouldered the Keyblade. "But, I guess I couldn't have done anything with it, if it wasn't for all you guys."

000

Several shards of broken stained glass.

Ventus

The walkway suddenly gave away in front of them, preventing them from moving forward across the wide chasm.

"Where do we go now?" Xion asked, as several large blocks fell from above and jamming themselves together, forming a sort of bridge.

"C'mon!" Ventus called to the others, jumping to the largest of the stones that he would be able to jump to. "Hurry up!" he called back to Xion and Kairi. "Just hop along the rocks! It's not that difficult!" Hen then proceeded to jump along the rocks, and was followed shortly by Kairi and Xion.

000

A small collection of seashells.

Xion

"I can see the exit!" Ventus called, running through the doorway.

Kairi and Xion stopped momentarily to catch their breaths.

"Almost out," Kairi said aloud.

"You know what I want when we return?" Xion asked. Kairi shook her head. "Ice-cream."

After a small moment of confusion, Kairi gave a small smile. "Don't worry, I'm when this is over, the three of you will enjoy it."

Xion looked forward. "I hope so, because, that's all I ever wanted for us."

They then ran forward, and out towards the exit.