Act 4 : The end of a journey
Chapter 26: The Return of Hope
*10 years later*
Noct: Are you sure this is where you left it?
Erik: As I told you majesty, yes, this is the place.
Noct: I don't doubt your word, it's just that I'm sure I would have seen it
Waldo: We saw him go that way, follow us.
Noct : Erik, Waldo thank you for coming with me.
Waldo: Oh your welcome my friend, we care about her too.
Erik: That's why we're here.
Noct: * nod your head*
Erik: Come on, hurry up, or else your sister will get impatient.
Noct: Let's go.
The three entered the cave in the heart of the island of Angelguard, the same island where Noctis woke up.
Noct: This is where I ended up, but that staircase wasn't there!
Erik: Strange, I wonder where it leads?
Waldo: Well, we'll just have to find out...
Noct looked at his ring, he died his butt finger dropping a drop of blood on the ring.
Noct : Ring of Lucis, guide me to the one who puts bound by blood.
The ring glowed and a kind of light line appeared.
Noct: The ring will show us the way...
Waldo: Cool.
The three of them descended the same stairs into the cave guided by the ring and its vessel of light.
Erik: We follow you, go before your majesty.
Noct : Stop calling me majesty, don't be so formal, call me Noct like everybody else, my sister's friends are mine
Waldo: Aye, aye, Noct.
Noct: *laugh* Sounds like Prompto, by the way I was surprised to hear you two were together.
Waldo: Oh yeah, we've both been through things for 10 years, but also...
Noct: What?
Waldo: Nothing nothing, I'll tell you when Reza's with us.
Erik: I didn't think I'd miss her, that dumb princess.
Waldo: But I'm asking what she can do for ten years in that place.
Noct: I see something
Erik: Hey be careful, or Ignis and the others are going to rip our heads off.
The three of them were now in turn in the tomb room with all the other statues around.
Noct: What's that?
Waldo: Statues.
Erik: They are Saints Zenith, Celester, Sangha and Nova...
Noct: So these are the famous divinities who contracted Reza
Waldo: But who's the fifth?
Noct: She looks like the woman in the painting
Erik: Queen Clarissa, but then we're -
Noct: In a tomb, her tomb...
Waldo: We're in the legendary queen's tomb, it's totally nuts.
GROAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Erik: What was that screaming
Some kind of monster in armour appeared before them...
Waldo: A daemon!
Erik: Here
Noct: No it's not a daemon, it must be some kind of guardian protecting the tomb and have it activated!
Erik : He must think we're enemies, Waldo.
Waldo: Got it.
A light surrounded them, and weapons appeared in their hands, a bow in Waldo's, and a sword and shield in Erik's.
Noct: When did you two...?
Erik: Even though Reza is no longer with us, the magic she shared with us is still with us.
Waldo: Go ahead, we'll take care of him.
Noct: Thank you, I promise I'll find some Reza
Noct left, letting the two fighters fight, he continued to follow the path and here he is in the throne room.
Noct: A throne room ?
And that's when he saw her on the throne asleep, the skin as pale as you would think she was almost dead with Rex has her sides asleep too.
Noct : Reza!
He ran towards her and knelt down, putting his hand on her cheek...
Noct: My poor beloved sister, why are you so pale
Noct heard a scream and saw Erik and Waldo being thrown into the throne room...
Noct: Erik, Waldo! Everything okay?
Waldo: That son of a bitch
Erik: And stronger than expected.
Noct: You I won't let you come near that throne, say your prayers.
Noct attacked the monster without hesitation, his sword trying to pierce his armor, but then a ghostly sword blocked the guardian's sword.
Noct: What, but...
The king looked behind him, his eyes wide open, there was a wolf and no one on the throne, the wolf jumped up and put the terrible monster to the ground and tore a luminous orb from his chest, which disappeared and the monster disappeared in the sand.
Erik: Careful, he might be hostile.
The wolf looked into Noctis's eyes, he saw in her blue eyes a familiar gaze
Noct : Reza ? You're Reza !
The wolf nodded his head and took human form, before them lay Reza awake now.
Reza: Hey, Noctis.
Noct was two fingers away from crying, they ran towards each other and hugged each other to choke, Noct was happy, his spanking was so eternal that he didn't have it in his arms.
Reza: You're getting old, what's with the beard? You look more like a father in that.
Noct: And you, where did you get that crown?
Reza: You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
Waldo: Reza!
Reza: Waldo, it's you. Your hair has grown long.
Waldo: I wanted to change my look.
Erik : Yo stupid princess
Reza: I'm so happy to see you again.
Noct: What now?
Reza: Now we're going to take back the kingdom.
* Later *
The Kingsglaives had all gathered in hiding in Insomnia to fight and had taken hope when they saw their king return.
Man: Guys, the queen is coming, lady Cereza has arrived.
Everyone in the room straightens their heads, happy faces in the room, Noct is the others as impatient as everyone She entered the room and everyone was amazed. She was in her royal dress, her silver crown shining on her head is her long cape adorned with the symbol of Imsmonia, Erik and Waldo behind her also in their uniforms.
Vanessa: Please welcome our queen back at last.
Man: Is it really lady Cereza?
Man: She looks so good
Girl: How beautiful she is
Reza: Hail brave Glaives, the faithful knight who defended our city during my absence is my brother your king,
Even before his fall you were there too, answering my father's call and forming your squadron, many of you lost your lives to defend it, but today know that you are no longer alone, and that is why I brought my squadron.
My Queenblades!
Several people entered the room and greeted the kingslaives all surprised
Man: Did she say Queenblades?
Man: The legendary squadron
Reza: I have re-formed this squadron and together we can defeat evil, I don't want to see any more people die and from now on we will cover your backs and together we will take back our city.
Girl: My queen here
At the top of the girls held a large cloth object and when they paraded it, the flag of Lucis appeared in the room for all to see.
Gladio: Oh Ignis if you could see this.
Noct: The flag of our kingdom
Seeing the flag and the gesture Reza had made with it, Noctis was close to shedding a tear so touched, he himself couldn't have done better.
All of them: All under the banner of The Lucis! All: All under the banner of the Lucis!
Reza raised his sword in the air and cried out in turn.
Reza: All under the banner of the Lucis! It is with our swords that together we will defeat and Imsmonia will rise from the ashes this place belongs to us.
All together united against evil!
All shouting encouraged by the words of Reza
Prompto: I can't believe she's changed so much.
Ignis: It's not just revenge anymore, it's a revolution.
Gladio: And she's the one who opened our eyes...
Right after Reza's speech, the seven of them meet one last time...
Waldo: Well, if I expected that, your speech was amazing.
Erik: Considering how many times she's said it.
Reza: Erik, it's not funny.
They all laughed heartily
Noct: I'm proud of you, Reza, not my queen.
Reza: Thank you, my king.
Erik: We've come a long way since we first left.
Reza: Yeah, sure, guys, thank you for everything.
Ignis being patient with me and Noct...
Gladio for being my brother's rocker.
Prompto to have been a faithful friend to him...
Erik to be my bodyguard, friends and home cook.
Waldo to be my best friend growing up.
and Noctis... to be my brother is to have accepted me for who I am and to have been able to love me...
I love you guys.
Noct : No Reza thank you and know that I'm happy to be your brother.
Waldo: And since everyone's here, Prompto and I have something to tell you.
Prompto: Waldo is me...
Waldo/Prompto: We're engaged!
Gladio: What?
Erik: Serious
Reza: Well it's about time, after all the time we've been hanging around...
Waldo: Yeah, we've decided that when it's all over...
Prompto: Then we can...
Reza: I'm happy for you guys.
Noct : Me too
Ignis: Congratulations.
Gladio: Prompto little pill, you've finally found yourself a girl.
Prompto: Gladio, you're choking me.
Waldo: Gladio's going easy on my fiancé.
That's the end of that chapter. I hope you enjoy Cereza's speech.
See you in the next chapter
The final battle is about to begin!