the Future is in the Past

by Rangerfan58

title is majority of summary but not all. The group has gone into the past to change the future but only the four remember anything. They know they can't change everything but they're going to do their best at changing what they can. rating is higher than normal because while there isn't any outright rape it isn't entirely consensual either, chapter notes explain the full story

24. Chapter 24

"He really was paying more attention than we thought over those four years of listening to our story many times to understand and plan for what we're having to do now"

"Yeah, guess he was"

And so they meet up with Iris again and Noctis privately talks to Iris about being a contact person for Dave if ever asked and then they meet up with Ardyn again though they didn't like the necessity. When they stopped for the night they took the medication that they hated and gave Ardyn excuses that they hoped he bought and then the next day (once they actually woke up) they headed to the Disc so that Noctis could get the covenant that he needed and naturally separated at the gate

"By the way, think we should just do some hunting once we're done with this?"

"Sure, wait, what about what Dave's going to do?"

"We'll take care of that later for now though we need to do Hunts after I get the covenant"

"Right, not only to pass the time but also..."

"Yeah, since we won't have the Regalia until we steal the car back we might as well take that time to get more gil since we're legitimately starting to run a little low on money"

Soon they were at the point that they had to leave the Regalia behind to be stolen

"Well, time to get separated from the car for a bit"

"Let's just hope this goes easier than last time"

Ultimately the fight lasts just a little bit shorter than originally, they still lose the car and are forced to ride to safety with Ardyn, and pride themselves once again for not immediately acting on their instinct to temporarily kill him

"Well, at least we have access to the Chocobos"

"Yeah, but first we get Ramuh"

"Noct..."

"I know Iggy I know, but unfortunately you must remember that within a couple of days of this I got that covenant"

A couple of days later and the group knew it was time to get Ramuh and then retrieve the car

"So...shall we?"

"Indeed we shall, oh and by the way Titan said that they're going to try and not be as hard to get as last time but I still need to prove myself to them"

"Wait...so they remember?"

"Somehow yeah, and by the way anyone know how to get Ravus' attention long enough for us to start bringing him into the fold?"

"We'll figure it out somehow, in the meantime, let's go infiltrate a base shall we?"

"Indeed"

And so after they get Ramuh they infiltrate the base and meet up with Ravus once more but this time when Gladio brings out his sword to defend Noctis, Noctis says something that surprises Ravus