A/N: To all my readers, thank you for reading my story and hope you're still enjoying it :) I have to change the chapter title from Diabolos and The Caelum's Dark Past to The of Dark Astral And Weakness of One's Heart
There are two quotes for this chapter, one is from an anime and one is from an Unknown Author.
"For a friend is someone who can see the truth and pain even when you're fooling everyone else." -Unknown Author
The of Dark Astral And Weakness of One's Heart
"If nobody cares to accept you and wants you in this world, accept yourself and you will see that you don't need them and their selfish ideas" -Alibaba Saluja(Magi).
The lights inside the council room started to flicker as the purple flames became bigger and bigger. The glaives and their captain summoned their weapons and surrounded the table while council members back away from the flames. Cor and Clarus went in front of the King. Ignis and Gladio did the same with Noctis while Prompto stood beside him. Astraea just stood petrified and kept looking at the flames, Aerith stood in front of Astraea, pulling out her staff, while Reno transformed into his Phoenix form to try to extinguish the flames. He flapped his massive wings but it did not do anything and he was about to do it again when a low and sinister voice came out from the flames.
"Lucians…." the voice laughed, as a pair of yellow eyes appeared in the middle of the flames. They all stopped breathing as they felt a dark and evil presence filled the room. "Do you think you can defeat me?" all of them cover their ears with their hands as the dark voice ringed loudly inside their ears and their head. "The Astrals failed to do so… why do you think you can?" the voice asked as its gaze darted across the whole room looking and making eye contact at everyone its gaze landed lastly on the fire maiden. "Ifrit's champion," he smirked. Reno went towards the mother and daughter and enclosed his wings protectively around them. The flames became larger as it showed the silhouette of Diabolos it hovered in the middle of the flames. "Ifrit's messenger, it's nice to see you again Reno..." he said coldly.
"Diabolos!" Reno sneered as he enclosed his wing more closely around his master.
"How does it feel to fail your masters and your god?" Diabolos snickered.
"Shut up!" Reno shouted back.
"You will fail again just like in Solheim and in Lucis…" Diabolos' sharp yellow eyes darted down at Astraea who was shaking in fear.
"No, I won't! I will not let you win this time Diabolos," Reno said as his comb burst into flames and ran down his spine and into his wings.
Diabolos smirked at the sight of it, "Do you think you can defeat me, guardian? Ifrit is now under my control….and I will be able to control his champion too…" his yellow eyes focused on Ifrit's champion, "Astraea…..."
Astraea tense up as she heard the God of darkness mention her name he laughed, "You are still fighting?" Diabolos said as he spread out his wings, "Doesn't matter you will still lose...'' the dark Astral pointed his claws at her, "Do you think they will accept you? After all, you have done.." Astraea tried to speak but she was silent by the laughter of the dark astral, "Let see if they will still want you after knowing what your flames unleash," Diabolos laughed again and it resonated around the room as his shadow disappeared. The purple flames started to show a video. The video is a first-person point of view of someone's memory. It started as the person kept running towards the sound of beasts fighting in the distance when the person arrived at the clearing, they heard the person gasped after seeing a pack of Sabertusks surrounding a Red Chocobo chick.
"That… my….memory..." Astraea murmured as she tried to stay calm. All the people turned towards her and went back to the video. The video showed how she protected Reno and how she used her flames to kill the sabertusk and burned the forest with it. It showed the devastating effects of her wild flames. It stopped when she lost consciousness in Zack's arm. Video faded to black then showed a different memory. It's the memory of Hojo and how he used Astraea to get the leadership of the island. The video faded again and showed the memory of the day that she went back to school and how she was treated and was bullied by her classmates. From there the video showed everything how the people of Galahd treated her and the several times that Kadaj and his brothers bullied her, the last memory is the time they toss her inside the well, the video faded to black again. A shiver ran down Astraea spine as her memory came flooding down again she started to tremble yet again her eyes and haired flickering.
"MONSTER!"
"DAEMON!"
"WITCH!"
She could hear the phantom voices inside her head. She hugged herself and started to cry. Reno saw this and changed back to his human form to comfort her.
"Astraea… don't lose control, this is what he wants, don't let him win," Reno said as he rubbed her shoulders she turned to look at him,
"Reno...make it stop please…." she begged him.
Reno snapped his head towards the sphere and cast a firebolt towards it, it collided with the black flames, It blew up and sent shock waves and flames across the room. The glaves summoned a barrier to protect the council members. Regis did the same to protect him and his son and his friends. Clarus shielded himself with his giant sword while Cor protected the three ladies. Reno shielded Astraea and Aerith, red wings sprouted from his back and enclosed it around them, he winced as the purple flames burned his wings he fell down on his knee as the flames destroyed the all the lightning and shattered the windows it plunged the room in darkness the purple flame is the only source of the light.
"Reno!" Astraea cried out as she knelt beside him, her eyes widen in horror as she saw how badly Reno is hurt. "Don't move...let me heal you.." she said as she searched for a potion in her pocket but she failed to find one, "Reno…" her voice quivered.
"Your flames…" Reno was able to blurt out the word. Astraea remembered what happened early and what her flames did to him, so she tried to summon her flames but nothing happened. "Reno, I could not summon it…" she started to panic.
"It's okay we need to get out of here," Reno said as he stood up with her help. "Your Majesty, we ne-" before he could finish his sentence the purple flames burst again into a ring to fire. This time it knocked everyone down except for Astraea.
"Mother!" Astraea screamed as she tried to go to her but the purple flames incircle her keeping in place.
"Astra!" Noctis shouted and stood up as he ran towards her.
"Wait, Noct!" All this friend called him.
The Prince stopped in front of her and reached a left hand towards her.
"Noct!" she cried as she held her right hand to him, they both screamed in pain as the purple flame burned their hands.
"Noctis!" Regis shouted as he went towards his son and held his burned hand. Regis saw how badly he's hurt, "It's not safe here go now!" he pushed Noctis towards the door, "Get out now!" he ordered.
"No! I won't leave you, I won't leave Astra!" they both looked at her, she was holding her hand in pain.
"No, go, I will be alright... save yourself!"
"How many times I tell you that I will not leave you!" he shouted at her.
Before she could reply and the sphere started to show her memory again as the people around her stood up. It now showed the day when Kadaj and his brother tried to assault her and her escape and being captured again. The people gasped as they saw how they tortured her and the pain she endured. Noctis and his friends were speechless, Astraea told them what happened to her, but they never imagined being like that, their eyes were filled with horror and anger as they continued to watch. They saw how Astraea lost control and summoned a fire phoenix. They all looked at the messenger, he saw this and glared, "Yes, that was me! what I'm supposed to do! They were going to kill her!" Reno defended himself.
The video continued they saw how Reno burned down half the island, and how Zack was able to stop Astraea, it continued towards the next day the confrontation of the Lumina's and village people and how the Marshal was able to stop the fight and Astraea journey inside the burned forest to let her emotions go it stopped after her song.
Astraea could feel glaring eyes landed on her, "Are they scared of me?" she questioned herself as she tried to focus on controlling her emotion. The purple flames burst into a much larger as the video continued again. This time showed the attack on Galahd. They all stopped and watched as memory started from the time when Astraea woke up towards the death of her father, Astraea fell down in her knees as she saw her father die once again. Her eyes showed sorrow and sadness but it changed into fear as the video changed into Aerith's point of view. She saw how she was engulfed by black flames, she trembled and hugged herself as she saw the destruction she caused. The video ended when General Glauca gave his last warning. The purple flames started to die down. The council started to whisper at each other.
"She is dangerous…"
"We can't let her stay here.."
"She is a monster.."
Those are the words she heard from them, she closed her eyes shut and covered her ears so that she could not hear it.
"SHUT UP!" Reno shouted at the council, "You saw what happened it's not her fault!"
The council was surprised by the sudden outburst from the guardian but it did not stop them from doubting her. Astarea looked up to see Reno glaring at the council. She could feel all the emotion around her, fear, despair, and hate emanate around the room. "They are right, I'm a monster," she whispered as she trembled in fear.
"Your Majesty what is happening, let us in!" a guard at the other side of the door shouted. The three glaives tried to open the door but it closed shut.
"We need to get out of here Regis," Clarus said while supporting his king.
"No! we need to save her," Regis said as he tried to use his ice magic to extinguish the fire but nothing happened.
"Leave her, it's her fault!" a councilman said.
"See… child, they won't accept you.." Astraea could hear Diabolos voiced inside her head.
"What!" Reno glared at the man.
"Maybe if we killed her the flames will go out." another councilman said as he summoned his weapon.
"They are going to kill each other and it's all your fault child..." Diabolos chuckled. She covered her ears because she doesn't want to hear the Astral's voice.
"Come and try!" the guardian sneered at them as he went in front and his fingers turned into talons.
"They are going to kill you and your guardian," Diabolos continued to whisper, "Protect him, protect yourself, lose control!" Astarea saw the fight was about to happen when she heard Diabolos voiced. "Yes, fight… let your anger grow!" That when she knows what Diabolos is trying to do, his making her lose control again and making the people around her fight each other. She snapped out of her scared state and was able to think properly. She looked around to see a faint black smoke around each person's hearts. She knows its Diabolos influence she has to do something or else the Dark Astral will win. She closed her eyes and she knew what to do, she stood up and shouted.
"STOP THIS!"
All the people stopped and turned to her, "This is Diabolos doing, he wants us to fight each other, don't let anger, despair, and hate take control! fight him, fight his dark influence, FIGHT THE DARKNESS INSIDE YOUR HEART!" They were speechless, Reno was about to talk when Astraea stopped him, "I got this…" she whispered, she took a deep breath for she will do what she always does if she needs to control her emotion, that is to sing her emotion out. She stood straight and put her hands on her chest and closed her eyes and started to sing. (Fate/Zero "Oath Sign" | ENGLISH Ver (AmaLee) )
"I'll gather these fallen flowers
The hope, discarded and broken
And I'll join them where they can meet
A wish, together I'll set them free,"
The council members and glaives lowered their weapons as they continued to listen.
"Only knowing of sadness
Never thought I could feel this
But now I know what is pure happiness
Time stops still, taking your breath away
So rip from weakness and escape"
The fear, despair, and anger of the people around her started to fade away and purple flames started to die down as the evil presence is fading away.
"If you'd only turn to me and say
The words that would give my life meaning
Then I could always be – forever be – strong enough"
The fear was replaced by courage, despair into hope again and anger was replaced by peace and love.
"Holding up the light within
And with no hesitation"
The purple flames died down and were replaced by her flames. Its bright red glow illuminated the whole room. Astarea hair started to turn red from the root.
"No hesitating, I'll open my eyes"
She opened her eyes and it glowed crimson like her flames.
"Through my heart's breaking, I'll reach out my hand
Carrying onward, bearing this miracle"
After finishing her song the purple flames are nowhere to be seen, Astraea then waved her uninjured hand and her flames form into a small fireball and went toward the ceiling to give the room more light. The whole room went into deep silence. Nobody is talking for everybody is still processing what happened. They all jumped as the door burst open and as five crownsguard and five glaives went inside.
"What happened here!" a glaive with brown hair and blue eyes asked as he went towards his fellow glaive.
"Luche," Nyx greeted him.
"Nyx what happened?" Luche asked as he looked around the room to find it destroyed.
"Long story.." Nyx replied.
"Is that her, the girl on the video?" Luche asked, Nyx just nodded.
"Is everyone okay?" Regis was able to regain his composure as he looked at everybody, the all people were being escorted out by the glaives they pass Astarea, they all stopped at the door and nodded at the king,
"Are you okay Astraea?" Reno asked as she nodded as her hair and eyes returned to normal. He sighed and smiled at her, she smiled back but it all changed when she saw the look of horror in their faces. She noticed that there is a huge shadow looming over her from behind. She spun around to see Diabolos himself, "This is not over child…" he grimaced at her as the glaives summoned their weapons along with the council.
"ASTRAEA!" Noctis is about to go to her but Diabolos flapped his black and red wings and sent everyone back. Astraea spun around and ready to run away from the but dark Astrals grabbed her arm. "I will corrupt you and you will fall just like him," he said while smiling darkly.
"ASTRAEA! GETAWAY FOR HER DIABOLOS!" Reno shouted as he sprinted towards them.
Diabolos looked over at him and smirked, his sharp and pointed tailed raised up behind him it glowed purple. Reno saw this and screamed, "NOOOOO!"
Before Astraea could react the tail plunged into her chest, she screamed in pain. The dark messenger released his hold and flew away.
"Good luck in saving her guardian," he chuckled and he faded away.
"NOOO!" Astraea felt backward and lost consciousness. Reno was able to catch her and cradle her in his arms as he knelt down. "Astraea...please wake up!" he said as he caressed her cheek," Noctis was able to get to them first and he knelt down beside them.
"What happened it's she okay?" he asked.
Reno took off his suit and made a pillow and lay Astraea down on the floor. The king and his shield together with Cor and Aerith went towards them.
"Reno what is happening to her?" Regis asked as he saw Astraea face winced in pain.
Without thinking Reno ripped fabric where the wound is located and saw a huge wound, it was black and oozing black liquid, black tendril started to creep around it.
"NO!" Reno shouted the fear is very visible in his face and his voice.
"Astraea!" Aerith knelt beside her daughter, "What is it Reno?" she asked while holding and caressing her daughter's right hand.
"The…star…. star….." Reno stammered his words.
"WHAT HAPPENING TO HER GUARDIAN!" Noctis shouted, Reno gazed at the prince and said, "It's the starscourge, Diabolos is trying to turn her into a daemon,"
The whole room gasped when they heard this. "So what, can you help her!?" Noctis asked again. Reno hovers his hands towards the wound, "No.." he murmured, "I can't do anything, the only one who could heal her is the oracle," he lowered his head in defeat.
"But Luna is not here, so what? We're gonna just sit here and do nothing!" Noctis clenched both of his hands. "Why is she not waking up?"
"Astraea soul must be corrupted first before he turned her into a daemon, her soul is now wandering the realm of darkness where Diabolos reign, there he will use Astraea fear or desire to lurk her into his hand where he could corrupt and take control of her soul."
"What! So what are we going to do?"
"Nothing, we can do nothing," Reno held her right hand, "We need to wait and see if Astraea will fall or raised up,"
"Is there something we can do Reno?" Regis asked as he knelt down and put a hand into Astraea's forehead. Reno gazed at the king and then back at the fire maiden.
"There is but it is too dangerous.." he trailed off.
"Tell us what we can do!" Noctis demanded.
Reno took a deep breath and gazed at everybody, Noctis's and his friends were standing beside him, Cor and Clarus were behind the king, Reno looked back to see the Kingsglaived with their captain. Reno glared at Drautos for he is the reason why this has happened, Reno's hands turned in to talons again, he wants to kill the captain of the glaive but he remember this all Diabolos doing, if he will attack or kill the captain now it will just cause panic again, and Diabolos would win.
"Reno!" Noctis shouted at him, he turned towards the prince who was now beaming with anger, "Tell us what to do!" he ordered him.
"We can send someone after her,"
"After her?" Aerith asked, as she caressed Astraea's left cheek she is burning up and whimpering from the pain.
"Yes, we can send someone into the dark realm with her and help her escape," Reno said as he gazed towards the king, "The champion of Bahamut is the only one who can do that."
"Alright then, I'll go," Regis stood up.
"No, your Majesty you too old and weak you will not last long down there," Reno turned towards Noctis, "Your Highness, your the only who can save her,"
"No!" the king bellowed as he walked towards the prince and yanked him up, "Noctis will not do such a thing!" Regis held his son beside him.
Reno saw the fear in the King's eyes, yes it will be dangerous for the prince, Noctis could fail and be corrupted as well. Reno stood up and stared into the king's eyes. "We have no choice, Your Majesty, I know it is dangerous but we have no choice, Astraea could lose to Dark Astral if we will not help her,"
Regis tightened the hold on Noctis' arm as he stared back at Reno, "Dad…." Noctis whispered. Regis looked down to see Noctis holding his hand, "I will be okay, I'm your son and Bahamut new champion and King of light, it's my duty to save everyone. So please let me, I want to save her, just like she saved me," Noctis blue eyes showed begging. Regis just gazed at him, he was suppressed by his action, like he was acting like a crown prince for the first time. He released his hold and back away, "Just be careful Noctis...I want you to return."
Noctis nodded at his father, "I promise.."
"Well, then you must prepare" Reno turned to Aerith, "Her rapier where is it?" Aerith handed him the rapier. "Thanks," he said as took the rapier and gave it to the prince, "You will be fighting your fear in there so be careful, Your Highness, if you see Astraea give it to her, it will give both of you a fighting chance,"
"Okay," Noctis grabbed the rapier and added it into his armiger, "I'm ready,"
"Wait! Noct," Prompto grabbed his arm, "You really going? Reno said it will be dangerous," Prompto eyes showed fear.
Noctis smiled at him, "I will be okay Prompto, after all, I'm the king of light, and I promise her to protect her," Noctis held his hand and pried the blonde hand away. "Just wait, we will come out triumphant, after all, we are the warriors of light," he said with confidence.
"Okay then Good Luck in there Noct," the blonde patted him on the back.
"Be careful Your Highness, don't let your guard down there," Ignis bowed towards him.
"Show them the power of the Prince of Lucis Noct," Gladio encouraged him.
"Thanks," Noctis said as he knelt down, "I'm ready to let's do this!"
"Okay then Your Highness," Reno knelt down and grabbed his left hand and put it above Astraea's wound and held Astraea's dagger next to it, "This will hurt prince, I have to infect you with the scourge. After that, you will be transferred to his realm and you have to fight on your own," Reno said as he gazed at his eyes.
"Okay, then let's do it, Astarea is waiting for me," Noctis said with courage in his eyes.
"You really like him," Reno whispered.
Noctis is about to say something when suddenly Reno slashed his palm and touched Astraea's open wound with it, the starscourge quickly crawled up in his injured hand. Noctis stood up and screamed as the pain was unbearable, he held tried to stop the starscourge by squishing his wrist with his other hand.
"Noctis!" he could hear his father's voice as he shut his eyes closed. He fell down to his knees and lost consciousness. Reno was able to catch the prince and lay him beside Astraea. He took a deep breath and whispered, "Then we wait...this is their first fight as the warriors of light," Regis went and knelt beside his son, and held his other hand, "Good luck my son.." he muttered under his breath.
…
Noctis sapphire eye sprung wide open only to see nothing but darkness and the feeling floating in the air. "Astra!" he bellowed as he stood up, he was surprised that he was able to do so he looked down only to see darkness. He heard a faint voice in the distance, "ASTRA!" he screamed and started to run towards the direction of the voice. He didn't know how long he was running but he knew he was not going anywhere so he stopped and gazed around "Astarea!" he shouted her name again, he tried to summon his sword but nothing appeared. He cursed under his breath as he started to feel hopeless and fear started to creep into his heart. When he saw a black portal(Kingdomheart portal of Darkness) open before him, even with the darkness around it, the portal was still visible. The prince took a step back, as the portal gave an ominous and evil presence. He was about to take another step when a scream was heard from the inside of the portal. It was familiar to him, "ASTRA!" he shouted and went sprinted towards the portal.
...
Back at the council room, they were able to bring an alternative light source as Astraea flames went out with her. Clarus brought a chair for Regis to sit down near the two fallen warriors. While Reno and Aerith decided not to move and sat on their knees on Astraea side. Prompto, Ignis, and Gladio are beside them sitting and looking over Noctis, waiting anxiously for both of them to wake up. 15 minutes had already passed, the council members did not leave even if the king gave them permission to leave to tend to their wounds.
"We will not leave Your Majesty, this is not their fight alone, this is our fight too," the councilwomen said.
"Very well then, but please let the Crownsguard tend to your wounds," Regis replied as he gestured to Cor. Cor ordered his men to get a first aid kit and asked for additional backup to guard the Citadel, Drautos did the same with the kingsglaive. 10 minutes later the Citadel went into full lockdown as several Crownsguards took their place to guard Citadel while the top glaives went inside the council room to guard the Royal Family and the council. An eerie silence filled the whole room as the council member returned to their seat and waited.
"Reno your wings," Aerith said as he touches his shoulder, "We need to tend to it,"
The guardian just shrugged his shoulder, "Don't worry about me Aerith, I'm fine," he flapped his wings open revealing how burned it was. He bit his lips to stop him from reacting from it with the flash of red light. It disappeared but it left a few blooded feathers in its wake.
"Are you sure?" Aerith asked him again.
He turned to her and smiled "Yes, I'm okay, just pray for Astraea to win, that's the only thing we can do," he returned his gaze to his master and held her hand. "Please Astraea, don't lose…"
Another five minutes back, Mecia and Claudia returned from the kitchen with glasses of water to drink. All of them took one glass and thanked the maids.
"Reno what is happening now?" Regis asked from his seat.
"Diabolos is now looking for their weakness, their fears and desire to use it to corrupt them looks like he was a problem looking for it. A weak heart can be turned within minutes after being infected by the scourge. Looks like they are fighting a good fight," Reno said as he brushed the sweat away from the fire maiden's forehead.
"So they are winning?" Prompto asked nervously.
"No," reno replied flatly as he turned towards the blonde, "Their fight is only just begun,"
Regis stood up from his chair, "Let take them in the infirmary Reno,"
"It's very dangerous to move them, Your Majesty, we might hurt them and it might spread the starscourge,"
Regis took a deep breath and about to say something when the purple flames burst from the sphere again. They all jumped away from it, the glaives summoned their weapon ready to attack. But the flames just started to show a video.
"Reno," Regis he gazed towards the flames
"It's him, he's showing us what is happening inside his realm," Reno explained while glaring at the purple flames.
Regis just tightened his grip in his cane for he knows he can't do anything but to watch the events unfold. Hearing this the glaives lowered their weapons and continued to watch the flames.
Again the video showed the first-person point of view, the person was laying on the ground he lifted his right hand to see it's covered with blood he looked beside him to see a person lying lifeless beside him. The person then looked up to see a daemon, a Marilith, the half-snake, and half women. It looked down on the person.
"Marilith.." Reno gently lay Astraea hand on her stomach as he stood up. They all looked at him, "It's the prince memory, the time went he was attacked by Diabolos's daemon,"
Regis glared at the Daemon as he remembered the night when he also almost lost his son but he was able to save him in time.
The video continued as Daemon tilted her head towards the prince and growled. That when several swords stuck the daemon out of nowhere. The video showed how The King defeated the Marilith and rescued his son. The video faded to black and showed a different memory.
…
Noctis opened his eyes only to be greeted by the face of a young Lunafreya.
"Luna?" Noctis whispered the Oracle name, "Luna was so glad to see you again!" he exclaimed but he was surprised that nothing came out of his mouth and that he could not move, the two of them were sitting on the edge of a bed, looking down at the cosmogony book.
"The crystal was gifted to mankind that we might know lasting prosperity," Lunafreya gently said as she touched the edge of the book.
"If the crystal belongs to everyone, how come only Lucis gets to use it?" Noctis was surprised to hear his own voice. "What is this? why can't I move?" he questioned himself.
"The king of Lucis does not simply use the Crystal, they also protect it," Luna answered.
"It's this a memory?" Noctis thought as he remembered their conversation, this the time when he and his father went to Tenebrae to seek healing for his wounds. The very first time he met Lady Lunafreya.
"Wait, so my dad's guarding it?"
"Yes,"
"I had no idea" he felt his body leaned on the bed, "Yes this is definitely a memory," knowing what is happening, Noctis just stayed silent and watched.
"The crown the King of Light is the calling of the Crystal, and keeping the Crystal safe falls to the line of Lucis,"
"And I'm the chosen one?"
"Yes, only the True King anointed by the Crystal, can purge our star of its scourge,"
"You really think I can do that?" the young prince said while rubbing his right knee.
"As Oracle, I will see to it," to aid the King is the Oracle calling,"
"Then I guess I can do it, I won't let you down," the young prince smiled.
"I known you won't"
...
Back at the council room they could see and hear everything even the Prince thought. Regis took a step forward to get a closer look.
"What is this Reno?"
The guardian walked beside the king, "It's Diabolos doing, he doing this to find the prince's weakness, just like what he did to Astraea, by diving down into the prince memory,"
Regis looked at Reno with worried eyes and returned his gaze back to his son and back to the video. They can't do anything just like before they can only watch what is going to happen next. The sphere lit up again and showed the point of view of Noctis.
...
He and Luna were playing in an open field. Luna is pushing Noctis's wheelchair towards their parents who are standing a few feet away. That's when the empire attacked. The attack was unpredicted the army of Tenebrae did not have a chance and was defeated, Regis went towards his son but was attacked by General Glauca, he used his Armiger to fight the General, he summoned his sword and sent the general flying towards a tree, after he ran towards his son and carried him to safety. With the prince on one hand and Lady Lunafreya on the other hand, they ran for their lives. They could hear someone calling Regis's name for help, but the king had no choice but to run to save the life of his son and his. They were running away from the army when Lunafreya looked back and saw the army getting closer without second thought Luna let go of the King's hand.
"Lunafreya!" Regis shouted as he looked back but kept on running, with the army getting close he had no choice but to continue running.
"LUNA!" Noctis reaches his hand towards the oracle, the prince screams echoed as the video fades to black.
...
The king gritted his teeth as he cursed himself for not saving Lunafreya and his brother back then and leaving Tenebrae in the hands of the empire. He was about to open his mouth but he stopped as the video showed Noctis floating in endless darkness.
"Noctis," Regis said as he watched.
...
"LUNA!" The prince screamed as he bolted upright and continued to float. Noctis clutched his hearts as he composed himself. That when he heard laughter, he spun around to see where it was coming from.
"The king of Light," the voice echoes all around him. "You let your Oracle down... what happened to the promise you made,"
Noctis can hear his own voice as it echoes around him. "Then I guess I can do it, I won't let you down,"
"So much for the king of Light.." the voice chuckled. "The oracle trusted you but you let her down.",
"No, I did not! I tried to save Luna but… but…." Noctis trailed off.
"But you still abandoned her and left her to suffer," The disembodied voice chuckled again, this time louder it hurt the prince's ears that he had to cover his ears with his hands. As the voice faded, Noctis was able to regain himself,
"No, I did try to save Luna, I did everything I could.." Noctis said it himself that when he saw another portal appeared before him, without giving it a second thought he walked towards it.
When he opened his eyes, he was now standing in front of a mirror and his advisor hovering around him, examining his suit and tie.
"Another memory?" he thought as he continued to watch.
"Do I have to attend this party?" the young Prince whined as he slouched his shoulders.
"Yes, Your Highness as the crown prince you need to," Ignis said as he arranged the prince tie.
Noctis remembers this, he was 12 years old, the party that his young self is referring to is the opening of a new hotel, The CAELUM VIA Hotels & Resorts. Noctis always hated attending parties, he felt he was not welcome there but he had no choice, for his prince after all.
"The King is going to be there, you haven't talked to him for a while right?" Ignis asked as do the final touches of the suit.
"Yes, he is always too busy," Noctis said as he walked away from the mirror.
"He is the king, after all, maybe this time it will give you a chance to talk to your father, and tell him about your first day in junior high" his advisor followed him towards the door.
"Maybe you're right, let go." Noctis smiled, Ignis nodded and opened the door for him.
At the party, they were on the rooftop of the hotel. It was amazing the rooftop compose of three floors. Two grand staircases are located on both sides and the huge circular prism aquarium can be found on the top floor. Noctis is leaning on the railing of the top floor and looking down at the lower floor to find his father, the king talking to the guests. The night is already coming to an end, but he did not have the chance to talk to his dad. He felt Ignis walked beside him.
"Care to drink anything, Your highness?"
Noctis turned to him, "No, I just want to go home,"
"Really? You have not talked to the king yet." Ignis asked.
"It's okay, there's another time we can talk after I have school tomorrow," Noctis said as he walked down the stairs.
"Alright then, but I must inform the king first,"
"Okay, I wait here,"
Ignis bowed down and went to the king. While waiting, Noctis leaned back and crossed his arm at one of the pilar below a terrace overlooking a pool.
"Why am I here anyway…" Noctis murmured to himself as his gazed dart across the whole party, during the whole party nobody did ever greet him or acknowledge that he was there, "I don't belong here anyway.." he whispered he was about to walk away when he heard his name being mentioned. He looked up to see three teenagers about his age, two girls and one boy. He does not want to eavesdrop on their conversation so he walked away but stopped when he heard Lunafreya's name being mentioned.
"Have you heard the Lady-Lunafreya has become the new Oracle?" a blond female asked her friends.
"Yes, I heard that apparently she is the youngest Oracle in history," the female with brown hair added.
"That's awesome, but it's sad because they are still being controlled by the empire," the boy said in husk tone.
"Yes, I know, It's very sad, why did the king ever leave Lady-Lunafreya and Prince Ravus in the first place?" the blonde asked.
"Well apparently the king has no choice but to save himself and the life of the prince." the male answered.
"Really... that's unfortunate.." the brunette said, "And about the prince have you heard that he does not have any magical powers? And always kept to himself, I have a friend who is a classmate of the prince. She said to me that the prince is always by himself and will not talk to them."
"Really does he think we are beneath him because he is the prince?" the boy crossed his arms. "If he does not have any magical power how can he protect us, we need someone who is ready for anything. He must show himself worthy after all his our future king, we don't need him slacking off,"
"Hey! stop that!" the blonde hit her friend on the shoulder, "Someone might hear you so be quiet!"
The female was right, someone might hear them and that someone was Noctis, he heard everything, Noctis hands turned into a fist his anger is showing not for them but for himself, after all, they were a right, after the daemon attacked Noctis have not been able to conjure up any elemental powers, unlike his father and his sword fighting skill are not that perfect. He was frustrated that he remembered the time he left Luna at the hand of the Empire. The friend continued their conversation but they stopped when they heard Ignis called the Prince Name.
"Prince Noctis, the car is waiting for us," Ignis said as he stopped in front of him.
The friend gasped and looked down to see the prince. Noctis looked up to them, they panicked and went away in a hurry.
"It's there something wrong, Noct?" Ignis asked as he saw the frown on his face.
The prince turned to him and smiled, "Nothing, let's go home.."
"Are you sure?" Ignis asked again as the prince passed him.
"Positive, come on let go home, I got some assignment to do,"
Ignis knew something is off even if he wants to ask the prince, Noctis will not say anything, after all his very secretive and elusive about his feelings or emotions. So Ignis decided to drop the subject and followed the prince.
The memory stopped and the prince is back again in the dark realm.
"See prince, they don't want you, you're not the king of light. You're just a weak and helpless child, you will never be king, you will just disappoint them as you always did," Diabolos mocked him.
Noctis tried to act brave but Diabolos's words are getting into him. "You're not fooling me, Daemon! You're just saying that, bring Astraea back!" Noctis shouted in the darkness.
"Hahahaha," Diabolos laughed. "You amuse me, King of Light, let see if your light is still shining after this," Diabolos voice faded as another portal opened before Noctis. he stopped for a bit and gazed at the portal. He even if he is showing courage deep inside Noctis is scared of what might lay ahead but he does not have a choice so the champion of Bahamut took a deep breath and walked towards the portal.
…
Back at the council room, Regis was surprised by the memory of his son, he never thought that Noctis had that kind of thought and been through all of that, he looked around to see the prince advisor, future shield and his best friend has the same expression, the look of guilt. Ignis clenched his hand into a fist as the prince advisor, he should have known that but he is always too focused on training him to be the next King that he does not notice that Noctis is hurting. Gladio and Prompto had the same sentiment, they lowered their head down and looked at Noctis sleeping form. The video continued and showed Noctis's memory again.
…
The prince was in the throne room behind him was Ignis, they were looking up at the king.
"Your Majesty," Noctis bowed his head down.
"Prince Noctis, what brings you here, is there something wrong? Regis asked.
Noctis shook his head, "No your Majesty, I'm fine,"
"And how about your school do you have any problem blending in?"
Noctis gulped it's his second term in eighth grade but he does not have friends, real friends to be exact. For he knows they will just befriend him because he is the prince. But he won't tell his father that, the king more important thing to do rather than helped him make friend, so he smiled and said, "No, Your Majesty, school is just perfect, I'm happy to tell you that I'm top of my class,"
"It's so I'm glad to hear that my son, so what brings you here then?"
Noctis unclenched and clenched his hands as he stood and looked at his father, he opened his mouth and closed it again and looked down. Regis noticed this so he stood up from his chair and walked down to his son.
"Noctis is there something wrong?" Regis asked him and stopped in front of him, Clarus was not far behind. The prince looked at his father's eyes. The king's eyes are looking at him worriedly. Noctis knew what he was going to ask his father next will not favor him but he does not have a choice, so he took a deep breath and said.
"Dad, I want to train as a Crownsguard, I want to know how to use a sword, I know you are worried about me and my wound but I will be okay, so please let me train.."
Regis looked surprised after he been very protective on his son after the attacked of the Marilith and the attempt of their lives on Tenebrae, Regis never let Noctis do something alone, he even assigned Crownsguards to guard the Prince school, even with the prince disapproval, after all, he needs to protect him always and keep him away from any danger. But the prince is right he needs to learn how to protect himself so he decided to grant his request.
"It's that you want my son?" Noctis nodded. "Okay then, Mr. Scientia, please look for a suitable trainer for the prince."
"As you order, Your Majesty," Ignis bowed down.
"Excuse me, Your Majesty?" Clarus walked over and they all turned to him.
"If you're looking for a trainer for the prince, my son would be perfect for the job, after all, Gladiolus will be the prince future shield, it will help get to known it each other,"
Regis patted him on the shoulder, "That a perfect Clarus, so where is your son now?"
"I can call him, your Majesty," Clarus said as he pulled out his phone.
"Are you sure you want it, Noctis, it will be hard for you to focus on your study?" Regis returned his attention to his son.
"I'm okay with it Dad, I really want it, thank you for accepting my request," Noctis bowed down again.
Regis smiled patted Noctis on the head, "Just be careful Noctis and don't go overboard,"
Noctis just nodded and smiled at the King. Suddenly a bright light blinded Noctis, when he opened his eyes he was now standing in front of his shield and holding a wooden sword the two were inside the training room. Gladio held his sword and pointed it towards the prince, Noctis did a guard stance and ready himself.
"Be ready, Your Highness," Gladio said as he stepped forward.
Before Noctis could say a word or move, Gladio went for an attack. It caught Noctis off guard and the wooden sword collided with his chest and he was sent tumbling down.
"You need to pay attention, never let you guard down, now stand up!"
Noctis did what he said and attacked again without thinking, he raised his sword and attacked the shield. Gladio just did a side step as your prince passed him and he hit him on the back, Noctis fell forward but he was able to catch himself.
"Again!" Gladio said in a stern voice.
Back in the council room, Prompto winced as Noctis went down the 3rd time.
"Ouch, that gotta hurt,"
The video continues Noctis is trying his best to hit Gladio but the shield kept deflecting his attacks when Noctis went to attack again he sidesteps and hit the prince in the back, this time the prince fell flat on his face.
Gladio held a hand towards the fallen prince.
Noctis just swiped his hand away and stood on his own, this earned glare from Gladio, the future shield though the prince is just mad because he lost and just acted like a spoiled brat.
"If you keep acting like that then you never learn how to fight!"
Noctis just shrugged his shoulder and threw his sword.
"Hey, we are not finished!" Gladio shouted.
The memory stopped and faded to black.
...
'Wow, Gladio, you really did train him hard,' Prompto said while watching the video. "You know that Noctis is like that because of his leg right?"
"What?" Gladio suddenly turned to him, Prompto was surprised to see the bewildered look he got from the shield.
"You really did not notice it?"
"Notice what?" Ignis asked.
"Well, ever since I saw Noctis at school, I noticed that he was a limp of his right leg,
I thought you knew."
"No I don't, The prince never did tell me about it, he never complained about it too," Ignis said as he gazed down at Noctis.
Reno stared at Prompto, the blonde shivered and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong?"
The guardian just shook his head, "No," he smiled at him, "You're truly the prince's best friend, for a friend is someone who can see the truth and pain even when you're fooling everyone else."
"Oh, Thanks" Prompto blushed and lowered his head down, "I will do everything for my friend,"
Reno then turned toward the shield and smiled sadly, "Do blame yourself, Shield,"
"What are you saying?" Gladio crossed his arms.
"Just like four-eyes here, you two are giving negative emotion and Diabolos might use it against the prince.,"
Gladio's expression softened as he put his arms down.
"Why would his highness hide his pain and not tell us,"
Reno turned towards the advisor and sighed, "Of course the prince will never say that you always been telling his to act like a prince, and because of the responsibility you kept putting on him, he does not have a choice to follow it even if he does not like it or he hurting," Reno lowered his gaze towards the sleeping warriors. "Just like Astarea, they don't want to let anyone down, they will do everything they can to prove to us that they can do it but deep inside they are hurting or even scared." he paused, "And we don't notice at all," he gazed around, "I known what you feeling now shield," he looked toward future shield, Gladio just raised an eyebrow to him. "You feeling guilty and even mad at yourself right now, I knew the feeling, after all, I did fail not once but twice, I failed to notice my masters feelings, Vincent and Astraea Izunia because I'm blinded and to focus the bigger picture that I never noticed that they are hurting. For the past 30 years, I kept blaming myself for what I have done and I have not done, but I learned that it will never change anything, instead of beating yourself up, be positive, don't let negative emotions show, you just showing your weakness. We just need to be there for them and support them when they are at their lowest and help them overcome it, that responsibility that falls to us, the responsibility of a friend, to be there in every step of the way," Reno smiled, knelt down and held Astraea's hand.
"Reno is right, we should not dwell in the past," Regis said and gazed around, "We should now focus on protecting them and supporting our champions. We don't need to force them or make them do what we want, we just need to be there for them,"
Reno chuckled, "You are truly a remarkable King, Your Majesty, The founder King will be proud,"
Regis smiled at him, "Thank you, guardian, so what now? What is happening to my son,"
Reno looked at the purple flames, "Look like Diabolos found the prince weakness, his fear of disappointing people and failing as a prince," after saying that right on queue the flames started to show Noctis floating again in the endless darkness.
...
"See prince, you are a failure, you can't save everyone. Just accept it and walk away," Diabolos' voice echoes in the darkness.
"I won't listen to you Diabolos," Noctis waves his hand shouting at nothing as he spun around.
"You don't believe me? Why not ask your friends.." the dark Astral chuckled then a silhouette of a person appeared behind the prince. He spun around and his heart dropped to see the young oracle standing before him.
"Noctis, Why?" Luna asked with tears in her eyes.
"Luna?" Noctis held his right hand towards her, "Why are you here?"
"Why did you leave me, you said you never let me down, because of you my mother is dead, our kingdom is no more, you no the king of light, I hate you!"
Noctis stopped breathing as he heard those words.
...
"What is happening? Why would Lady Lunafreya say such a thing?" Prompto asked nervously as he saw how hurt Noctis was.
"It's not the oracle, it Diabolos one of his daemons, like I said the dark Astral will use person weakness to defeat and corrupt them,"
"What that cheati-" Prompto could not finish his sentence when he saw himself appeared behind Noctis.
…
"Prompto?" Noctis turned around to face his friend.
The fake Prompto smirked at him, "You know Noct, I just be-friended you because I felt bad for you and I want to be popular after all being the prince best friend will do that, but I never did like you, after all, you never did notice back then,"
"No Prompto, don't say that," the prince started to doubt.
Another silhouette appeared beside the prince. It was Ignis, the fake ignis glared at the prince. The prince stiffened up as he saw the advisor's glaring eyes. "I wasted my whole life for you Noctis, I spent my whole childhood tending you, for what? a failure like you, you will never be king!" Ignis chuckled.
"You don't mean that right Ignis?," Noctis backed away only to block by Gladio.
"The fake shield smirked at him, "Your nothing! You're no King of mine, and I will never be your shield, your weak and hopeless, just die already!" the daemon summoned a sword and attacked Noctis, the prince was able rolled out the way and stepped backward.
Noctis tried summoning his sword. He was surprised that he was able to summon it, it held it towards Gladio, his eyes widened to see his father standing where the future shield was.
"What are you doing my son? pointing your weapon to your father like that, did I give you everything you want and this is your way of thanking me, what an ungrateful little child.." The fake king looked down at him, "Your mother died because of you… I never did ask the Astral for a weak son like yourself.."
The champion of Bahamut lowered his sword, "No...dad… I.. will...never…." Noctis stammered his words as he backed away from them.
All five laughed at seeing him like that and all of them summoned a sword and walked slowly towards him as the prince stood still.
…
"Noct! Do listen to them, they are all fake!" Prompto shouted at the flames.
"Noctis!" Regis shouted as he saw his son just standing there.
"Come on Noct, you're smarter than that, don't listen to them!" Ignis said under his breath.
"NOCT! Fight back!" Gladio shouted and slammed his hands on the table.
All of them are giving their encouraging comments but the Prince can't hear it and continues to stand still.
"Reno, why can't Noctis hear us?" the blonde asked him. "Let us help him please!"
"We can't do anything," Reno stood and glared at the flames, "That Diabolos realm his power is limitless in there I can not even go there myself,"
"So what I'm just going to stand here and watch Noctis die!" Gladio shouted as his hand turned into a fist.
Reno could not answer the future shield, they all gasped when the five attacked Noctis at the same time, Noctis just shield himself in his arm and sword when a blue light appeared and barrier came and shielded the Prince. When the sword collided with the barrier it sent the fakes flying a few feet away.
"I will not let you hurt my master!" The small fox-like creature shouted as it appeared out of thin air.
"Wait, I know you, you're…" Noctis whispered as he looked down at the creature in front of him.
The fox-like creature turned to him and bowed its head, its ears twitched happily.
"Nice to see you again Master, It's been a long time," she greeted the prince with a cheerful voice.
"Carbuncle," Noctis said while smiling he lowered himself and Carbuncle ran up to his shoulder and circle her tail around the prince's neck. "As promised I will protect you, my master." Carbuncle horn lit up and shined a bright light. The fake winched at it and showed their true form Mindflayers. The daemon hissed at them. Carbuncle pale blue fur gave a soft glow against the darkness around them. Carbuncle turned towards the raven prince, "Noctis they are not real! your friends and loved ones will never say that!" Carbuncle's horn light up again.
…
Back at the council room, "Nice timing Carbuncle," Reno whispered they all turned to him, he smiled, "It's one of Bahamut messenger, looks like she is the Prince guardian,"
...
The Mindflayers were caught off guard and shielded themselves by the sudden light. Noctis turned around and saw in the sky his memory.
It showed Lady Lunafreya sending her young dog Umbra and Pryna to the Crown City. Noctis, 9 years old was alone in the garden and crying when the two dogs appeared. At first, the prince was confused but when he saw the notebook attached to the black dog he remembered that they are the oracle's dogs. Noctis took the red notebook and opened it. He saw a Sylleblossom being held by a candle seal and on the other side of the page was Luna's message.
Dear Prince Noctis,
I hope this letter found you well, you must be worried about me, but please don't fret. I'm okay and will always be, I heard from the high messenger that you are now blaming yourself I beg you you please don't. I never blame you and nor hate you for leaving, that was my decision as Oracle I need to protect you, my prince. I know we will meet up again until then please don't let your light die down and keep moving forwards but don't overdo it okay Noct?
I will always pray for you.
From Lunafreya,
The young prince smiled and touched the Sylleblossom.
"I remembered that day, I was blaming myself because for I left Luna, but after I got that messenger I felt relieved and happy," Noctis turned his head to his guardian.
Carbuncle smiled, "Lady Luna never loses her faith in you Noctis, you two will always be friends."
The memory continued starting that day the Prince and the Princess kept messaging each other by using the notebook.
...
Back at the council room. "Yeah! That right Noct we are always there for you!" Prompto shouted in glee and he knelt down and held the prince's hand.
…
Noctis' memory continued a year passed he recovered from his wound and kept on being reclusive and won't talk to anybody except his advisor that was Ignis. His memory faded and was replaced by Prompto's and it showed Prompto's memory, the blonde kept bumping into the prince and wanted to talk to him but he lacked courage. It showed the time he saved a dog who is Pryna and a letter he received from Lunafreya. Lunafreya is worried about Noctis and she wants Prompto to help the prince and to be his friend.
"Luna knows about me?" Noctis asked as he stared at the memory.
"Yes," Carbuncle nodded, "That why she asked Prompto to be your friend and gave him the courage to talked to you,"
Prompto's memory continues, one day in middle school. Prompto has the courage to talk to him. He was standing alone in the back of the school and the young and chubby Prompto went toward him.
"Hello prince! Would you like to be friends wi-" Prompto said while trying to step over a cone but it caught his back leg and sent him tumbling down.
Noctis laughed, "I remembered that was the first time Prompto had the courage to talk to me." He kept looking at the memory of their exchange and showed how the blonde trained himself to be thinner so that the prince would be friends with him.
"Wow I never thought Prompto could do that, and he did that for me?" Noctis asked when he saw the memory of them during the first day of high school, it happened one and a half months ago.
"Hey there, Prince Noctis" Prompto patted him on the back and cheerfully greeted the prince.
"Huh?" he turned towards the blonde.
"I'm Prompto, Nice to meet you!" the blonde pointed his thumb at himself and smiled.
Noctis looked down at him from head to foot, "Don't I know you?"
"He should have never done that, after all, I like him before even his fat," Noctis smiled at the memory.
Prompto just smiled at the question and walked away. Noctis followed him and patted him on the back.
…
Back at the council room, Prompto lowered his head down to hide his cheeks for his blushing from embarrassment. Reno knocked his knuckles at the blonde head to make him look up.
"What?" Prompto sheepishly asked, still blushing.
"Looks like your light and voice have reached the prince. His highness is very blessed to have a friend like you,"
"Oh, thanks, I will always be there for Noctis," Prompto said as he gazed down at the prince.
…
Carbuncle jumped from his shoulder and looked up, "You're not alone Noctis, you always had people around you who loved and took care of you, you just too focused and becoming something you're not, look,"
It's a memory of Ignis and Noctis, Noctis age 12. There were inside the palace library, the prince whined and lowered his head down.
Ignis sighed, "Stand up," he said while closing a book.
"Where are we going? I still have books to read and royal studies," Noctis asked.
"Just follow me.." Ignis said as he walked away.
It showed that Ignis was the one who brought the prince in the Arcade in the first place to let him play, he showed Noctis how to play the games and shared a fun day with him.
"Your Advisor might have been training for the future but he still knew you still a kid that you need to have fun," Carbuncle said. "So act like one Your Highness, don't focus your energy in just training and studying,"
Another memory was being shown it's his memory of him how he save Gladio little sister and how he took the blame and their training even if he kept tumbling down after giving up he went to sit down Gladio took a seat beside him and thank him in saving his sister and gave him encouragement, Noctis asked if he can train him which Gladio quicking accepted they fist bump and went back on training.
"See Noct, they accepted you and your not weak you just need more training that all,"
...
"So you two are not that boring and serious after all," Reno stood up and patted Ignis and Gladio on the back. The two turned to the guardian. He smiled at them, "Continue that, the prince needed that more than learning and training, he needs all you all to be his friends,"
Prompto stood up and walked to them, the trio gazed at each other and smiled.
"We promise we will be right here for Noctis," they all answered in unison.
"Good then, so the prince is in good hands," Reno gave them a thumbs up.
...
Back at the dark realm, after seeing those memories, Noctis's fear and doubt faded.
"Your right Carbuncle thank you for reminding me," Noctis smiled at his guardian.
"Always remember your Father is always there for you even if he does not often show it."
Carbuncle showed how Regis did not leave Noctis's side when he was attacked by the daemon and went into a coma. Regis is the one who gave him a piece of Bahamut crystal in the shape of her.
"The king is the one who brought us together, prince, that is why I was able to help you escape that endless dream of yours." (Final Fantasy XV Platinum Demo)
After waking up Regis stayed At Noctis' side and read his bedtime stories. (A King's Tale Final Fantasy xv). His memory faded to black.
"And she is waiting for you…." the guardian trailed off, "Astraea is waiting for you Noct, remember your promise to her."
Another memory came up, the memory of what happened a day ago. Their conversation inside dinner and how he gave her encouragement after she said nobody wants her back in Galahad.
"If nobody cares to accept you and wants you in this world, accepts yourself and you will see that you don't need them and their selfish ideas" Noctis smiled and held his hand up, "I will be your friend, Astraea, I promise I going to protect you,"
Astraea smiled and shook his hand, "Thanks Noct, I will count on you,"
Noctis tightened his grip on his sword, as the memory faded and darkness surrounded him again, this time he was ready for it.
"Luna... Prompto…Ignis… Gladio… Dad... Astraea... Thank you…"
He spun around and glared at the Mindflayers. He waved his left hand and a flash of blue light Astarea rapier appeared.
"You are not fooling me again this time Diabolos! All my friends are with me, Luna, Prompto, Ignis, Gladio, my Dad, and Astraea, we will defeat you!" he shouted suddenly Astraea's rapier burst into flames and surrounded him in a ring of fire, it made the daemons winced in pain. He looked down at the rapier and he felt Astraea's flames he smiled.
"Astraea… don't worry I'm going to save you…" He prepared himself and pointed the blades at the daemon.
"I'm going to help you Noctis!" Carbuncle stood up as her horn glowed bright red.
Noctis looked down and nodded. "Ok then let go!" He launched forward was able to defeat the daemons with ease with his newfound power and courage with the help of his guardian. That when the darkness was dispelled and a huge black door stood in front of him.
"Astraea is behind that door, Noct," Carbuncle said as she jumped up in his shoulder.
"Okay Let go! Wait for me Astra I will save you!" Noctis declared as he opened the door and stepped in.
…
Back at the Citadel, the people cheered seeing the prince was victorious, Prompto jumped up and down and was yelling words of encouragement. Ignis and Gladio were smiling at each other. Their hard work was worth it, Regis took a deep sigh of relief and looked down to see the starscourge fading in Noctis hand. The prince was able to fight the darkness and his weakness and was victorious in his first trial being the warrior of light and the king of Light.
"I'm proud of you my son," Regis whispered.
But all their excitement stopped when they heard and saw Astarea trashing and whining in pain as the starscourge spread.
The sphere burst into bigger flames and showed darkness again and Astraea floating unconscious in the middle of it.
"This is not over yet," Reno murmured, "Noctis please my master,"
A/N: I don't know the gender of Carbuncle after all it has never been specified in the Final Fantasy games. So for this story, she is a girl. Some of the Noctis memory is from the game and the anime and some are made by me.
Lyrics and song credit to AmaLee...Love her!
THANK YOU !Hope you enjoy this and have a wonderful day!✩
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