The Fate of the First Hero of Light
In the far distance, is a broken bridge made of bones.
The Fire Mage, Esdeath and Zelda are laying on the ground.
They are struggling to breathe, they seem to be pressed down.
"YOUR MAJESTY WHAT IS THE MATTER?" says the Knight.
"Son, the magics erupting out of this canyon is so strong that magic users are overwhelmed."
"SIR THANDALL WHY ARE WE NOT IMPAIRED?"
"Dwarfs cannot use magics, seeing that you are part Dwarf you will also be unaffected."
"YOUR MAJESTY LET ME..." the Knight moves to assist Zelda.
"Son, stop! You might injure her."
"SIR THANDALL!"
"They are being pressed down with force. If you grab a limb and try to pull her up, your strength might break it."
"I CANNOT DO NOTHING!"
"They will have to stand on their own. That is the only way."
"Sir...hunfrey...do...not..be...alarmed...I..will..be..up...soon."
Esdeath slowly pushes herself up.
Her immense strength is flexing all of her muscles.
She is overpowering the magical pressure with physical strength alone.
She stands up.
"UNBELIEVABLE!" screams Esdeath.
"Little girl I knew you would be the first one up!"
"Thank you Great Father, you said Geir just walked over the bridge without any trouble?"
"No, my little girl he was carrying the fallen Dwarfs over from the other side, sometimes even five at a time!"
"No one must know of this! Please Great Father do not speak of my weakness, I might lose my job."
"EXCUSE ME, LADY ESDEATH! YOU COULD LOSE YOUR POST!"
"Yes, I have always been one to despise weakness. That I could fall so easily! Even my age is not an excuse, he must never know."
"Hahahahaha." The Dwarf lets out a hearty laugh.
They look to the Fire Mage he is standing up very slowly.
"Sir Izdryn you have recovered!"
"Yes, Great Father barely, it takes immense concentration for me to stand."
"MY FRIEND LET US ASSIST HER MAJESTY!" the Knight moves to pick Zelda up.
"Sir Hunfrey we might gravely injure Her Highness, if she cannot adjust to this magical pressure."
"NO, THIS CANNOT BE." The Knight is looking very concerned.
Zelda puts her hands next to her chest. Slowly she pushes herself up, she is on her hands and knees.
"Come Zelda." Esdeath grabs her by the arm and lifts her up.
"PRINCESS TEELA NO!" screams the Fire Mage.
"Sir Izdryn thank you for your concern, but we must move with great speed."
"Yes, Your Highness."
"There ahead I can see the bridge!" says Zelda.
They move towards the bridge.
There is a man standing with a device in his hand, he is looking towards the opposite side.
They move closer.
"Venat so these are the ones you spoke of?" says the unknown man.
"Pardon me, were you speaking to me?" asks Zelda.
"No, forgive me Your Highness, I was thinking aloud." says the well dressed man.
He looks to be in the late middle ages of a Hume's lifetime.
"Do I know you?" asks Zelda.
"Forgive me Your Highness. I do not know you personally. You are the Ruler of Hyrule everyone knows who you are."
"Yes, I see, I apologize. May I ask for your name?"
"Certainly my name is Cidolfus Demen Bunansa but people also call me Cid, Your Highness."
"I see thank you Mister Cid."
"May I ask for your names as well?" The party is introduced, the man thanks them.
"Mister Cid what are you doing here?"
"I have come to assess my students work."
"STUDENT!?"
"Yes, Oddmund was a student at the Academy under my tenure."
"Oddmund?" asks the Fire Mage.
"He means Geir. Doctor Bunansa I remember you clearly from the Academy. What secrets are you hiding?"
"Just like you Lady Esdeath to catch on immediately. We have come to rescue my student from this predicament."
"WE?!"
"Let me introduce you to Venat."
Out of the ether a specter appears.
It looks as if something, you had never seen before.
Two glowing spheres for eyes and the body of that of a tightly bound person, clad in darkness.
Only the shape can be seen the form is translucent.
"WHAT IS GOING ON NOW!?" screams Zelda.
"Do not be alarmed Queen Zelda, I only wish to save your loved one."
"LOVED ONE?!" screams the Knight.
Zelda's face is instantly red.
"Forgive me I do not tread often in the world of the living. I did not mean to offend."
Zelda clears her throat.
"I thank you for your assistance, but surely there is something you want in return?"
'I see Oddmund has taught you his tricks, "No one does anything for free." is what he would tell me often times." says Doctor Cid.
"...ugh..."
Zelda and her party realizes the effect of Geir's demented way of thinking has had on them.
"Cidolfus we must move with speed. I sense there is great suffering in their hearts."
"Yes, Venat. Queen Zelda I come from the world of Ivalice for the future of our world, it is imperative that we can enlist Oddmund's assistance." says Doctor Cid.
"What will you do if he refuses?" asks Esdeath.
"Lady Esdeath I am of an ancient race of Occurians our lives span for an eternity. The kindness of heart that Oddmund possesses, surely he would hear of our pleas. Even though I have seen many lives pass each new one is different, but Oddmund is the only one that possesses the abilities that can save our realm. We wish to ask him for help."
"That still does not answer my question."
"I do not have an answer Lady Esdeath. Still we will appeal to him." says the specter.
"Very well I will tell him to help you."
"TEELA WHAT ARE YOU SAYING!" screams Zelda.
"That he can see the kindness in Geir means he can be trusted."
"KINDNESS! BAHAHAHA! THE SCOUNDREL HAS NO SUCH THING!" says the Knight.
The Occurian fades into the ether and disappears.
"He left?" says Zelda.
"Forgive Venat Your Highness it is very rare for the Occurians to appear in front of others."
"I see. The device you were holding what is its function?"
"This is an ocular device it can measure distances just be looking at an object." speaks Doctor Cid.
"That is amazing! What were you studying?"
"Oddmund had left us all the answers we needed."
"The answers Doctor?" asks Esdeath.
"When the bridge was destroyed, I was told the Dwarfs who were returned, had lost their memories of the events that had transpired on the other side."
"How is that possible?" asks Zelda.
"As you, yourself can sense Your Highness the massive amounts of magics erupting from this fissure might be the cause of it, I cannot be sure."
"You said Geir had left the answers?" asks Esdeath.
"Yes, Lady Esdeath please come look."
Esdeath takes the device she looks, she takes it away, she is using her Tulok abilities, she stares into the distance with her enhanced vision, she uses the device again.
It is handed back to the Doctor.
"Doctor I am not sure if he can be rescued." says Esdeath.
"NO! TEELA! What do you mean?" says a shocked Zelda.
"Look for yourself."
Zelda takes the device.
"Where must I look?"
"Your Highness there is a shield and sword, set of armour and a skull, on the other side. They are placed upright for us to view. Please study them closely."
Zelda looks to them. The armour looks tattered and is falling apart. Zelda studies the sword and shield they are rusted and looks as if they can break at any moment. Also on the outside of the skull there are many holes.
"I am not sure I understand why we cannot save Geir?"
"Please Sir Hunfrey if you would, could you examine the armour and sword." speaks Doctor Cid.
"DOCTOR?"
"You will be able to discern the damage more clearly than us."
"I UNDERSTAND!"
Zelda hands the Knight the device.
"HOW CAN THIS BE!?"
"Sir Hunfrey what is the matter?" asks Zelda.
"YOUR MAJESTY THAT ARMOUR IS ONE OF THE NATIONS SURROUNDING OURS MILITARY DRESS!"
"Doctor Cid I still am not sure what is going on?"
"Your Highness if we could ask Sir Hunfrey of the condition of the armour."
Zelda nods to the Knight.
"DOCTOR CID?"
"The damage was it from battle?"
"LET ME STUDY IT CLOSER! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE! THAT ARMOUR AND BLADE HAS NEVER SEEN COMBAT!"
"Sir Hunfrey but it looks tattered and the sword is falling apart?"
"YOUR MAJESTY THAT IS FROM NEGLECT AND EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS, IT HAS BEEN RUSTED BUT NEVER BEEN USED!"
"Doctor Cid what does this mean?"
"Your Highness those soldiers either died from starvation or from an enemy they could not fight, the holes in the skulls prove that."
"NO! We must save Geir! He will be alive please let us go!" says a worried Zelda.
"What is that Venat? I see."
"Your Highness he has not died yet but we must act as soon as possible."
"Please Doctor Cid what can we do?"
"Your Highness it is almost here."
Zelda still wants to ask what it is. There is a black tear in the sky above them, a shadow falls on them it looks as if the sun has disappeared, a flying mechanism exits from the tear.
Zelda has never seen anything as large as this even the monsters in the other world are completely dwarfed by this machine.
"ARE WE GOING TO BE FLYING ON THAT?!"
"No, your Highness the magics are too strong, we would not make it across the canyon."
"What will we do?" asks the Fire Mage.
"We are going to crash the flying ship over the sides."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!" screams the party.
"Zelda run!" says Esdeath.
"YOUR MAJESTY!" The Knight grabs Zelda under his arms. They party flees a considerable distance.
The gigantic flying machine moves towards the cliff face.
It does not even extend for a hands breadth from the sides. The machine is torn instantly to shreds, it dives from the heights. It hits the ground and grinds over the other side to a stop. The sides are joined once more.
"EVERYONE NOW BEFORE IT IS DESTROYED!" Zelda runs full speed towards the crashed craft.
"Your Majesty wait the magics have to stabilize first."
After short moments the massive metal hulk has been charged by the magical energies erupting out of the canyon.
"Your Highness where has Great Father Thandall gone?" asks the Fire Mage.
"He told me he would find the architects and builders union. They will construct more bridges while this machine still joins the side."
"I see."
Zelda and the party enter and walk through the destroyed craft.
They meet two others on the crashed "airship", one is a tall man and the other is tall beautiful woman she has the ears of a hare.
Some time passes...
"Your Highness..." the man takes her hand, he kisses it.
Zelda rolls her eyes.
"Thank you Balthier for helping me with..."
Zelda thinks her hand would disappear before she can wash all the kisses off from it. She looks towards the Viera named Fran, she is also staring blankly forward.
"You too..."
"Your Highness is something the matter?"
"No, Balthier I spoke aloud by mistake." The Viera turned her one ear towards Zelda. Zelda can feel a connection, the Viera has suffered this many times before. How ma...
CRASH!
The sound is so loud Zelda's ears are ringing.
Zelda climbs the tall hill obscuring her view, she reaches the top.
She looks to the distance massive ice forms are being cast from the sky.
There is a figure in white traditional dress, there are red stains on it.
Zelda starts running towards the man with the bloodied parka.
"GEIR! WAIT I AM COMING!"
A massive pyramid is formed in the sky, if it were to fall on the Royal Castle, it would be demolished. It seems to be falling slowly, suddenly it gains momentum.
CRASH!
The impact produces visible shockwaves, there is lighting formed in the massive dust storm, that is being pushed away from the impact.
"GEIR! I AM.." Zelda screams as loud as she can.
A gigantic sphere is cast it falls on an unseen object and breaks in halve the smaller crystal shard give the invisible shape away.
CRASH!
"YOUR MAJESTY WHAT IS THAT?" asks the Knight.
A massive cube falls from the sky it falls on an invisible object.
CRASH!
They are almost at Geir.
CRASH!
This time it was a long cylinder. It breaks into shards and land next to the other debris of the ice forms.
"GEIR!"
Zelda starts running towards Geir.
She feels the heartache that she has for hurting his heart and that he told her he would never forgive her.
Zelda stumbles not even far distances from Geir, Zelda trips and is falling, she is rescued by Geir, he catches her.
"Zelda what took you so long?"
"WHAT?! YOU DO NOT EVEN THANK ME FOR COMING TO SAVE YOU!"
"Save me?"
"Yes, everyone told me it would take 200 suncycles to save you...then I" Zelda starts crying.
"Please Geir forgive me! I will do the impossible somehow, just please Geir forgive me."
""Forgive" Zelda what are you talking about?"
"You told me you would never forgive me and that I would have to do the impossible."
"Did I really say that?"
"YES!"
"I am sorry Zelda I cannot seem to recall it."
"NOOOO! WILL YOU EVER FORGIVE ME!" screams the crying Queen.
"I forgive you Zelda, now destroy that creature."
"REALLY GEIR?"
"Yes, Zelda."
"Thank goodness! So I just need to kill this thing?"
"Yes, no matter how much ice I use it does not want to crack, use your snot clay."
Zelda's hands produce the detonating clay, it is pouring out of the mouths forming various creatures.
"EEEEEEIIIIIIII!" a shriek is heard.
Geir turns around.
"Micheal! You are the last person I thought that would come to visit me."
"My name is Balthier knave!"
"Forgive me, I mistook you for someone who matters, my apologies."
The Viera chuckles, her partner look towards her, she is composed again.
"Greetings Oddmund."
"Doctor Cid how wonderful to see you again." Geir moves and shakes his hand.
"Thank you Oddmund I feel the same."
"I had believed you would return to your realm forever."
"..."
"Do not worry Doctor I know you have your reasons."
"As always my protégé one step ahead of me."
"Geir I am ready." says Zelda.
Zelda's shapes cover the invisible being.
"I have probed it Geir, there is no way to enter it."
"I see, I will form an ice shield."
Zelda nods, there is formed an ice shield in front of the party.
Zelda lifts her hand to her face.
"KATSU!"
The explosion is blinding, the dust has completely been cleared from the surrounding area. Geir's unbreakable ice shield has some scratches on the glass like surface.
"UNBELIEVABLE! How can this world's Humes be so powerful?!"
"That otherworldly voice! It cannot be!" Geir turns around.
The Occurion appears from the ether.
"Grandmother! Can you see him?!" screams Geir.
"Yes, Geir what is the matter?"
Geir rushes towards the shape he embraces the specter, objects similar to bandages wrap around Geir.
Geir starts to tear up.
"How glad I am you truly exist. I thought you were an illusion, Loki was using to torment me with."
"Oddmund my friend. I am truly glad we can meet again."
"FRIEND!?" screams the Knight.
"Yes, when I was little Venat would come to comfort and play with me. I must apologize to you Venat."
"What could it possibly be Oddmund?"
"A curse was cast on me, I lost all the memories of our times together."
"Oddmund..."
"We can talk later, first I have to destroy this beast."
"I understand." Venat disappears into nothingness again.
"Doctor Cid do you have it on you?"
"What do you mean Oddmund?"
"The blue crystals, I believe you called it Methicite?"
"It is Nethicite Oddmund. It is extremely dangerous what do you propose to do?"
"Let me show you."
Geir whispers to Zelda.
"I understand." says Zelda.
The air is starting to distort a massive crystal dome is formed above the invisible being.
"The crystal if you would Doctor Cid?"
The man named Balthier and the Viera take an offensive stance.
"Do not think of trying to take the crystal when it is brought in to this reality, you will be killed instantly."
"You cannot command us!"
"UGH!"
Esdeath grabs both of them tightly by their throats, she holds them aloft.
"Geir they are restrained."
"Thank you Grandmother. Doctor Cid..."
The blue crystal is produced. Zelda's small clay golem takes the crystal and runs inside the sphere.
The sphere is closed.
"KATSU!"
The explosions is so intense. The heat inside the globe of crystal, singes some of their hairs and burns their skins.
Geir clasps his two hands together and grabs them tightly.
"AAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!"
He falls on his one knee, his nose starts bleeding.
His unbreakable crystal is starting to crack. The explosion has not even finished exploding. Like fire crackers at a festival Geir knows this was only the first reaction.
"RUN!"
"Geir I am staying right here!" says Zelda.
"ZELDA LEAVE NOW!"
"No, you are the hero, you will have to save us somehow."
Geir focuses he stands up on both feet again. He feels he has regained some strength.
The second explosion started.
He falls on both knees, he feels the magical pressure on his own, was so intense it somehow rupture some of his organs.
"AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!"
His right arm burns off his parka's right sleeve, the runes of Loki's curse is lifted. Only the burn marks are left. Geir stands up. Without the flames interfering with his ice magics. His magical strength increases exponentially.
"Loki, I never thought you would help me."
Geir unclasps his hands, he stands up.
The explosions become more fierce. Many of them are following each other consecutively.
The crystal dome shines as brightly as the sun massive amounts of heat escapes from the closed sphere.
"I see so this is the problem that plagues your world Doctor?"
"Yes, Oddmund can you help us."
"Do you have more of these crystals?"
"Here you are Oddmund, should we not be concerned over the sphere still exploding?"
"I have adjusted to the magical energy of these crystals, no matter the amount, I can contain the energy being dispelled."
"Amazing is not Venat?"
"I see, Oddmund, Venat asks if there is an other way to stop these crystals?"
"Here let me show you."
Geir is handed another Nethicite crystal it is held in his hand. The crystal changes colour from blue to purple.
"Venat taste this."
The Occarian appears again, appendages like black bandages, take the crystals they are pulled into the darkness.
"Oddmund these are sugar crystals!"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! Excuse me I meant to ask you what you meant Venat?" says Doctor Cid.
"Oddmund changed the properties of the crystals they were changed into sugar crystals. Mighty delicious ones."
"DELICIOUS YOU SAY?!" screams Zelda.
She squirms about.
"Please Doctor." Geir is handed many crystal everyone eats them, except Balthier and the Viera named Fran.
"Please have some." Geir hands some to the blushing Viera.
"Thank you mister...?"
"My name is Geir pleased to meet you." Geir goes to shake her hand. Balthier slaps it away.
"BALTHIER!" screams the Viera.
"Do not be alarmed he must have thought I will still holding one of the dangerous crystals. This one is harmless."
Geir takes a bite and hands it to the Viera.
"Please accept it."
"Yes, thank you Geir." She looks to the crystal and then to Geir. She blushes and starts eating the crystal.
"...ugh..."
Everybody else is cringing at this scene.
"Oddmund do you think there would be a way to destroy large amounts of Nethicite?"
"Why should we?"
"Surely Oddmund you saw the destructive power of the Nethicite?" says Venat.
"This Nethicite is naturally occurring magic crystals. It can be used for many things."
"Oddmund through many years. I was only able to be able to construct these flying ships, they are dangerous and do not always function as intended."
"Let me show you this."
Geir produces a stone bracelet he puts it on one of the crystals it starts whizzing.
"Oddmund what does this mean?" asks Venat.
"Money."
"MONEY!" screams everyone.
"Yes, lots and lots of money."
Finish.