Prologue: Solheim & the War of the Astrals
"In a time unknown, only a prophecy keeps hope alive in people's hearts. When darkness veils the world, the King of Light shall come." -Final Fantasy XV

The screams of agony and turmoil rang all over the great city of Solheim. A woman with black hair and wearing a red dress was running for her life, leading her were two older men. She wanted to speak, but her voice would not come out. She looked up to see several airships locked in battle, some falling in the sky and crashing down around them, causing explosions and fire to ravage the great city.

"Ardyn… Somnus…" she yanked her hands away from them and stopped running.

Both men turned towards her. "Hurry, we need to get out of here, Astraea!" the man with brown hair and eyes said as he grabbed her left hand and ran again.

"NO! I WON'T!" she screamed and stopped again. "I won't leave!"

"Astraea, this is not the right time to be stubborn, we need to go!" the man with raven hair and brown eyes said as he grabbed the other hand.

"NO! I WILL NOT LEAVE! I WON'T LEAVE SOLHEIM!" she shouted again, yanking her hands away, tears flowing from her crimson eyes.

"Astraea please we need to go, there is nothing we can do here…" the older of the two males said, raising his hands towards her, his brown eyes pleading for her.

She gazed at the trembling hand of her older brother. Ardyn's white robe is now covered with ash and soaked in blood. In his right hand, a red broadsword was reflecting the glow of fire around them.

"But… I cannot… just-" she choked, "-leave them… brother."

"Sorry Astraea, our brother is right," the younger male whispered. "They are gone now, there is nothing we can do," he said, in his right hand is a bluish color broadsword identical to Ardyn and like his brother, Somnus's clothes, the black and blue robe is now torn and has several burns on it. He slowly grabbed her right trembling hand and squeezed it. "We need to leave… please. Don't let mother and father's sacrifice go to waste… we can't die here," his voice was soft like a whisper. Even with the surrounding carnage, she can still hear the sincerity of his voice.

"But… Sommy..." her voice trembled, "... we cannot just leave. Let us go back, maybe we can still save them."

"Sorry, Astraea, we can't, they are all gone… please we need to go," Ardyn said stepping forward.

Shaking her head, she took a step back. "No… I won't leave, brother…" Without warning, she turned around and went sprinting back towards the palace.

"NO! ASTRAEA!" Ardyn shouted.

Both brothers are about to run after her but an airship crashed in front of them, it burst into flames, blocking their path towards her.

"ASTRAEA!" Somnus shouted.

She did not listen to the screams of her brothers and continued to run towards the palace. Half-way there she came across a soldier.

"Your Highness! What are you still doing here! Please leave right now!"

"No! I want to fight! Let me fight!"

The soldier groaned, "Sorry Princess, you need to leave. Come... let me take you to safety," he grabbed her hand, but she yanked it back.

"LET ME GO!" she shouted and pushed the soldier, and just like before she turned around and went running again.

"PRINCESS!" the soldier shouted behind her.

While running Astraea saw the carnage around her, she could only shake her head and wipe her tears away as she continued to run. When she reached the plaza, she took a breath of air and leaned on the water fountain. Then suddenly she heard a huge explosion. She turned towards where the sound was coming from, only to see the two front towers of the palace were crumbling before her eyes.

"No…" she whispered as her knees gave way. Her tears could not stop falling as her body trembled.

Time stopped around her. She could not move or even speak. Her crimson eyes gazed at the crumbling building. She could hear the distance voices of Ardyn and Somnus behind her but decided to block all of it.

"It's my fault," she murmured to herself. "My fault," she covered her ears, but she can still hear the screams and battle around her. "NO!" she closed her eyes shut.

"ASTRAEA!"

Her crimson eyes sprung wide open to see an Iron giant in front of her. Its massive sword swung towards her. She could not move and was frozen in place.

"ASTRAEA!" both men shouted as they went in front of her.

Ardyn deflected the sword of the daemon, while Somnus went for the kill. His blue sword plunged into the daemon's heart. It howled in pain as it stepped back. Ardyn then slashed the daemon's head off and it went into the air. Her eyes followed it, it disintegrated into black smoke before reaching the ground. Its massive body fell backward and hit the ground hard. Its decapitated body turned into a pool of black goo and sunk into the ground.

"Astraea!" Ardyn yanked her up. "Let's go, now!"

Before she could react, they started running again. Somnus was leading them while Ardyn kept holding her hand. Her mind went blank as she saw the turmoil around her. Bodies of people littered the street; the houses and buildings were burning and crumbling into dust. They passed by a torn flag waving in the air. (The Fanfic cover photo (Two Phoenix silhouette facing each other, red on the right and blue on the left and in the middle is a red lotus flower.)) The crest of the kingdom of Solheim was burning slowly from the edge. The red phoenix was the first one to burn, next was the red lotus in the middle and then it reached the blue phoenix. She cried as she saw this, shaking her head as she closed her eyes. As they continued to run, her breathing started to get labor as the surrounding smoke was choking her. She coughed hard while trying to catch her breath. She closed her eyes again, for the smoke started to sting it. "We will be okay... Astra… just keep running," Ardyn said as he gripped her left hand tighter as they continued to run.

"Just don't look back," Somnus added, "We will survive this."

She opened her eyes again to see her brothers; they were exhausted, their body full of cuts and bruises. However, it did not stop them from running as fast as they could while holding her hands.

Suddenly a huge explosion caught their attention, and they looked up while running to see a giant red bird. Its crimson feather was glowing bright red, and it was attacking the few remaining airships.

"Reno…" she whispered, her crimson eyes not leaving the battle. With her eyes still fixated above, she did not notice the uneven cobbled road ahead.

She stumbled forward; her body collided with the cold, hard ground. She gasped as the pain shot up into her entire body.

"Astraea!" both men shouted.

She slowly rose with trembling hands and sat on her knees. She saw her brothers were busy fighting several armored opponents. She tried to stand up, but her knees gave up and stumbled again. She was about to try again when something burst out from the ruined palace. A giant humanoid with multiple horns, it howled as it swung his sword around, destroying the remaining towers and buildings around it. Then its gaze slid at her, its orange piercing eyes did not leave her as it walked towards her. It trampled all over the building on its way. When it is mere yards away from her. It reached for her with claw-like nails. She just sat there frozen in place as she heard Ardyn and Somnus screaming behind her. When the giant was about to reach her a beam of white light came down from the heavens. She shielded her eyes and when she opened them; she saw five humanoid figures standing in front of her. The one with black armor with swords as its wings swung its sword towards the enemy, it sliced its front horns, and it howled in pain and stumbled back. Then one of the five turned to her. She had pale blue skin, her purple eyes filled with sorrow and sadness, and it said to her. "Go." Then she felt two firm hands gripped her shoulders and yanked her away.

...

Two thousand years passed in the great city of Insomnia inside the Crystal chamber of the Citadel. Bahamut's crystal was glowing brightly as it showed the memory of what happened that day, the destruction of the kingdom of Solheim, and the start of the War of the Astrals. The spirit of the Founder King was watching it solemnly. He sighed deeply as it finished, and he closed his eyes and whispered. "In a time unknown, only a prophecy keeps hope alive in people's hearts. When darkness veils the world, the King of Light shall come," A minute later he opened his blue eyes slowly as he heard someone walking behind him.

"Your Majesty."

He turned around to see a man in his 20s. The person had blue eyes and unkempt red hair tied in a long ponytail and was wearing a black suit jacket and pants. The red-haired smiled brightly at him. "She's back-" he said, "Astraea is awake!" his eyes widened while the redhead continued to smile. "What are you waiting for? She is waiting, go to her, Founder King," he bowed down and looked up again, his smile wider than before. "Your long-awaited reunion finally came... The Fire Maiden... is waiting for you… Somnus."

"Finally," Somnus sighed, "The prophecy will soon come to pass, 'When darkness veils the world. The Flame and the Light will be called once again. The promise that was forgotten will be fulfilled and the call of the Astrals will be heard.' So, where is she? Where is Astraea... Reno?" he asked. "Where is my sister?"

A/N: HELLO! It is I LezlieHikari and thank you for reading my Fanfic. This is my first fanfiction, and English is not my first language so sorry for the grammar and spelling mistakes.

This story is about a journey of the Warriors of Light, about restoring the bond that was forgotten. The unbreakable bond that lasted throughout millennia, and the call of fate/destiny that must be fulfilled. The story will focus on the history of Solheim and the founding of the Kingdom of Lucis and will have a storyline from Kingsglaive, Brotherhood, and DLC episodes.

I will add Anime/Game quotes in each chapter; I will try using final fantasy quotes at best.

I will have guest characters from other final fantasy games, some of them will stand for my original characters. For I suck at describing appearance so I will just use my favorite character appearance (Face Claim). It will be a slow burn story; the first few chapters will focus on the life of the OC and will gradually go to the main storyline. I must warn you, my chapters are long; I mean super long... 6k to 10k words per chapter. Chapter one is short, but chapter two will have an 8-10k word count. I will be thankful if you stick on it and continue to read my story.

I will add songs from my favorite anime and games. Songs cover from YouTube by my favorite Youtubers and original soundtrack from games. This story will have a theme or song and that is Choosing Hope from FFXV Comrades.

THANK YOU! I hope you enjoy reading and have a wonderful day! ✩

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