Chapter Three
Terra got up and walked out of the building, she sat down on a rock and Celes hurried to follow her. Locke still standing beside Terra's bed felt less suspicious of Terra, after hearing her story. But Terra still had not explained her appearance.
"Celes, there were too many monsters around. I - I made them stay inside and never to come out. That why no one else would be hurt, but too many monsters came and I had no way of defending myself without magic, these monsters - they fly high and fast. Even if I had a sword or weapon, I could not reach them. S - So I sent them on ships to this town hoping that we could escape to a safe region of the world. When the ships we were on were nearing the village and I saw the flames ahead I knew nothing was right at all. We were still in the ocean, and some children could not swim. When our ship was caught in fire, I was in desparate panic, I made the children who could swim, swim, and I am sure that they are safe. There were about five that were left behind. As you know, in my esper form I could fly, and so I transferred, and I carried three of them back into this building. The one you saw me in, I made it safe, I was going back for the last two when I saw our ship explode in flames. I knew that the two children were dead, and that is when I learned of sorrow, of pain, and sadness for I would never see them again.
I was standing in the building preparing to fly out, that is when you came."
Celes watched Terra shed glistenning tear drops, and she felt so sad too. So sad for the poor innocent children, but the unnatural way that this esper had to learn the human emotions she yearned for. It was cruel to Terra that she did not manage to save the two children, for Celes knew that Terra would ponder about this throughout her life.
Locke too heard Terra's story, and he felt ashamed of his mistrust. He had always been a bit wary of her, and her wonderful, powerful magic. But now it was sealed away, and there was going to be a hard time, of stopping the new evil without Terra's magic. It seemed that Celes was the only one. It was true, so true that they learned the esper's magic, of Bahamut, Carbuncle, Shiva, and so on. But as soon as Terra sealed off her magic, she took all the esper's magic with them. Only Celes had magic that was without esper. And still Celes did not have the Ultima spell, the ultimate magic.
In Locke's mind however, he partly blamed Terra for the two chldren's death. Even though he knew that she had done the best she could. He rushed to Terra, blaming her.
"Why didn't you fly back sooner? You have the esper form, faster than any airship, why didn't you try harder?", he said meanly.
"Locke, I tried, I didn't mean to - I'm so sorry.", Terra cried. Terra ran away back to her bed, sobbing vehemently.
"I can't believe you just said that. After we discussed this, first you thought she caused the fires, now you're being so mean to her, after what she had gone through, have you no heart? Go away Locke, Terra doesn't need a person like you. Just go away."
Celes' words stung Locke deeply, and he knew she was right. That he had no reason to blame Terra, in truth he knew that all he was doing was taking out his anger on Terra. Still not wanting to admit that and apologise, he stormed off helping others elsewhere.
Celes sat by Terra, taling with her, catching up more on their old friendship. In the evening when Terra had finally recovered from her shock, Celes and her discussed a way to finding the new evil that was causing this.
"Terra, if we are to defeat this thing, we must use magic. More than ever is it needed, after you sealed the esper magic away, only I have magic left. But it's not good enough, I don't have Ultima.", Celes looked away, and sighed. The signs did not look good for a victory - a victory if they actually found the evil source.
"Celes, I - I think I remember something when I was thrown out of the esper world. I think that another esper came out also when I was thrown out. He was older than me, he ran away - hiding in the woods. I called for him to help me but he ignored me and ran on. I knew he was afraid so I forgave him. But now I'm not so sure, I have never seen him since. I do not even know if he is alive, if we can find him, he may unlock all our magic, Locke's, Setzer's, Sabin's, Cyan's, and everyone else's, even Gau's.", Terra said. For a while, at the mention of Gau, but Celes and Terra managed a smile.
"Well Terra, what are we waiting for? It's time to find the last of the espers, well now that you don't have magic anymore...isn't he THE esper?", she joked.
Terra laughed, and they were both glad that old friends were met again. They both began to wonder where Locke was, strangely Celes hadn't seen him since the afternoon when she had got mad with him. Now, she felt a bit ashamed that she had yelled at him so meanly. She hoped that he was alright.
"Terra, you go to bed now. It's quite late, I'll see where Locke is - and again, I'm sorry for what he said. He's just confused, and scared. See you tomorrow."
"Celes - wait! I have something to tell you, something important."
Terra got up and walked out of the building, she sat down on a rock and Celes hurried to follow her. Locke still standing beside Terra's bed felt less suspicious of Terra, after hearing her story. But Terra still had not explained her appearance.
"Celes, there were too many monsters around. I - I made them stay inside and never to come out. That why no one else would be hurt, but too many monsters came and I had no way of defending myself without magic, these monsters - they fly high and fast. Even if I had a sword or weapon, I could not reach them. S - So I sent them on ships to this town hoping that we could escape to a safe region of the world. When the ships we were on were nearing the village and I saw the flames ahead I knew nothing was right at all. We were still in the ocean, and some children could not swim. When our ship was caught in fire, I was in desparate panic, I made the children who could swim, swim, and I am sure that they are safe. There were about five that were left behind. As you know, in my esper form I could fly, and so I transferred, and I carried three of them back into this building. The one you saw me in, I made it safe, I was going back for the last two when I saw our ship explode in flames. I knew that the two children were dead, and that is when I learned of sorrow, of pain, and sadness for I would never see them again.
I was standing in the building preparing to fly out, that is when you came."
Celes watched Terra shed glistenning tear drops, and she felt so sad too. So sad for the poor innocent children, but the unnatural way that this esper had to learn the human emotions she yearned for. It was cruel to Terra that she did not manage to save the two children, for Celes knew that Terra would ponder about this throughout her life.
Locke too heard Terra's story, and he felt ashamed of his mistrust. He had always been a bit wary of her, and her wonderful, powerful magic. But now it was sealed away, and there was going to be a hard time, of stopping the new evil without Terra's magic. It seemed that Celes was the only one. It was true, so true that they learned the esper's magic, of Bahamut, Carbuncle, Shiva, and so on. But as soon as Terra sealed off her magic, she took all the esper's magic with them. Only Celes had magic that was without esper. And still Celes did not have the Ultima spell, the ultimate magic.
In Locke's mind however, he partly blamed Terra for the two chldren's death. Even though he knew that she had done the best she could. He rushed to Terra, blaming her.
"Why didn't you fly back sooner? You have the esper form, faster than any airship, why didn't you try harder?", he said meanly.
"Locke, I tried, I didn't mean to - I'm so sorry.", Terra cried. Terra ran away back to her bed, sobbing vehemently.
"I can't believe you just said that. After we discussed this, first you thought she caused the fires, now you're being so mean to her, after what she had gone through, have you no heart? Go away Locke, Terra doesn't need a person like you. Just go away."
Celes' words stung Locke deeply, and he knew she was right. That he had no reason to blame Terra, in truth he knew that all he was doing was taking out his anger on Terra. Still not wanting to admit that and apologise, he stormed off helping others elsewhere.
Celes sat by Terra, taling with her, catching up more on their old friendship. In the evening when Terra had finally recovered from her shock, Celes and her discussed a way to finding the new evil that was causing this.
"Terra, if we are to defeat this thing, we must use magic. More than ever is it needed, after you sealed the esper magic away, only I have magic left. But it's not good enough, I don't have Ultima.", Celes looked away, and sighed. The signs did not look good for a victory - a victory if they actually found the evil source.
"Celes, I - I think I remember something when I was thrown out of the esper world. I think that another esper came out also when I was thrown out. He was older than me, he ran away - hiding in the woods. I called for him to help me but he ignored me and ran on. I knew he was afraid so I forgave him. But now I'm not so sure, I have never seen him since. I do not even know if he is alive, if we can find him, he may unlock all our magic, Locke's, Setzer's, Sabin's, Cyan's, and everyone else's, even Gau's.", Terra said. For a while, at the mention of Gau, but Celes and Terra managed a smile.
"Well Terra, what are we waiting for? It's time to find the last of the espers, well now that you don't have magic anymore...isn't he THE esper?", she joked.
Terra laughed, and they were both glad that old friends were met again. They both began to wonder where Locke was, strangely Celes hadn't seen him since the afternoon when she had got mad with him. Now, she felt a bit ashamed that she had yelled at him so meanly. She hoped that he was alright.
"Terra, you go to bed now. It's quite late, I'll see where Locke is - and again, I'm sorry for what he said. He's just confused, and scared. See you tomorrow."
"Celes - wait! I have something to tell you, something important."