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PART 6

Locke lead Terra South, to Figaro Castle.

First they manouvered around some mountains. Then, they went some woods. Then some
grassland. Finally, they entered the desert.

Desert Crawler: Kiiidseeen!!!
Locke: Terra! Help me fight him!
Desert Crawler: [SANDSTORM]
Locke and Terra: AAAAAAAHHH!!!
Terra: [FIRE]
Desert Crawler: Geee! It buuuuurnsssssss!!!
Locke: [FIGHT] Hiiiiyaaaaaa!!!
Desert Crawler: [DIES]

Locke: Yah! Woohoo! We killed his sorry desert butt!
Terra: ...

Locke: Now... Figaro Castle should be somewhere around here....
Terra: Is that it?
Locke: No, that's just a... But... But... NOO!!! Come on, help me look for Figaro!
Terra: What is it?
Locke: The Empire's Raiding Party, getting ready to attack!
Terra: ...

Locke frantically ran around, trying to find Figaro.

Locke: We simply MUST find Figaro and warn King Edgar!

Terra: I... I think I see it!

Locke: Yes! There it is!

Locke ran as fast as he could, and Terra followed.

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Figaro Guard: No admittance! Oh... It's you! In that case, you ma enter.

Terra and Locke make their way towards the Throne Room.

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Locke: Edgar! I'm here!

("CHARACTER: Edgar. The heir to the throne, won the throne in a coin toss against his
brother, Sabin.")
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Edgar: So... This is... THE one? And I mean | THE | ONE!!!
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Locke: Yup. This is THE one. The MAGIC USER! I saw her use some too!

Terra looked at the ground.

Terra: ...

Edgar rushed to her side.

Edgar: Hi! I'm King Edgar of Figaro Castle! The people of Figaro pretend to allied with
the Empire, but we're really on the side of the Returners...

Locke: That's just the thing! On the way, we saw tens, maybe hundreds, of Magitek
Soldiers!

Edgar: WHAT?!

Locke: You need to get of here, now! They were just at the adge of the desert!

Edgar: ... We'll move tomorrow. Right now, you need some rest!

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3 hours later
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Royal Guard: There's s...s...someone t-to see you, Ed...Ed...Edgar!

Edgar: Who is it?

Kefka: ME! Mwahahaha!

Edgar: Kefka! With all your soldiers, too... I though we were allies!

Kefka: Well, it's like this... We're looking for certain woman... Unimportant, of course!

Edgar: Hmmm... There are so many girls 'round here, it's hard to keep track of them all!

Kefka: Well, if it's like that, then I hope a certain thing won't happen to your castle...
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Kefka, along with his guards, walked off into the desert and out of sight.

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NEXT DAY
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Edgar: [gets out of bed] What?! What's all that racket?!

Edgar rushed out of his royal bedroom. The whole castle was burning.

Guard: Kefka... Came... Burning... Everything, burning!!!

Edgar: NURSE!!!!!

Nurse: Yes, Edgar?

Edgar: Get this guard out here!

Nurse: Yes, sir! Right away, sir!

Kefka: Have you changed your mind yet, Edgar?

Edgar: No! [whistles]

Three Chocobos (big yellow birds that you can ride on) ran around the corner of the
Castle.

Edgar: Gando! Get ready to go!

Gando: Yes, sir!

Edgar jumped on a chocobo and ran around the castle. Terra and Locke jumped on the other
chocobos when they passed under the bridge.

Locke: This is great!

The castle's wings started to retract. All the guards shut the doors and went inside.
The castle started to burrow underground.

Kefka: Vwaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Kefka was flung off of the castle at a tremendous speed.

Kefka: Guards! Get them!!

The Magitek Guard ran towards the three on the chocobos.

Terra used fire against him.

Edgar: Did you just see that?!?

Locke: Yeah! It was MAGIC! M - A - G - I - C!!!

Edgar: M
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MAGIC?!?!?

Terra: ...

Locke: Yes...

Edgar: Sorry, Terra, I've just never seen... M A G I C being performed!!

Terra: ...

Locke: Anyway... Back to the guard!

I couldn't say they did it quickly, but they killed the Magitek Guard.

Locke: Yesssss!!!

Terra: ...

Kefka: Oooh, I'll get you, just you wait!!!

Edgar: Ooh, you scare me!

Locke: Hehehehe....

Terra: ...

Edgar: Let's go!

After they went a ways, Edgar announced their plans.

Edgar: Terra, we're taking you South to the Returner's hideout to meet Banon.

Terra: Banon?

Edgar: Yes, he's the head man at the Returner's hideout.

The three headed south...

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Next up: Terra, Locke and Edgar head South and meet Banon. An injured Returner stumble
sin. The hideout had been discovered! What will they do?