We were walking through the darkness. Then I raised my torchlight to see the view from the top of the cliff clearly. A colony of T-Rapture is sleeping with their protective tail around them. Then a force suddenly pulled me forward.
"Aieeeee!" I screamed for help. "What the heck is this force?"
Seifer came to my rescue and caught hold of my hand before I dropped down the cliff. A few T-Raptures were awakened by my scream, searching for the cause of the loud sound.
I raised my torchlight and searched around. Light beamed around the emerging colony from T-Rapture to T-Rapture. I could see heads with red eyes glancing around them - except for one. The T-Rapture that stood on a tall hill with leaves around him. Moving his neck up calmly, the single-eyed dinosaur glared at me. The exact position. Then he made eye contact with me through the beam of light flashing at him.
A gust of wind sent a chill down my neck. Eye to eye with the leader of the colony, I shivered. I wanted to scream, GET YOUR STINKY FACE OFF ME, YOU OVERGROWNED LIZARD, but I don't think I was daring enough to attract the other dinosaurs to look at me. Even one is enough already.
Seifer and Zell pulled me up.
"The Ring of Force! This is a guide to us! The first Dynamo Stone is somewhere near the colony in front of us!" I screamed.
They ignored me and ducked from the T-Rapture's glance. No matter what, that dino's eye was locked on me already. It will be no used of ducking, I realized. I tagged Seifer and Zell and started to walk to the opposite direction. They followed me.
=Second day, morning=
I woke up and stretched. Then I started to lose my balance and dropped. I held on the thick branch I slept on last night and pulled myself up. I started searching for Zell and Seifer.
"Hey Squall, what are you waiting for? Let's buzz off now!" Zell urged me suddenly.
I turned around and saw him and Seifer below the tree. I could hardly see them below as I was on the tallest tree around the forest area.
"But, the force yesterday..." I started to complain when Seifer raised his hand for a stop signal.
"Got it," he said. "We're taking the long way as we stand no chance to cross over the colony."
I leaped down the branch to join them. Then with a soft 'THUD', I was on the ground.
"Nice dreams, huh?" Seifer laughed at me. "What dream could make you sleep so long? Your ancestors talking to you?" This made Zell giggle but he managed to control it.
"That's not funny," I said grumpily. I turned around and crossed the space in between both of them. But something made me stop. Something made my legs tremble.
A T-Rapture stood in front of me. It only has an eye.
"Noooo!" I screamed when I realized that the T-Rapture was about to stomp me. Then I slowly opened my eyes. The T-Rapture's final help of looking is gone. Zell had just crazily blasted a shot in its eye.
The T-Rapture started to howl. Then Zell fired again. This time the powerful bullet shot through the T-Rapture's stomach.
"Cool!" Seifer exclaimed. "Let me have a try!" Upon saying that, he raised his shotgun and aimed at the dinosaur's leg. He shot one powerful blast that made the T-Rapture fall to the ground. Then the ground shook for a moment as the T-Rapture fell. "Die, baby, die!" Seifer screamed as he let go shots that made the T-Rapture bleed all over.
"No way this dinosaur will come alone!" I picked up my two metre shotgun and rushed the opposite direction.
Once again, I froze. I saw big, gigantic legs. Then my head faced upwards. Seing T-raptures standing in front of me, I trembled. Once again, a gust of wind sent a chill down my neck. I was hoping I did not see what I expect behind me. With fear, I turned my head to look around - and gasped.
A pack of T-Rapture were guarding. Then, all three of us froze. We did not move a single step. Slowly, Seifer raised his gun - and released a shot that went trough a T-Rapture's open mouth.
The T-Rapture started to collapse. Then Seifer tried to shoot again. He clicked the trigger.
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK!
The sound of the clicking trigger could be heard. Desperate, Seifer fell on his knees, mouth wide opened. Then the T-Raptures started to form a circle. Then it got smaller. Smaller... Smaller...
The T-Raptures began to walk to their side, making the small circle surrounding us look like a whirlwind. As they get faster and faster, the whirlwind started to grew into a twister. No. A tornado.
Seeing an escape route, I ducked as the jaw of a T-Rapture swung and snapped above me. I felt as I was some kind of a stun actor. I shaked that off my mind and headed for the only way to get through the swirling tornado - the gap between the T-Rapture's legs.
I focused and strained m eyes to see a gap. Too fast. Then suddenly, I saw what I wanted. The first thing good since the start of this adventure. A gap.
The gap that was moving seems a million miles away. But I didn't care. Both my legs ran as fast as they could without stopping. Then I leaped through the tornado. But then, I fell. What was holding my leg? I turned to see - Seifer and Zell.
"Are you nuts?" Sweat started to cover me as I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"You mean you're gonna leave us?" Zell yelled at me.
"No, you idiot!" I yelled back. "We've got only a few seconds to get out, and now you ruined it!"
When I said that sentence, I started to feel dizzy. My eyes forced to close. I realized I was screaming. Dizzier and dizzier, darker and darker. The colours around me started to fade. And I entered a world of darkness.
=Gaia=
"What the?" I said as I started to shake my head. "Where am I?"
"Squall? Seifer?" I heard Zell shouting from nowhere. Then the darkness around me was swept away. A flash of light appeared. Then more flashes. Soon, the place was filled with brightness.
"Hey, dude!" Seifer said as he ran toward me. Zell too.
"What is this place?" I asked myself. "I'm not sure. But what's that?"
"It looks like somekind of an ugly portrait," Zell said as he picked up a picture. "Could be Piccasso's one," he said stupidly.
"No, no, no! You idiot! There!" I pointed at a tall statue that stood in front of us.
I walked to it. Then I tried reading what was it. The words stated: World of Time and Darkness. The readings were in between two squares made of wood below the statue. In each square was a space to put a semi-circle disc.
Below the stated words was a long story. I read it out:
"The World of Time and Darkness is where everyone has a chance to visit. Simply, this means it is the world of Gaia. Whichever souls will be resting here." I paused. "The story begins here. Long time ago, there was no planet, no galaxy, no stars and anything else except Gaia. Souls were counted a living thing. After a long time, science and technology started out. Souls flew out, or escaped, from Gaia. Then, the earth started to form. Planets formed. Galaxy. Stars, and everything else. Gaia was deserted - forever. This place is now the World of Time and Darkness. Problems were created. Then one day, a disc appeared. It gathered all the soul. The disc represents Gaia. Some time later, A hell soul broke it to two. It now lays somewhere in Gaia - one in the heaven, and the other in hell. Whoever who finds the disc will recombine Gaia. But this is nothing at this time. To simply say, the one who fits the disc in will be able to gain a special strength which is..." I stopped the story.
"Hey, get it on!" Seifer said.
"No more. The words are blured," I said.
I placed my both my hands in my pocket. Then I felt something. I pulled those out, and there were two semi-circle discs in each of my pocket. I was shocked.
"What the?" I said.
"Try fitting those in the space!" Zell exclaimed.
"Okay."
I fitted the disc slowly in the spaces. Then a bright, blue light started to form. I closed my eyes. The woods then started to combine, covering the 'World of Time and Darkness'. The disc then vanished, and the combined wood appeared a bright blue word: GAIA. The story's ending turned clear.
"To stop the time for a few minutes," I ended the story as three of us vanished.
=Real world=
Three guns layed in our hands. Dinosaurs paused forming a circle. We were back to the time from when we entered Gaia. The time was stopped. Without wasting a second, we all took our weapons and killed the dinosaurs. Seifer used his gunblade as a replacement.
"Not enough time," I murmured. "Not enough."
The dinoaurs started to come to live. Then we headed out through the gap. Close call. The swirling tornado keeps on moving, making the circle even smaller. Then the dinosaurs clashed together and faught each other for space to get out.
Ripping sounds were heard. Roars of pain echoed through the planet.
Soon, the ripping sounds ended. No roars could be heard. The lizards lay dead on the ground. Then I put my hands into my pocket and pulled out a disc labelled 'GAIA'. Then it broke into pieces and vanished. closing my hands, I said, "Gaia."
The path to the first Dynamo Stone was cleared. No danger anymore. Or harm. I lead the way as Seifer and Zell followed behind me. Seifer was busy reshelling his gun. Then I turned around as I heard a whisper.
"To collect all five Dynamo Stones, you need to cross adventures. Gaia is just a start to settle the Ring of Force puzzle. Remember, Ring of Force is just a puzzle. Ring of Force is just a puzzle," the whisper chanted continously, each time getting softer and softer.
Then I realized. The Ring of Force is the key to combine all the mysteries into a correct story, and the different mysteries appears on the route to collect the five Dynamo Stones.
"Aieeeee!" I screamed for help. "What the heck is this force?"
Seifer came to my rescue and caught hold of my hand before I dropped down the cliff. A few T-Raptures were awakened by my scream, searching for the cause of the loud sound.
I raised my torchlight and searched around. Light beamed around the emerging colony from T-Rapture to T-Rapture. I could see heads with red eyes glancing around them - except for one. The T-Rapture that stood on a tall hill with leaves around him. Moving his neck up calmly, the single-eyed dinosaur glared at me. The exact position. Then he made eye contact with me through the beam of light flashing at him.
A gust of wind sent a chill down my neck. Eye to eye with the leader of the colony, I shivered. I wanted to scream, GET YOUR STINKY FACE OFF ME, YOU OVERGROWNED LIZARD, but I don't think I was daring enough to attract the other dinosaurs to look at me. Even one is enough already.
Seifer and Zell pulled me up.
"The Ring of Force! This is a guide to us! The first Dynamo Stone is somewhere near the colony in front of us!" I screamed.
They ignored me and ducked from the T-Rapture's glance. No matter what, that dino's eye was locked on me already. It will be no used of ducking, I realized. I tagged Seifer and Zell and started to walk to the opposite direction. They followed me.
=Second day, morning=
I woke up and stretched. Then I started to lose my balance and dropped. I held on the thick branch I slept on last night and pulled myself up. I started searching for Zell and Seifer.
"Hey Squall, what are you waiting for? Let's buzz off now!" Zell urged me suddenly.
I turned around and saw him and Seifer below the tree. I could hardly see them below as I was on the tallest tree around the forest area.
"But, the force yesterday..." I started to complain when Seifer raised his hand for a stop signal.
"Got it," he said. "We're taking the long way as we stand no chance to cross over the colony."
I leaped down the branch to join them. Then with a soft 'THUD', I was on the ground.
"Nice dreams, huh?" Seifer laughed at me. "What dream could make you sleep so long? Your ancestors talking to you?" This made Zell giggle but he managed to control it.
"That's not funny," I said grumpily. I turned around and crossed the space in between both of them. But something made me stop. Something made my legs tremble.
A T-Rapture stood in front of me. It only has an eye.
"Noooo!" I screamed when I realized that the T-Rapture was about to stomp me. Then I slowly opened my eyes. The T-Rapture's final help of looking is gone. Zell had just crazily blasted a shot in its eye.
The T-Rapture started to howl. Then Zell fired again. This time the powerful bullet shot through the T-Rapture's stomach.
"Cool!" Seifer exclaimed. "Let me have a try!" Upon saying that, he raised his shotgun and aimed at the dinosaur's leg. He shot one powerful blast that made the T-Rapture fall to the ground. Then the ground shook for a moment as the T-Rapture fell. "Die, baby, die!" Seifer screamed as he let go shots that made the T-Rapture bleed all over.
"No way this dinosaur will come alone!" I picked up my two metre shotgun and rushed the opposite direction.
Once again, I froze. I saw big, gigantic legs. Then my head faced upwards. Seing T-raptures standing in front of me, I trembled. Once again, a gust of wind sent a chill down my neck. I was hoping I did not see what I expect behind me. With fear, I turned my head to look around - and gasped.
A pack of T-Rapture were guarding. Then, all three of us froze. We did not move a single step. Slowly, Seifer raised his gun - and released a shot that went trough a T-Rapture's open mouth.
The T-Rapture started to collapse. Then Seifer tried to shoot again. He clicked the trigger.
CLICK!
CLICK!
CLICK!
The sound of the clicking trigger could be heard. Desperate, Seifer fell on his knees, mouth wide opened. Then the T-Raptures started to form a circle. Then it got smaller. Smaller... Smaller...
The T-Raptures began to walk to their side, making the small circle surrounding us look like a whirlwind. As they get faster and faster, the whirlwind started to grew into a twister. No. A tornado.
Seeing an escape route, I ducked as the jaw of a T-Rapture swung and snapped above me. I felt as I was some kind of a stun actor. I shaked that off my mind and headed for the only way to get through the swirling tornado - the gap between the T-Rapture's legs.
I focused and strained m eyes to see a gap. Too fast. Then suddenly, I saw what I wanted. The first thing good since the start of this adventure. A gap.
The gap that was moving seems a million miles away. But I didn't care. Both my legs ran as fast as they could without stopping. Then I leaped through the tornado. But then, I fell. What was holding my leg? I turned to see - Seifer and Zell.
"Are you nuts?" Sweat started to cover me as I screamed at the top of my lungs.
"You mean you're gonna leave us?" Zell yelled at me.
"No, you idiot!" I yelled back. "We've got only a few seconds to get out, and now you ruined it!"
When I said that sentence, I started to feel dizzy. My eyes forced to close. I realized I was screaming. Dizzier and dizzier, darker and darker. The colours around me started to fade. And I entered a world of darkness.
=Gaia=
"What the?" I said as I started to shake my head. "Where am I?"
"Squall? Seifer?" I heard Zell shouting from nowhere. Then the darkness around me was swept away. A flash of light appeared. Then more flashes. Soon, the place was filled with brightness.
"Hey, dude!" Seifer said as he ran toward me. Zell too.
"What is this place?" I asked myself. "I'm not sure. But what's that?"
"It looks like somekind of an ugly portrait," Zell said as he picked up a picture. "Could be Piccasso's one," he said stupidly.
"No, no, no! You idiot! There!" I pointed at a tall statue that stood in front of us.
I walked to it. Then I tried reading what was it. The words stated: World of Time and Darkness. The readings were in between two squares made of wood below the statue. In each square was a space to put a semi-circle disc.
Below the stated words was a long story. I read it out:
"The World of Time and Darkness is where everyone has a chance to visit. Simply, this means it is the world of Gaia. Whichever souls will be resting here." I paused. "The story begins here. Long time ago, there was no planet, no galaxy, no stars and anything else except Gaia. Souls were counted a living thing. After a long time, science and technology started out. Souls flew out, or escaped, from Gaia. Then, the earth started to form. Planets formed. Galaxy. Stars, and everything else. Gaia was deserted - forever. This place is now the World of Time and Darkness. Problems were created. Then one day, a disc appeared. It gathered all the soul. The disc represents Gaia. Some time later, A hell soul broke it to two. It now lays somewhere in Gaia - one in the heaven, and the other in hell. Whoever who finds the disc will recombine Gaia. But this is nothing at this time. To simply say, the one who fits the disc in will be able to gain a special strength which is..." I stopped the story.
"Hey, get it on!" Seifer said.
"No more. The words are blured," I said.
I placed my both my hands in my pocket. Then I felt something. I pulled those out, and there were two semi-circle discs in each of my pocket. I was shocked.
"What the?" I said.
"Try fitting those in the space!" Zell exclaimed.
"Okay."
I fitted the disc slowly in the spaces. Then a bright, blue light started to form. I closed my eyes. The woods then started to combine, covering the 'World of Time and Darkness'. The disc then vanished, and the combined wood appeared a bright blue word: GAIA. The story's ending turned clear.
"To stop the time for a few minutes," I ended the story as three of us vanished.
=Real world=
Three guns layed in our hands. Dinosaurs paused forming a circle. We were back to the time from when we entered Gaia. The time was stopped. Without wasting a second, we all took our weapons and killed the dinosaurs. Seifer used his gunblade as a replacement.
"Not enough time," I murmured. "Not enough."
The dinoaurs started to come to live. Then we headed out through the gap. Close call. The swirling tornado keeps on moving, making the circle even smaller. Then the dinosaurs clashed together and faught each other for space to get out.
Ripping sounds were heard. Roars of pain echoed through the planet.
Soon, the ripping sounds ended. No roars could be heard. The lizards lay dead on the ground. Then I put my hands into my pocket and pulled out a disc labelled 'GAIA'. Then it broke into pieces and vanished. closing my hands, I said, "Gaia."
The path to the first Dynamo Stone was cleared. No danger anymore. Or harm. I lead the way as Seifer and Zell followed behind me. Seifer was busy reshelling his gun. Then I turned around as I heard a whisper.
"To collect all five Dynamo Stones, you need to cross adventures. Gaia is just a start to settle the Ring of Force puzzle. Remember, Ring of Force is just a puzzle. Ring of Force is just a puzzle," the whisper chanted continously, each time getting softer and softer.
Then I realized. The Ring of Force is the key to combine all the mysteries into a correct story, and the different mysteries appears on the route to collect the five Dynamo Stones.