We were in a dark, gloomy forest. Incests crawl everywhere around us. The trees were as tall as a ten-storey house. Fruits bear on some trees.
Suddenly, Zell stopped moving. Then he turned around and looked up curiously at a fruit hanging on a tree branch. Without waiting, he climbed up the tall tree by grabbing on it's short branches. He reached up to the fruit and managed to stretch his hand to pluck a few fruits off the tree.
"Hungry?" He asked, tossing fruits down to us as Seifer and I received the fruits.
"Gee, thanks," I expressed my grattitude as I started munching on the strange looking fruit.
With his left hand grabbing on a small branch, Zell grabbed more fruits with his right hand and served himself.
"Tasty and crispy," he exclaimed, munching on the fruits. With that he grabbed another fruit and tossed it in his mouth. Not munching those, his eyes stared at something else.
A golden fruit hanged on to a branch in front of him. He plucked the fruit and examined it. Then he tried a bite of it.
"Delicious!" he said. Without thinking, he ate up the rest of the golden fruit. Then he slided down the tree.
"Go, go, go!" Seifer ordered as he pushed Zell.
"Okay, okay! You won't have to push me! I've got a brain and mind of my own!" Zell yelled.
"I thought you were losing your mind, so I ordered you," Seifer shot back.
"Guys, it's time to go. Stop quarelling," I said as I broke them up.
Along our way, I was hoping we wouldn't meet any T-Raptures. Well, too bad that won't come true. We kept our journey. We three are armed with weapons of our own.
=Night time=
The forest is getting creepy, and T-Rapture howls could be heard. Suddenly, rain started to pour. The wind started to howl. The sound of rustling leaves could be heard everywhere. A thunder striked a tree nearby, making it fall.
Then something caught my ear. A loud, clear long howl was heard. So loud, I trembled with fear. I stopped my movements for a moment. Then I turned around, seeing the striked tree fall. Behind it was two, glaring red eyes.
The eyes started to motion. They moved towards us. Then the T-Rapture came to view. A gigantic one, which might be able to crush a whole army of tankers with both legs. Or maybe even one leg.
Fear struck me as I came face to face with the T-Rapture. It's mouth wide opened, ready to attack. Saliva drooled out.
Seifer, the most crazy twelve year old boy, made the first move. Crazily, he released shots that was aimed for the T-Rapture.
No effect. Not a stain was left on the T-Rapture.
I turned around, ready to run. I controlled myself from screaming. I knew it would wake the other T-Raptures.
Too late. A scream was heard echoing through the forest. "Nooooo!" Zell screamed as he picked up his gun and shot the dinosaur. Still no effect.
Then, as I saw both my adventure partners battling, I joined them. I couldn't just leave them while I run. The T-Rapture that was ready to pounce on us drew closer for a higher chance to capture us. His tail swished wildly as he howled in exitement.
"No. Please, don't let it be!" I said.
More red eyes came to view. The nearer thay came, the brighter it grew. Soon, I realized the T-apture we were battling is no ordinary T-Rapture. It has the power and will to regroup his troops. Then, a flash crossed us.
A man jumped in front of us, wearing a torn Galbadia uniform. He was equipped with a larger gun in his right hand, a torchlight in his left hand and a knife behind him. He was wearing a small backpack.
"Hurry! Run! Before it's too late!" He instructed.
"It is too late already!" Seifer said sarcastically.
"No, it's not!" He protested. "Now run!"
With that, he clicked the trigger of his gattling gun. Still no effect against the leader of the colony. His gun swung around, aiming nothing. The troop of T-Rapture fell down on the floor with a few loud 'THUD'. Only the leader was left.
"See?" he insisted. "I told you guys it wasn't too late!" He ran away, leading. We followed him.
The loud footsteps of the emerging T-Rapture still could be heard.
"In here!" The unknown man took out his backpack and tossed it in a cave entrance. Then he leaped inside, followed by Seifer, Zell and me.
"Safe again," I said.
The entrance was small, but the cave is wide and big. There stood an old table, chair, a torn sleeping bag, a hoe by the cave wall and on top of the cave was a lamp giving out a damp light. I spotted two more different entrance each leading to a small room.
The man told us his name. He explained everything. He was one of the soldiers that came to the planet twelve years ago and he's a Galbadian Soldier. He is now thirty. He showed us the small room where he kept shells and weapons. Then he showed us the other room. It was full of boxes of candles. He said he uses the hoe to open up the two rooms. The candles are used for the light.
Finally, he lead us to another bigger room with a secret entrance. There was food and drink supply enough for a few more years. He said he built that room using the tools from the Ragnarok ship.
"So, Bond, how about the other soldiers?" I questioned.
"...dead. None of them was able to escape," he explained.
"Too bad, but at least you're alive," I said. "Have you seen any special stones or something in these twelve years when there are no T-Rapture's?"
"Er, no. I mean, yes."
"What?" Seifer, Zell and I asked.
"There is somekind of a tree in this forest that happens to be, erm, invulnerable," he explained. "It's like a shield protecting it from letting anyone, or anything, go near it. Not only that, it's a golden coloured tree. Or is it shining in golden colour?"
"That must be it! Bring me there tomorrow!" I said eagerly.
"No, you mean 'us'!" Seifer corrected me with a grin.
"Did you see anykind of like a, monster or guardian over there?" I asked Bond.
"I think I did. It looks like a skeleton, just taller." Bond stood up from his chair and said good night.
After the light is off, a sound could be heard. "Cool!" Zell exclaimed. He dropped down on the ground and closed his eyes.
=Third day, morning=
Morning dew was on the leaves. The breeze of the jungle was so cooling. A waterfall was seen. We drank a few gulps of water from the fresh river water with fishes inside. Then we continued our journey.
In front of us stood a golden tree. No shield could be seen.
"This is it," Bond showed us the tree.
"No monster, right?" Zell asked. "Or I'll beat 'em up!" He started to shadow-punch.
I started to walk slowly and cautiously towards the tree. Suddenly, a powerful force could be felt. I was pushed away a few metres from the tree. Then the tree's shield became visible.
"Any creature shall not disobey me! I am the Lord of Destruction!" Then a skeleton showed itself. I realized it was a little different than an Abadon.
Suddenly, I started to get warm. Warmer than how I've ever been. Then my brain stopped functioning. It was empty. Then I started to get angry. I felt as if my head was about to burst. My face turned red as steam came out from my head. Anger was over me.
"Whoever who fights me will never get a good ending!" The monster shouted as he started to cackle.
"Damn you guys!" I took out my gunblade and started to slash the air wildly. Thinking nothing, my slashings were crazily released.
A few slashes miss. A few slashes got Seifer, Zell and Bond. Then my feelings got hoter. My whole body was steaming. All turning red. Then hotter.
"Hahahahaha! Very nice slashes you got there!" The skeleton said as he continued. "Tell you what, if you get angrier, you get hotter. Then you will die! For the time being, you ae my follower!" He started to cackle again. "Who else dares to fight me?"
No answer. Nobody dared to go near the shield. They just kept on evading my slashes.
"Now, that's the judgement! I am the Lord of Destruction! Fella, destroy them!" He started to cackle again. This time his cackles were more evil. More of showing his satisfaction. More of showing his feeling to doom people. "If only anybody can cast Curaga on me, the boy will be safe! Too bad for you, I've got a shield!" He started to cackle again.
Suddenly, the bleeding Zell stepped through the shield. His fists grew red. He had no patient anymore. He casted Curaga on the skeleton, and then it started to melt.
"Whoah? Don't tell me you... ate the golden fruit?" He said as he melted. Half soft, half hard, his bones started to break apart.
Zell ran and stepped on the skeleton's skull. It broke into smaller pieces and in it, was a piece of paper that reacts as the guardians brain and generates him his knowledge. It has many readings. At the end of the paper was written something:
"The golden fruit is created by the Angel to cross the skeleton's shield safely. Then the fruit can't be destroyed, so the skeleton hid it somewhere in the forest that is safe and would never be found either by the Angel or anyone else." Zell said aloud.
I started to turn back normal, then I cooled myself down. I was okay, I realized. Then I saw that the skeleton was gone, as I hadn't been thinking just a moment ago.
Zell looked around cautiously, and climbed the tree behind the half melted guardian. He picked up a shining gold stone from the tree's hollow and showed it to us. It was the Dynamo Stone. Thenthe bright glow from the tree faded away.
Zell jumped down and showed all of us the gold glowing stone and started to explain it to Bond.
Bond held a hand up to stop Zell. "I knew it all along that you were looking for these stones. After all, I've been in the Ragnarok ship, don't I?"
Suddenly, Zell stopped moving. Then he turned around and looked up curiously at a fruit hanging on a tree branch. Without waiting, he climbed up the tall tree by grabbing on it's short branches. He reached up to the fruit and managed to stretch his hand to pluck a few fruits off the tree.
"Hungry?" He asked, tossing fruits down to us as Seifer and I received the fruits.
"Gee, thanks," I expressed my grattitude as I started munching on the strange looking fruit.
With his left hand grabbing on a small branch, Zell grabbed more fruits with his right hand and served himself.
"Tasty and crispy," he exclaimed, munching on the fruits. With that he grabbed another fruit and tossed it in his mouth. Not munching those, his eyes stared at something else.
A golden fruit hanged on to a branch in front of him. He plucked the fruit and examined it. Then he tried a bite of it.
"Delicious!" he said. Without thinking, he ate up the rest of the golden fruit. Then he slided down the tree.
"Go, go, go!" Seifer ordered as he pushed Zell.
"Okay, okay! You won't have to push me! I've got a brain and mind of my own!" Zell yelled.
"I thought you were losing your mind, so I ordered you," Seifer shot back.
"Guys, it's time to go. Stop quarelling," I said as I broke them up.
Along our way, I was hoping we wouldn't meet any T-Raptures. Well, too bad that won't come true. We kept our journey. We three are armed with weapons of our own.
=Night time=
The forest is getting creepy, and T-Rapture howls could be heard. Suddenly, rain started to pour. The wind started to howl. The sound of rustling leaves could be heard everywhere. A thunder striked a tree nearby, making it fall.
Then something caught my ear. A loud, clear long howl was heard. So loud, I trembled with fear. I stopped my movements for a moment. Then I turned around, seeing the striked tree fall. Behind it was two, glaring red eyes.
The eyes started to motion. They moved towards us. Then the T-Rapture came to view. A gigantic one, which might be able to crush a whole army of tankers with both legs. Or maybe even one leg.
Fear struck me as I came face to face with the T-Rapture. It's mouth wide opened, ready to attack. Saliva drooled out.
Seifer, the most crazy twelve year old boy, made the first move. Crazily, he released shots that was aimed for the T-Rapture.
No effect. Not a stain was left on the T-Rapture.
I turned around, ready to run. I controlled myself from screaming. I knew it would wake the other T-Raptures.
Too late. A scream was heard echoing through the forest. "Nooooo!" Zell screamed as he picked up his gun and shot the dinosaur. Still no effect.
Then, as I saw both my adventure partners battling, I joined them. I couldn't just leave them while I run. The T-Rapture that was ready to pounce on us drew closer for a higher chance to capture us. His tail swished wildly as he howled in exitement.
"No. Please, don't let it be!" I said.
More red eyes came to view. The nearer thay came, the brighter it grew. Soon, I realized the T-apture we were battling is no ordinary T-Rapture. It has the power and will to regroup his troops. Then, a flash crossed us.
A man jumped in front of us, wearing a torn Galbadia uniform. He was equipped with a larger gun in his right hand, a torchlight in his left hand and a knife behind him. He was wearing a small backpack.
"Hurry! Run! Before it's too late!" He instructed.
"It is too late already!" Seifer said sarcastically.
"No, it's not!" He protested. "Now run!"
With that, he clicked the trigger of his gattling gun. Still no effect against the leader of the colony. His gun swung around, aiming nothing. The troop of T-Rapture fell down on the floor with a few loud 'THUD'. Only the leader was left.
"See?" he insisted. "I told you guys it wasn't too late!" He ran away, leading. We followed him.
The loud footsteps of the emerging T-Rapture still could be heard.
"In here!" The unknown man took out his backpack and tossed it in a cave entrance. Then he leaped inside, followed by Seifer, Zell and me.
"Safe again," I said.
The entrance was small, but the cave is wide and big. There stood an old table, chair, a torn sleeping bag, a hoe by the cave wall and on top of the cave was a lamp giving out a damp light. I spotted two more different entrance each leading to a small room.
The man told us his name. He explained everything. He was one of the soldiers that came to the planet twelve years ago and he's a Galbadian Soldier. He is now thirty. He showed us the small room where he kept shells and weapons. Then he showed us the other room. It was full of boxes of candles. He said he uses the hoe to open up the two rooms. The candles are used for the light.
Finally, he lead us to another bigger room with a secret entrance. There was food and drink supply enough for a few more years. He said he built that room using the tools from the Ragnarok ship.
"So, Bond, how about the other soldiers?" I questioned.
"...dead. None of them was able to escape," he explained.
"Too bad, but at least you're alive," I said. "Have you seen any special stones or something in these twelve years when there are no T-Rapture's?"
"Er, no. I mean, yes."
"What?" Seifer, Zell and I asked.
"There is somekind of a tree in this forest that happens to be, erm, invulnerable," he explained. "It's like a shield protecting it from letting anyone, or anything, go near it. Not only that, it's a golden coloured tree. Or is it shining in golden colour?"
"That must be it! Bring me there tomorrow!" I said eagerly.
"No, you mean 'us'!" Seifer corrected me with a grin.
"Did you see anykind of like a, monster or guardian over there?" I asked Bond.
"I think I did. It looks like a skeleton, just taller." Bond stood up from his chair and said good night.
After the light is off, a sound could be heard. "Cool!" Zell exclaimed. He dropped down on the ground and closed his eyes.
=Third day, morning=
Morning dew was on the leaves. The breeze of the jungle was so cooling. A waterfall was seen. We drank a few gulps of water from the fresh river water with fishes inside. Then we continued our journey.
In front of us stood a golden tree. No shield could be seen.
"This is it," Bond showed us the tree.
"No monster, right?" Zell asked. "Or I'll beat 'em up!" He started to shadow-punch.
I started to walk slowly and cautiously towards the tree. Suddenly, a powerful force could be felt. I was pushed away a few metres from the tree. Then the tree's shield became visible.
"Any creature shall not disobey me! I am the Lord of Destruction!" Then a skeleton showed itself. I realized it was a little different than an Abadon.
Suddenly, I started to get warm. Warmer than how I've ever been. Then my brain stopped functioning. It was empty. Then I started to get angry. I felt as if my head was about to burst. My face turned red as steam came out from my head. Anger was over me.
"Whoever who fights me will never get a good ending!" The monster shouted as he started to cackle.
"Damn you guys!" I took out my gunblade and started to slash the air wildly. Thinking nothing, my slashings were crazily released.
A few slashes miss. A few slashes got Seifer, Zell and Bond. Then my feelings got hoter. My whole body was steaming. All turning red. Then hotter.
"Hahahahaha! Very nice slashes you got there!" The skeleton said as he continued. "Tell you what, if you get angrier, you get hotter. Then you will die! For the time being, you ae my follower!" He started to cackle again. "Who else dares to fight me?"
No answer. Nobody dared to go near the shield. They just kept on evading my slashes.
"Now, that's the judgement! I am the Lord of Destruction! Fella, destroy them!" He started to cackle again. This time his cackles were more evil. More of showing his satisfaction. More of showing his feeling to doom people. "If only anybody can cast Curaga on me, the boy will be safe! Too bad for you, I've got a shield!" He started to cackle again.
Suddenly, the bleeding Zell stepped through the shield. His fists grew red. He had no patient anymore. He casted Curaga on the skeleton, and then it started to melt.
"Whoah? Don't tell me you... ate the golden fruit?" He said as he melted. Half soft, half hard, his bones started to break apart.
Zell ran and stepped on the skeleton's skull. It broke into smaller pieces and in it, was a piece of paper that reacts as the guardians brain and generates him his knowledge. It has many readings. At the end of the paper was written something:
"The golden fruit is created by the Angel to cross the skeleton's shield safely. Then the fruit can't be destroyed, so the skeleton hid it somewhere in the forest that is safe and would never be found either by the Angel or anyone else." Zell said aloud.
I started to turn back normal, then I cooled myself down. I was okay, I realized. Then I saw that the skeleton was gone, as I hadn't been thinking just a moment ago.
Zell looked around cautiously, and climbed the tree behind the half melted guardian. He picked up a shining gold stone from the tree's hollow and showed it to us. It was the Dynamo Stone. Thenthe bright glow from the tree faded away.
Zell jumped down and showed all of us the gold glowing stone and started to explain it to Bond.
Bond held a hand up to stop Zell. "I knew it all along that you were looking for these stones. After all, I've been in the Ragnarok ship, don't I?"