Ch-- 13 The Crystal Falcon

I sit alone in the glowing crystal box that has held me for centuries with out the touch of a human to me. In the box next to mine is that of the Crystal Gauntlet that of which hasn't been touched for that amount of time either? The odd bright snow white of the Palace walls are brightened with the light of the sun for the first time in thousands of years since the planet sunk it and the city below. My keeper hasn't seen me in that long either so I sit here collecting dust. She ran away from her parents, the dreaded Crystal King and Queen their only use for they're daughter seems to be to carry me to and from the room so she ran away shortly before it was swallowed up I think she knew it was going to happen some how. Recently things have changed though not just the Palace finally having light shine on it but other things as well. Visitors came yesterday and cut the King and Queen down with swords of extreme power as they stood in front of the door. They tried to enter several times each time they were shoved back by the power because only the keeper may enter the room the Keeper or her Knight. Neither has been seen since the world swallowed us I think she might have died probably of old age with her Knight by her side to the very end true and true that would mean that I would have a new Keeper. If I should try hard enough I could focus my power and find her but if I did then I would not be able to conceal my glow and the new King and Queen might break the seal and I might fall into the Hands of evil once again.

"What are we to do with the room Aloria" The white haired one said sitting down Male obviously strong build glowing eyes and the appearance of that of a Cetra not a Citica. I could sense strong magic around both of them especially the raven-haired woman. She had the appearance of the Queen deep blue eyes long black hair and a small slender build.

"I don't know! Find someway to break the shield! If we have to kidnap Skylie!" The woman whose name was Aloria said as she slammed her fist on the table in the other room. She had a short temper and was obliviously in need of some counseling.

"Kidnap Skylie? Why?" He said cocking his head to the side.

"She's the Keeper not the Knight!"

"Is that why you wanted to kill her because she wasn't the knight?"

"Yes because she didn't have the power of the sword"

"This has all been you personal quest for the Crystal sword hasn't it?"

"YES! Because my father was the night and my mother was the keeper... that's how it always is in the Soule family girls! All girls never a boy! I wanted to break the chain I wanted to be different but she killed me before I could kill her... I'm angry because I never got a Knight all I got was you!" She said turning and facing him with rage in her eyes.

"Would you have me be your dark knight Aloria? The protector of the Queen?" he said as he looked into her eyes.

"Yes... but you were never there Sephiroth you were never there! You missed all the important things! But I guess that was just my fault for falling for a member of Soldier... I should have never fallen in love with you..." She said as she turned from him and faced the window,

"Back then you were calmer and always so naive of things... but I loved you too nonetheless all the business of war, complicated things as well as you giving birth to Skylie... It complicated things but I still loved you... and with my last breath I did too. You were the last thing I could think of... you when we first met when you were standing by the road selling peaches when I was on a mission" He said as she kissed her neck. She smiled and looked at him.

"I miss when things were simple like that... You walked up to a guy you thought was cute and sold him a peach for a date" She said as she lazily wrapped her arms around his waist and held him close. Oh sickening... at least the last two didn't really love each other love is for the pure of heart and soul not the evil. So who is this Skylie they talk of... is she beautiful? Is she homely? Is she hideous? Is the Knight going to turn and run when he sees her? Has she already met the knight? Does she know about he destiny yet? All of these questions and more floated through my glass head as I watched more of the couple holding each other and reassuring each other that they feel the same way they did several years ago.

"I miss her Sephiroth... some how through all the years of being locked away inside of the Crystal pillar made me miss her... I got to watch her grow up tormented by the fact that she was so far away and I wasn't there to raise her... I regret ever being stupid enough to think I was above fait" She said as she sipped wine form a Crystal Goblet that a servant brought in.

"She has grown up to be quite a woman" he said shaking his head.

"What's wrong with that... she was strong enough to knock me off of the boat that surprised me... in a way I envy her"

"Cloud... That's what's wrong with it... He likes her and from what I can see loves her some how... My daughter and my mortal enemy" He shook his head as Aloria took her seat in a chair next to the fire.

"The blonde boy... He doesn't look like much of an enemy... But still he seems drawn to her some how do you think he's the Knight?"

"No... He just has a thing for ancients... like this one Aeris who I killed... well one of my Clones killed..."

"What ever happened to not being mean or evil... If I had never eaten the Rodeo fruit then I would have been able to raise Skylie... and maybe you would have come home... I know that you never went back... I watched Enoma tell her lies about me..."

"It was necessary to tell her that her mother had went insane two months before giving birth and tried to kill her would have been worse especially since she started asking about it when she was three... I did come back once when she was slightly older around thirteen before I found out about Jenova and took a similar path that you did... I saw Enoma while she was at school... he told me that she had grown up to look just like you... and I saw her when I left I remembered thinking about how much she looks like you"

"I wish that this had come sooner... but now... now with all the wheels that are turning there are so many things we must do... We have to get the falcon... with the falcon we can turn back time and undo all of this! You can quit Soldier so you can never bring home that stupid fruit and never leave me! And we can raise Skylie together! And possibly never ever have to die before our daughter sees us" Aloria said crying

So that was the plan use me to turn back time so this never has to happen. Hmmm... That would be impossible because the Keeper is always drawn to me and it rarely ever leaves my side afterwards. It won't happen I won't let it happen! I would rather kill them all and be stuck in this bloody tower for several more thousand years then fall into the hands of evil again. This Skylie girl does seem somewhat intriguing especially to have evil parents that are still somewhat smitten over each other... odd.... Hmmm. Oh screw it they won't notice if I take a peek for just a minute. A mirror like object appears on the floor of the box. There I can see several people walking through a dark damp cave with blue Mako walls.

'Oh They're near!' I muse as I watch them head towards the gates of the Crystal City not saying a word to each other just walking on slowly.

"I think we need to be heading east because the palace was towards the north" the blonde spikey haired man said pointing towards the gate of the City. No! They can't go away they must come here! I watched as they walked away. I closed the viewing portal.

So they weren't going to get me yet. It'll only be a matter of time before the Dragon finds her and brings her to me... I wonder which one she was... I hope she was the spunky one! Just like my last master full of heart... but no... They said she looked like her mother so it must have been the quiet one with the black hair. Then who is her Knight? I saw no one holding the crystal sword! Oh Buggar! I have a feeling it's going to be awhile before I see them in the flesh.