Chapter 10- Delimma
"Hmmm, very funny, Edgar." Celes said cooly, and smiled. Edgar appeared from behind a set of doors, looking as royal and as bright as ever. He got to one knee and gave Celes a gentlemen-like kiss on the hand, before standing up and giving one to Terra.
"You finally came!" Edgar exclaimed.
"Sorry, I met up with Celes and Locke in South Figaro, and I just had to bring them along." Terra smiled. "I hope you didn't have anything planned for us, darling."
"Erm, no, nothing that can't wait!" Edgar replied, and nodded to Locke. "Hey, there!!"
"Hey!" Locke exclaimed. Edgar now turned to the whole group and crossed his hands over his chest.
"So what are you all doing here?" Edgar asked, and blew a strand of golden hair out of his eyes. "Locke, I think I know why you are."
"Huh?" Locke questioned.
"Oh, you haven't heard?" Edgar asked, and raised his eyebrows. "About the huge slew of treasure found in the mountains just past here? A bunch of climbers were fooling around in the caves, when one of them came across a small jewel. They started to pick at the walls and such, and revealed what was apparently a lost treasure of our ancestors. It might even date back to the time of the Espers."
You could practically see the dollar signs light up in Locke's eyes.
"Treasure!?" He cried, and drooled.
"Oh, disgusting." Celes snapped, and shoved a hankerchief of hers at him.
"Yeah!" Sabin said. "I wanted to check it out!"
"We have business here." Edgar sighed, and looked up at the ceiling. "Sometimes, I just hate being a king."
"I would also like to see it." Terra commented. "Especially if it has anything to do with Espers!"
"Hey, I'll take you to see it." Locke offered.
"I don't know..." Edgar said. "The reason why no one has been up there is mostly because of rumors that there is a huge beast in that area. I don't feel comfortable with you two just going."
"Well, I'm comming too." Celes said, and smirked. "I am his partner ya know."
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh reallllly?" Edgar smiled a little. "Well then, have no fear, the love-starved twit, Celes Chere will be joining you on your journey! Her rage will fry a thousand men in under a minute..."
"ER!" Celes growled, and dived after Edgar. Suddenly though, the Chancellor entered the room. Edgar took a step back, and Celes fell flat on her face.
"Ohhh.....that had to hurt!" Sabin said.
"Fwckyoo...." Celes cursed into the floor.
The Chancellor gave Celes an odd look, and then turned back to Edgar as Terra helped peel her from the floor.
"Sir, we need you and Prince Sabin to come into the conference room..." He said. "The meeting was supposed to start a half an hour ago..."
"Ack, oh, that's right!" Edgar cried, and laughed nervously. "Well, you see, I had the hardest time trying to seek out my delinquent brother..."
"WHAT?!" Sabin cried.
"Well, nevermind." Edgar said, and smiled warmly. "Lets go then, shall we? Locke, we'll see you later. Take whatever you need from our storage for your trip. Please return by sundown so that I may have my own precious jewel returned to me!" He gave Terra a kiss on the cheek, and she blushed.
"Alright, alright!" Locke said, and waved.
"Bye." Sabin muttered, obviously peeved that he had to go to this meeting.
The three men disappeared, and Celes, Locke, and Terra were left.
"I'm so excited!" Terra exclaimed. "So, when do we leave?"
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The trip to the caves was easy, and they were not hard to find at all. Terra was the first to peer inside, and blinked.
"Sure is dark..." She said softly.
"No kidding, did you think it would light up with the flick of a switch?" Celes muttered. She didn't like the darkness either. It gave her the creeps.
"It's ok, problem solved, girls." Locke said, and revealed a latern from him and Celes' sack of goods. He also pulled out some matches, and lit it up. He stepped ahead of the group, as the navigator of the caves.
Terra and Celes followed close behind, taking a look around. The cave was damp and humid. Celes moaned form the heat and tugged on her suit so that it wouldn't stick to her body. Terra looked to her and patted her shoulder lightly.
"It's too warm in here." Celes said.
"Isn't it usually cool in caves?" Terra added.
"Yeah..." Locke said, and raised an eyebrow. "Now that I think about it...but you know....this might just be because we still arn't used to the World of Ruin's climate changes..."
"Or it could be because someone is in here with us."
"Terra?! What do you mean?" Celes cried, her face going white.
"This could be body heat..." Terra muttered to herself. "In fact..."
Suddenly, there was a deepl rumbling sound, and then footsteps. But they wern't heavy footsteps at all. They were light, and made a slight tapping noise on the ground.
"What....!?" Celes cried. "What is that!?" Suddenly, there was a burst of wind, and Locke's latern blew out. It was pure darkness now...
"Oh!" Terra cried. "Celes, Locke, look out....!"
Before Celes could even comprehend what was going on, she felt Terra shove her down ontop of Locke. Celes gasped as a light whooshing sound ran above them, and she then heard a horrible scream.
"TERRA!" Locke and Celes screamed in unision.
"AYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Terra cried, all of a sudden from a far distance away. Celes scurried off of Locke, and stood up immediately. Her heart suddenly filled with fear, and her knees went weak.
"Terra!!" Celes cried, tears coming to her eyes. "TERRA!!"
"Hmmm, very funny, Edgar." Celes said cooly, and smiled. Edgar appeared from behind a set of doors, looking as royal and as bright as ever. He got to one knee and gave Celes a gentlemen-like kiss on the hand, before standing up and giving one to Terra.
"You finally came!" Edgar exclaimed.
"Sorry, I met up with Celes and Locke in South Figaro, and I just had to bring them along." Terra smiled. "I hope you didn't have anything planned for us, darling."
"Erm, no, nothing that can't wait!" Edgar replied, and nodded to Locke. "Hey, there!!"
"Hey!" Locke exclaimed. Edgar now turned to the whole group and crossed his hands over his chest.
"So what are you all doing here?" Edgar asked, and blew a strand of golden hair out of his eyes. "Locke, I think I know why you are."
"Huh?" Locke questioned.
"Oh, you haven't heard?" Edgar asked, and raised his eyebrows. "About the huge slew of treasure found in the mountains just past here? A bunch of climbers were fooling around in the caves, when one of them came across a small jewel. They started to pick at the walls and such, and revealed what was apparently a lost treasure of our ancestors. It might even date back to the time of the Espers."
You could practically see the dollar signs light up in Locke's eyes.
"Treasure!?" He cried, and drooled.
"Oh, disgusting." Celes snapped, and shoved a hankerchief of hers at him.
"Yeah!" Sabin said. "I wanted to check it out!"
"We have business here." Edgar sighed, and looked up at the ceiling. "Sometimes, I just hate being a king."
"I would also like to see it." Terra commented. "Especially if it has anything to do with Espers!"
"Hey, I'll take you to see it." Locke offered.
"I don't know..." Edgar said. "The reason why no one has been up there is mostly because of rumors that there is a huge beast in that area. I don't feel comfortable with you two just going."
"Well, I'm comming too." Celes said, and smirked. "I am his partner ya know."
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh reallllly?" Edgar smiled a little. "Well then, have no fear, the love-starved twit, Celes Chere will be joining you on your journey! Her rage will fry a thousand men in under a minute..."
"ER!" Celes growled, and dived after Edgar. Suddenly though, the Chancellor entered the room. Edgar took a step back, and Celes fell flat on her face.
"Ohhh.....that had to hurt!" Sabin said.
"Fwckyoo...." Celes cursed into the floor.
The Chancellor gave Celes an odd look, and then turned back to Edgar as Terra helped peel her from the floor.
"Sir, we need you and Prince Sabin to come into the conference room..." He said. "The meeting was supposed to start a half an hour ago..."
"Ack, oh, that's right!" Edgar cried, and laughed nervously. "Well, you see, I had the hardest time trying to seek out my delinquent brother..."
"WHAT?!" Sabin cried.
"Well, nevermind." Edgar said, and smiled warmly. "Lets go then, shall we? Locke, we'll see you later. Take whatever you need from our storage for your trip. Please return by sundown so that I may have my own precious jewel returned to me!" He gave Terra a kiss on the cheek, and she blushed.
"Alright, alright!" Locke said, and waved.
"Bye." Sabin muttered, obviously peeved that he had to go to this meeting.
The three men disappeared, and Celes, Locke, and Terra were left.
"I'm so excited!" Terra exclaimed. "So, when do we leave?"
**********
The trip to the caves was easy, and they were not hard to find at all. Terra was the first to peer inside, and blinked.
"Sure is dark..." She said softly.
"No kidding, did you think it would light up with the flick of a switch?" Celes muttered. She didn't like the darkness either. It gave her the creeps.
"It's ok, problem solved, girls." Locke said, and revealed a latern from him and Celes' sack of goods. He also pulled out some matches, and lit it up. He stepped ahead of the group, as the navigator of the caves.
Terra and Celes followed close behind, taking a look around. The cave was damp and humid. Celes moaned form the heat and tugged on her suit so that it wouldn't stick to her body. Terra looked to her and patted her shoulder lightly.
"It's too warm in here." Celes said.
"Isn't it usually cool in caves?" Terra added.
"Yeah..." Locke said, and raised an eyebrow. "Now that I think about it...but you know....this might just be because we still arn't used to the World of Ruin's climate changes..."
"Or it could be because someone is in here with us."
"Terra?! What do you mean?" Celes cried, her face going white.
"This could be body heat..." Terra muttered to herself. "In fact..."
Suddenly, there was a deepl rumbling sound, and then footsteps. But they wern't heavy footsteps at all. They were light, and made a slight tapping noise on the ground.
"What....!?" Celes cried. "What is that!?" Suddenly, there was a burst of wind, and Locke's latern blew out. It was pure darkness now...
"Oh!" Terra cried. "Celes, Locke, look out....!"
Before Celes could even comprehend what was going on, she felt Terra shove her down ontop of Locke. Celes gasped as a light whooshing sound ran above them, and she then heard a horrible scream.
"TERRA!" Locke and Celes screamed in unision.
"AYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Terra cried, all of a sudden from a far distance away. Celes scurried off of Locke, and stood up immediately. Her heart suddenly filled with fear, and her knees went weak.
"Terra!!" Celes cried, tears coming to her eyes. "TERRA!!"