**The usual disclaimers apply**
~In the last chapter…
"I'm s-sorry....Hotaru..." Eagle said as he closed his eyes and waited for the ball
to come to his doom.
"NOOOO!!!" Eagle heard a high-pitch cry over the loud rumble of the energy.
Eagle's eyes suddenly snapped open and it widened in surprise to what he saw...
"Emeraude...?"
Notes:
~*~ - dream state
- thoughts
* * * - another place, time, space, (whatever)...etc.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
By: Rhys Icewind
Chapter 11 - Beggining of the End
Saturn, Sakura, Shayla and Rinoa met up by the shore and there they saw Umi, Clef
and Cloud.
"Good. Everybody is here." Saturn said.
Sakura suddenly rushed up to Clef and hugged him tight. "Clef!! It has been too
long."
Clef looked into Sakura's emerald eyes. "I know Dear One" he smiled.
Umi and Shayla looked into the group, confused. They were the only ones who didn't
really understand why everyone was gathered around by the shore. Rinoa looked at
them with sympathy because she knew how confused those two were.
"Saturn, I think you need to do some explaining to others." Rinoa said, hinting
to Shayla and Umi.
Hotaru looked at the two. "that will not be necessary. Once we enter the Lake of
Dreams, they will remeber who they really are."
Umi and Shayla just looked at each other and shrugged. "at least Sakura seems to
know something" Shayla said.
"Let us go." Saturn urged them on. But then, Saturn's senses went numb. Everything
around her was black. She couldn't feel her legs but she knew that she was still
standing. Her eyes looked to the place where the horizon should be and there she
saw a large, white eagle rise to the black skies. When the eagle was in front of
her, it became an eagle made of light. Then the light dispersed into a million
particles of light and it hung about her, just twinkling, like stars. Hotaru's
eyes started to well up with tears as she knew why she was seeing this.
"brother..."
Saturn opened her eyes.
She was lying down the beach and everyone was surrounding her.
She had fainted.
Among the midsts of faces, she saw Clef's worried face. She suddenly stood up
and embraced him like a lost child and started sobbing and eventually, crying.
Clef was surprised at her actions because she rarely acted like her age. "What's
wrong, Little One?" he said, while comfortingly stoking her head.
Hotaru looked at him with tears flowing from her eyes. "E..e-agle..." she
managed to say.
Clef's calm face suddenly became surprised. he thought.
Reading Clef's thoughts, she replied, great sorrow evident in her voice.
Clef's expression changed from surprise into sorrow in a blink of an eye.
He closed his eyes shut as he fought back the tears who threatened to ovecome
him. Now he understood... Eagle had died. Clef cleared his throat and locked
the tears inside of him. "come now, Little One, let us not allow his death go
in vain."
The people surrounding them realized the cause of Saturn's tears. someone
dear to her must have died.
"I'm sorry, Saturn..." Rinoa said, stroking Saturn's back.
Saturn removed herself from Clef's comforting embrace and faced the other
people with them, especially Rinoa. She was like an older sister to her.
"thanks" she said.
"here..." Umi said gently, offering her hankie.
Saturn accepted it and wiped her tears. She was shy to give it back, since
she had dirtied it. Umi smiled at her hesitation to return her hankie.
"It's okay. You didn't really dirtied it, I'll just wash it anyway." She
smiled.
Saturn smiled shyly and handed Umi her hankie.
Just when Umi was about to get her hankie, her eyes glowed blue.
"Then the Earth will dry the seas and the forces will fight and run amock...."
Saturn gasped.
* * *
Eagle was just stunned and time seemed to have stopped when he saw Emeraude
there. "E-emeraude......what?...." he blurted out.
Emeraude smiled sweetly. "Calm down Eagle. Lantis has heard thy cries. He
does not like thee to die in such a predicament."
Eagle looked down and shook his head. "he's really crazy..." he mumbled.
"OH? and do you think that this mission you chose is not crazy?" Lantis' voice
was heard.
Eagle's head jerked up and he saw Lantis standing beside him. "Lantis...wait!
doesn't Galaxia hear or see you two?"
Lantis' eyes lit up with the joy of seeing his friend. He knew that the Little
One might not be so lucky. "no. Lady Emeraude stopped time so that we may save
you."
Eagle's eyes were filled with tears at the compassion of his bestfriend. He
was about to say something when Lady Emeraude spoke up. "Lantis....do hurry!
my magic....is almost at its end!!"
The black-armored man put his arm around Eagle to support him and they teleported
away. Emeraude then followed.
At the Temple of Atlantis...
"will he be okay until Hotaru arrives, Presea?" Lantis asked a beautiful,
tall woman with golden-brown hair and eyes wearing a flowing, white dress.
"he'll be fine until then. But..he.....he...will die......eventually" she
sadly said.
Lantis nodded and left Presea to nurse Eagle until then. He was asleep
in his own chamber so that he would be safe. He was even trying to tell
him something while they were travelling back. But Emeraude shushed him
to sleep.
Lantis walked towards the main atrium of the temple, unaware of the danger
the others were in...
* * *
Squall walked towards the exit with Selphie trailing behind. He was just
about to reach the turnwheel when a voice stopped him.
"Squall!!"
He looked around and saw the person he expected to see... Ellone.
"yes?"
Ellone caught up with him and rested a little bit. When she found enough
strength to speak she said, "Squall, you have to accompany me outside!
I'm needed!"
"I was just going there myself." he casually said.
* * *
END CHAPTER 11
~In the last chapter…
"I'm s-sorry....Hotaru..." Eagle said as he closed his eyes and waited for the ball
to come to his doom.
"NOOOO!!!" Eagle heard a high-pitch cry over the loud rumble of the energy.
Eagle's eyes suddenly snapped open and it widened in surprise to what he saw...
"Emeraude...?"
Notes:
~*~ - dream state
- thoughts
* * * - another place, time, space, (whatever)...etc.
THE LEGEND OF ATLANTIS
By: Rhys Icewind
Chapter 11 - Beggining of the End
Saturn, Sakura, Shayla and Rinoa met up by the shore and there they saw Umi, Clef
and Cloud.
"Good. Everybody is here." Saturn said.
Sakura suddenly rushed up to Clef and hugged him tight. "Clef!! It has been too
long."
Clef looked into Sakura's emerald eyes. "I know Dear One" he smiled.
Umi and Shayla looked into the group, confused. They were the only ones who didn't
really understand why everyone was gathered around by the shore. Rinoa looked at
them with sympathy because she knew how confused those two were.
"Saturn, I think you need to do some explaining to others." Rinoa said, hinting
to Shayla and Umi.
Hotaru looked at the two. "that will not be necessary. Once we enter the Lake of
Dreams, they will remeber who they really are."
Umi and Shayla just looked at each other and shrugged. "at least Sakura seems to
know something" Shayla said.
"Let us go." Saturn urged them on. But then, Saturn's senses went numb. Everything
around her was black. She couldn't feel her legs but she knew that she was still
standing. Her eyes looked to the place where the horizon should be and there she
saw a large, white eagle rise to the black skies. When the eagle was in front of
her, it became an eagle made of light. Then the light dispersed into a million
particles of light and it hung about her, just twinkling, like stars. Hotaru's
eyes started to well up with tears as she knew why she was seeing this.
"brother..."
Saturn opened her eyes.
She was lying down the beach and everyone was surrounding her.
She had fainted.
Among the midsts of faces, she saw Clef's worried face. She suddenly stood up
and embraced him like a lost child and started sobbing and eventually, crying.
Clef was surprised at her actions because she rarely acted like her age. "What's
wrong, Little One?" he said, while comfortingly stoking her head.
Hotaru looked at him with tears flowing from her eyes. "E..e-agle..." she
managed to say.
Clef's calm face suddenly became surprised. he thought.
Reading Clef's thoughts, she replied, great sorrow evident in her voice.
Clef's expression changed from surprise into sorrow in a blink of an eye.
He closed his eyes shut as he fought back the tears who threatened to ovecome
him. Now he understood... Eagle had died. Clef cleared his throat and locked
the tears inside of him. "come now, Little One, let us not allow his death go
in vain."
The people surrounding them realized the cause of Saturn's tears. someone
dear to her must have died.
"I'm sorry, Saturn..." Rinoa said, stroking Saturn's back.
Saturn removed herself from Clef's comforting embrace and faced the other
people with them, especially Rinoa. She was like an older sister to her.
"thanks" she said.
"here..." Umi said gently, offering her hankie.
Saturn accepted it and wiped her tears. She was shy to give it back, since
she had dirtied it. Umi smiled at her hesitation to return her hankie.
"It's okay. You didn't really dirtied it, I'll just wash it anyway." She
smiled.
Saturn smiled shyly and handed Umi her hankie.
Just when Umi was about to get her hankie, her eyes glowed blue.
"Then the Earth will dry the seas and the forces will fight and run amock...."
Saturn gasped.
* * *
Eagle was just stunned and time seemed to have stopped when he saw Emeraude
there. "E-emeraude......what?...." he blurted out.
Emeraude smiled sweetly. "Calm down Eagle. Lantis has heard thy cries. He
does not like thee to die in such a predicament."
Eagle looked down and shook his head. "he's really crazy..." he mumbled.
"OH? and do you think that this mission you chose is not crazy?" Lantis' voice
was heard.
Eagle's head jerked up and he saw Lantis standing beside him. "Lantis...wait!
doesn't Galaxia hear or see you two?"
Lantis' eyes lit up with the joy of seeing his friend. He knew that the Little
One might not be so lucky. "no. Lady Emeraude stopped time so that we may save
you."
Eagle's eyes were filled with tears at the compassion of his bestfriend. He
was about to say something when Lady Emeraude spoke up. "Lantis....do hurry!
my magic....is almost at its end!!"
The black-armored man put his arm around Eagle to support him and they teleported
away. Emeraude then followed.
At the Temple of Atlantis...
"will he be okay until Hotaru arrives, Presea?" Lantis asked a beautiful,
tall woman with golden-brown hair and eyes wearing a flowing, white dress.
"he'll be fine until then. But..he.....he...will die......eventually" she
sadly said.
Lantis nodded and left Presea to nurse Eagle until then. He was asleep
in his own chamber so that he would be safe. He was even trying to tell
him something while they were travelling back. But Emeraude shushed him
to sleep.
Lantis walked towards the main atrium of the temple, unaware of the danger
the others were in...
* * *
Squall walked towards the exit with Selphie trailing behind. He was just
about to reach the turnwheel when a voice stopped him.
"Squall!!"
He looked around and saw the person he expected to see... Ellone.
"yes?"
Ellone caught up with him and rested a little bit. When she found enough
strength to speak she said, "Squall, you have to accompany me outside!
I'm needed!"
"I was just going there myself." he casually said.
* * *
END CHAPTER 11