Finding Fate
Author: OceanOfHell
Rating: R
Summary: What happened if Terra had not joined the party after the statues destroyed the world of balance? Would a relationship ever develop between her and her handsome prince? (most definitely a lemon, but not enough to make it rated NC-17).
r & r please
disclaimer: I do not own FF3 or anything of the sort, and I don't own the Dragonlance series (okay… so I have a hard time making up names of my own)
Chapter 1 ~ Life Anew
News of Kefka's defeat had reached everywhere in the world, except for the little city of Mobliz. Nobody traveled there, so no news reached there.
Katarin had already had her child, a healthy baby girl with a large set of lungs. Her and Duane were busy taking care of their own child, named Kitiara, to be able to watch out for the other children, so Terra had twice as many duties without them, but she took them without complaint.
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After she tucked the children into bed, Terra sat out by the water wondering about her friends. She knew that somebody had returned because Phunbaba had not been back to the little city in a long time. However she knew that she had missed them and that they probably would not come back.
My own friends… gone and never coming back. She thought to herself. Her thoughts were quickly interrupted by a large sound headed towards Terra. She hurried inside and ushered the children, Duane, Katarin and their baby out of the house and away from danger. Just as she had gotten them out of the city, she returned to watch a giant monster destroy it. Anything that stood was leveled, it thrashed around the city taking Mobliz off the face of the earth once and for all.
She returned to the children heartbroken. How was she supposed to tell them that their precious sanctuary had just been destroyed?
Katarin, clutching a crying Kitiara to her chest hurried up to Terra. "What happened? What was all that noise?"
Duane came up behind her to join them.
Terra looked at her feet. "We are going to have to leave. Something just completely destroyed our home and there is nothing left for us to salvage."
Katarin gulped as she cradled the baby. "We should have known this was going to happen. I mean, a deserted town with nothing around it for miles is no place for a group of children to grow up. We should have gotten them back to civilization long ago."
Terra smiled weakly at the brave words. "Now's the chance. I still have a little bit of my magic and I can keep the monsters away and keep everybody strong. If we follow the coastline, we should be able to find a city. And then we can start a new life there."
"Mama! Mama!" a little blonde girl with pigtails cried as she ran up to Terra.
Terra bent over and scooped the little child into her arms. "Yes, dear?"
"The big noise scared me. Can we go home now?"
Terra choked on the words. "Go back to the other children and play." She set the little girl down. The girl turned to look at her with big eyes, but Terra motioned for her to go to the other children.
She turned to Duane and Katarin. "It's going to break my heart to tell them, but we must." The green-haired woman walked over to the group of children playing with rocks. "Gather around, children, mama has something important to tell you."
Instantly the children dropped their rocks and gathered around Terra. "You know how mama told you that she would always protect you?" All the children nodded their heads without speaking. "Now… imagine something bigger than Phunbaba. That mean creature has just destroyed our home and now it is time for us to move on. I know you may be scared, but that is what I am here for. I will protect you and all of you will be fine."
Most of the children started crying, all except for the oldest boy and the little blonde girl with the pigtails.
"It will be okay, I promise. We'll just find new homes for all of us."
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It was very hard on the children for the first week, but they got used to the marching and the quick rests and the sleeping under the stars instead of in their nice beds. Terra and Duane would carry one of the children for awhile and then switch to another child, so that they could keep up their energy. They followed along the coastline, which allowed them to have fresh water and to have fresh greens that only grew near the coast.
They had traveled for weeks without seeing a single sign of civilization. They finally reached a mountain range with a large, strange-looking tower encompassed by the mountains. With an uneasy feeling, Terra hurried the children passed the mountains and farther along down the coast.
A week later, Duane shouted out in glee. There in the distance was a city. With a burst of energy, the group quickened their pace and reached the city in no time. They had little money, and were hardly accepted anywhere in Nikeah. When Terra and the group entered the tavern, the man behind the bar instantly pitied the sorry group.
"Excuse me, sir." Terra asked him. "But is there any way we could find a place to stay?"
He smiled at the weary bunch, lifted the bar and motioned to them to go into the back where he soon joined them. "It's not a lot, but you can stay here. All I ask is that you work for me, just as a waitress. Not the children, just you," he said holding his hand out towards Terra.
She accepted his hand and told him that she would start the next day. He left to take care of his bar.
"Duane," Terra stated flatly. "Please, in the morning, start to look for a job so that we can have some money intake to feed the children."
He looked at Katarin who nodded her head. "I'll work extra hard to get a lot of money for us."
"Katarin, I want you to stay and watch the children."
The eldest boy spoke up, "Mama… I'm thirteen now, I'm sure I can be of some help somewhere."
She smiled at the boy. "Then you go with Duane to see if you can find some work."
It was late in the evening and everybody was tired, so they all lay down to sleep. Terra was the only one who could not sleep. Tomorrow, my children. Tomorrow, we shall start our lives anew.
*AN: so Terra and co. have now reached Nikeah, what about Edgar? What will make him start on the quest to find Terra?
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