The Rise of Terra
Fire Angel
AUTHOR'S NOTE 1: Konnichwa, minna. Here be part 5 for yaz; even though I'm back at school I'm
still working my cute little butt off so you're not left on a cliffhanger for too long! This part
is short though, I would have combined it with another part, but this bit kinda seemed important
that it was separated from the rest. Enjoy, please read and review… or e-mail me, e-mail me,
e-mail me please at rinoa_heartilly86@hotmail.com :ob Yeah, I know I harp on it, but no one seems
to wanna e-mail me anymore! Catch yaz all, luv Fire Angel… who is STILL waiting for FFX to be
released in Oz @_@… xxx ooo
AUTHOR'S NOTE 2: In this chapter, we meet the spirit of Dagger's mother, who is nameless for the
sake that I can't be bothered thinking of a name. She, of course, would not call Dagger 'Garnet',
because it's not her real name… Sarah is the common name used in fanfics, so I'm using that. I'm
not sure if it's a real name actually given to her by Square, but it'll do. So many people think
of her as Sarah already! If a real name is ever released, I'll change this to fit her proper
name. Oh… and also, I'm saying that the characters use English as their language, and that
Japanese is the ancient tongue of the summoners. That's just what I decided to do, though. Bear
it. The verses Dagger and her mother sing are from a Final Fantasy song called 'Pray'; it's like
the main theme of Final Fantasy and plays in the majority of the games, during the credits, after
the main theme of the game plays. There's actually a vocal version.
The Rise of Terra
Part 5: The Pain of Loss
CHAPTER 13
"Freya, wake up."
"Ngg…" Freya moaned, struggling to sit up. Amarant was hovering above her, a flask in his hand.
She took the flask and quickly drained it of the freezing cold water it held. "What is it?" she
asked.
"We're back," he informed her. "Zidane, Miki and the mages are already searching for everyone, so
we can hold a meeting. It's our job to go find Quina. Then we have to meet everyone back here
afterwards."
"Do we split up?" Freya asked.
"Nope. We'll go together. Doubtless, he-slash-she will be somewhere at the castle anyway. It
won't take long to find him-slash-her."
Amarant pulled Freya to her feet. "Come on," he ordered. "If we find him quickly, you can take
another nap while we wait for the others, Rat Girl."
"That's Rat Woman to you," she said lightly, tapping him on the head. "Have some respect."
They teleported out of the airship, and found themselves in a large Alexandrian backstreet. Both
of them leapt out of the way as Quina him/herself ran past.
"Wait! Quina!" Freya yelled. Quina stopped and looked back in surprise. "Come back here!"
Quina waddled back to them, and said, "You back already? We inform Lady Eiko immediately."
"Wait!" Amarant snapped, as Quina began to drag them out of the alley. "What do you mean, inform
Lady Eiko? Why not inform Dagger?"
"You mean… you not know?"
"We just got back from a journey," Freya said patiently. "We know not what has been happening
back here."
"Then I sorry to become bearer of bad news," was Quina's reply. "Dagger dead."
"What?!" Amarant yelled. "That's not possible!" He paused for a second in shock, and then opened
his mouth to yell again, but Freya quickly removed her hat and stuffed it into his mouth like a
gag.
"I think you should take us to Eiko," she said to Quina. "Right now."
* * * *
Zidane pounded up the stairs to Garnet's room. He had looked everywhere for her, but she was
nowhere to be found. He was beginning to get scared. Uninterrupted by any guards, he reached the
top of the stairs. Dashing to her door, he threw it open. A female figure was sitting on the bed,
clutching one of Garnet's gowns, crying softly.
"Dagger!" Zidane yelled, relieved, and without a second look, flung his arms around the girl,
burying his face into her blue hair. Praise you, mighty gods, Zidane thought. Thank you for…
wait. Blue hair? Blue, short hair? And… he winced as the girl shifted her position, trying to
push him away. Something dug into his chest painfully. …a horn? Eiko?
Zidane pulled away slightly, and looked down at Eiko. Her cheeks were tearstained, and she looked
frightened. "Are you all right?" he asked quietly, standing up. "And where's Dagger?"
"Zidane…" Eiko whispered quietly. She hung her head, saying no more.
"Where is she?" he demanded, scared. He grabbed Eiko by the shoulders and shook her. "Where the
hell is she?!"
-Zidane!- Kuja shrieked in his head. -Calm down!-
"Let go!" Eiko screamed. Zidane dropped her, and she fell back onto Garnet's gown, sobbing.
"Where is she, Eiko?" Zidane asked, his voice pained. "Please tell me where she is."
Eiko opened her mouth to respond, but at that moment a guard thrust his head in through the door.
"Lady Eiko!" he cried. He looked at Zidane. "Zidane," he said respectfully, bowing slightly.
"What is it?" Zidane asked. "And why are you calling her Lady Eiko?"
The guard gave Zidane a strange look, and then looked back at Eiko. "Necron has come back!" he
exclaimed. "He is under attack by the Alexandrian and Pluto Knights, and some of the civilians.
But we fear he is winning. Also…" he paused, looking at the floor.
"Go on," Eiko pressed, her voice clogged.
"He is carrying an unidentified object," the guard said finally. "What, we don't know. But he is
gloating and saying he will kill us all… I think it would be best if you were both to go out
there."
* * * *
"Vivi! Mikoto!" Beatrix cried, as the mage and Genome walked up to her, side by side, fending off
monsters calmly with staff and fists. Her eyes fell on the Black Mages and narrowed. "Friend or
foe?" she asked Vivi.
"Friend," Mikoto supplied.
Vivi nodded. "They're the only free Black Mages from Black Mage Village. The rest, along with all
the Genomes, are under Terran control."
"And you are…?" Beatrix asked the mages politely.
"I am Firestar," Firestar said, pointing to herself. "These are my allies, Thundershadow and
Icequake. We are here to help."
"Damn," Steiner swore, joining them. "I have no hope for our armies," he informed Beatrix.
"Necron is easily…"
"Necron is here?" Firestar interrupted.
Steiner stared at her, noticing the mages for the first time. "Are we able to trust this mage?"
he asked.
"Yes," Vivi said. "Her name is Firestar. She is the leader of rebel mage vessels - that's mages
that aren't under Terran control. The others are Icequake and Thundershadow. They have come back
with us to help us fight Necron and the Terrans."
"Master Vivi," Steiner said quietly. "I am glad you made it back."
"We actually came here to call you to a group meeting," Mikoto said quietly. "But… well, we did
not realise the situation here is so dire. We shall help for now."
"What about Zidane and the others?" Firestar wanted to know. "Freya and Amarant are searching for
Quina. Once they've found him they'll surely go back to the ship. The same with Zidane. Once he's
found Dagger…"
"He won't find her," Beatrix and Steiner said at once, bleakly.
"Why not?" Vivi asked.
The two knights looked at one another in dismay, but then a loud, challenging voice cut through
the air.
"Necron! You have invaded this country with monsters, you have stolen the souls of thousands of
innocent mages and Genomes, and you want to take this world and make it belong to a race of
people that should have been extinct a long time ago! All this, just to bring the universe back
to the nothingness you so desire! I won't stand for it! Prepare to die!"
"Zidane," Mikoto breathed. He stood on top of a two-storey building, looking directly at Necron.
His arms were crossed over his chest, his hair whipping past his face, and his blue eyes were
narrowed deeply. Next to him stood Eiko, who was cowering behind his legs.
"Ah, Zidane," Necron gloated, floating over to him. "I have something in store for you. You will
feel sorry you ever left Alexandria to save your brothers and sisters…"
"No! Please, no!" Eiko screamed, as Necron flung the bow of the Red Rose onto the top of the
building. The bow shattered, splintering chunks of wood flying everywhere. Zidane knelt and
picked one up.
What is this?But… I don't understand. Why am I supposed to feel sorry?Trance
Fire Angel
AUTHOR'S NOTE 1: Konnichwa, minna. Here be part 5 for yaz; even though I'm back at school I'm
still working my cute little butt off so you're not left on a cliffhanger for too long! This part
is short though, I would have combined it with another part, but this bit kinda seemed important
that it was separated from the rest. Enjoy, please read and review… or e-mail me, e-mail me,
e-mail me please at rinoa_heartilly86@hotmail.com :ob Yeah, I know I harp on it, but no one seems
to wanna e-mail me anymore! Catch yaz all, luv Fire Angel… who is STILL waiting for FFX to be
released in Oz @_@… xxx ooo
AUTHOR'S NOTE 2: In this chapter, we meet the spirit of Dagger's mother, who is nameless for the
sake that I can't be bothered thinking of a name. She, of course, would not call Dagger 'Garnet',
because it's not her real name… Sarah is the common name used in fanfics, so I'm using that. I'm
not sure if it's a real name actually given to her by Square, but it'll do. So many people think
of her as Sarah already! If a real name is ever released, I'll change this to fit her proper
name. Oh… and also, I'm saying that the characters use English as their language, and that
Japanese is the ancient tongue of the summoners. That's just what I decided to do, though. Bear
it. The verses Dagger and her mother sing are from a Final Fantasy song called 'Pray'; it's like
the main theme of Final Fantasy and plays in the majority of the games, during the credits, after
the main theme of the game plays. There's actually a vocal version.
The Rise of Terra
Part 5: The Pain of Loss
CHAPTER 13
"Freya, wake up."
"Ngg…" Freya moaned, struggling to sit up. Amarant was hovering above her, a flask in his hand.
She took the flask and quickly drained it of the freezing cold water it held. "What is it?" she
asked.
"We're back," he informed her. "Zidane, Miki and the mages are already searching for everyone, so
we can hold a meeting. It's our job to go find Quina. Then we have to meet everyone back here
afterwards."
"Do we split up?" Freya asked.
"Nope. We'll go together. Doubtless, he-slash-she will be somewhere at the castle anyway. It
won't take long to find him-slash-her."
Amarant pulled Freya to her feet. "Come on," he ordered. "If we find him quickly, you can take
another nap while we wait for the others, Rat Girl."
"That's Rat Woman to you," she said lightly, tapping him on the head. "Have some respect."
They teleported out of the airship, and found themselves in a large Alexandrian backstreet. Both
of them leapt out of the way as Quina him/herself ran past.
"Wait! Quina!" Freya yelled. Quina stopped and looked back in surprise. "Come back here!"
Quina waddled back to them, and said, "You back already? We inform Lady Eiko immediately."
"Wait!" Amarant snapped, as Quina began to drag them out of the alley. "What do you mean, inform
Lady Eiko? Why not inform Dagger?"
"You mean… you not know?"
"We just got back from a journey," Freya said patiently. "We know not what has been happening
back here."
"Then I sorry to become bearer of bad news," was Quina's reply. "Dagger dead."
"What?!" Amarant yelled. "That's not possible!" He paused for a second in shock, and then opened
his mouth to yell again, but Freya quickly removed her hat and stuffed it into his mouth like a
gag.
"I think you should take us to Eiko," she said to Quina. "Right now."
* * * *
Zidane pounded up the stairs to Garnet's room. He had looked everywhere for her, but she was
nowhere to be found. He was beginning to get scared. Uninterrupted by any guards, he reached the
top of the stairs. Dashing to her door, he threw it open. A female figure was sitting on the bed,
clutching one of Garnet's gowns, crying softly.
"Dagger!" Zidane yelled, relieved, and without a second look, flung his arms around the girl,
burying his face into her blue hair. Praise you, mighty gods, Zidane thought. Thank you for…
wait. Blue hair? Blue, short hair? And… he winced as the girl shifted her position, trying to
push him away. Something dug into his chest painfully. …a horn? Eiko?
Zidane pulled away slightly, and looked down at Eiko. Her cheeks were tearstained, and she looked
frightened. "Are you all right?" he asked quietly, standing up. "And where's Dagger?"
"Zidane…" Eiko whispered quietly. She hung her head, saying no more.
"Where is she?" he demanded, scared. He grabbed Eiko by the shoulders and shook her. "Where the
hell is she?!"
-Zidane!- Kuja shrieked in his head. -Calm down!-
"Let go!" Eiko screamed. Zidane dropped her, and she fell back onto Garnet's gown, sobbing.
"Where is she, Eiko?" Zidane asked, his voice pained. "Please tell me where she is."
Eiko opened her mouth to respond, but at that moment a guard thrust his head in through the door.
"Lady Eiko!" he cried. He looked at Zidane. "Zidane," he said respectfully, bowing slightly.
"What is it?" Zidane asked. "And why are you calling her Lady Eiko?"
The guard gave Zidane a strange look, and then looked back at Eiko. "Necron has come back!" he
exclaimed. "He is under attack by the Alexandrian and Pluto Knights, and some of the civilians.
But we fear he is winning. Also…" he paused, looking at the floor.
"Go on," Eiko pressed, her voice clogged.
"He is carrying an unidentified object," the guard said finally. "What, we don't know. But he is
gloating and saying he will kill us all… I think it would be best if you were both to go out
there."
* * * *
"Vivi! Mikoto!" Beatrix cried, as the mage and Genome walked up to her, side by side, fending off
monsters calmly with staff and fists. Her eyes fell on the Black Mages and narrowed. "Friend or
foe?" she asked Vivi.
"Friend," Mikoto supplied.
Vivi nodded. "They're the only free Black Mages from Black Mage Village. The rest, along with all
the Genomes, are under Terran control."
"And you are…?" Beatrix asked the mages politely.
"I am Firestar," Firestar said, pointing to herself. "These are my allies, Thundershadow and
Icequake. We are here to help."
"Damn," Steiner swore, joining them. "I have no hope for our armies," he informed Beatrix.
"Necron is easily…"
"Necron is here?" Firestar interrupted.
Steiner stared at her, noticing the mages for the first time. "Are we able to trust this mage?"
he asked.
"Yes," Vivi said. "Her name is Firestar. She is the leader of rebel mage vessels - that's mages
that aren't under Terran control. The others are Icequake and Thundershadow. They have come back
with us to help us fight Necron and the Terrans."
"Master Vivi," Steiner said quietly. "I am glad you made it back."
"We actually came here to call you to a group meeting," Mikoto said quietly. "But… well, we did
not realise the situation here is so dire. We shall help for now."
"What about Zidane and the others?" Firestar wanted to know. "Freya and Amarant are searching for
Quina. Once they've found him they'll surely go back to the ship. The same with Zidane. Once he's
found Dagger…"
"He won't find her," Beatrix and Steiner said at once, bleakly.
"Why not?" Vivi asked.
The two knights looked at one another in dismay, but then a loud, challenging voice cut through
the air.
"Necron! You have invaded this country with monsters, you have stolen the souls of thousands of
innocent mages and Genomes, and you want to take this world and make it belong to a race of
people that should have been extinct a long time ago! All this, just to bring the universe back
to the nothingness you so desire! I won't stand for it! Prepare to die!"
"Zidane," Mikoto breathed. He stood on top of a two-storey building, looking directly at Necron.
His arms were crossed over his chest, his hair whipping past his face, and his blue eyes were
narrowed deeply. Next to him stood Eiko, who was cowering behind his legs.
"Ah, Zidane," Necron gloated, floating over to him. "I have something in store for you. You will
feel sorry you ever left Alexandria to save your brothers and sisters…"
"No! Please, no!" Eiko screamed, as Necron flung the bow of the Red Rose onto the top of the
building. The bow shattered, splintering chunks of wood flying everywhere. Zidane knelt and
picked one up.
What is this?But… I don't understand. Why am I supposed to feel sorry?Trance