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Psycho Girl: Chapter twooooooooooo!!!
Muse: -monotone- Whoopee! --;
Psycho Girl: Await a fun-filled next chapter!
Muse: He's getting off the island that you made up, how fun is that?
Psycho Girl: Wait and see ^^ And now…
Muse: -covers ears- ;
Psycho Girl: DISCLAIMERS!!!!!!!
I don't own anything of relation to Final Fantasy X, it all belong to Square. However, Keyain/Automaton, the island of Thrice, the Thrice Triads and anything else you've never heard of before in the game are all mine!
Muse: You always have to tell them don't you?
Psycho Girl: I don't wanna get in trouble ^^
Muse: Someone make me happy and kill her please
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Automated Aeons
Chapter two:
The Summoning of AutomatonIt was three days before the Summoner came. His three guardians didn't seem much, and they mustn't of been very good because they all managed to get washed up on my forgotten island. One knew my home as the island of Thrice, but he said it was supposed to be destroyed. I heard them talking outside my Chamber, discussing about whether or not they should see if the Fayth was still inside. Of course I'm still inside! I can hear them bickering!
He was only a young Summoner, about 17 I'd say. Very little experience in the way of Summoning, having only Valefore and Ifrit. I wondered if his prayers would even reach me, I was such a much stronger aeon than what he was used to. But, I did hear his prayers, and remembered Tealae's words. I had to refuse granting the aeon, and destroy the Summoner so that I could be free again. I wanted to just grant the aeon and aid this young Summoner, but my need to be free outweighed his need to defeat Sin.
He had doubts if he would even succeed in reaching Zanarkand, and I knew it was my chance to strike.
Poised and ready to enter and grant the aeon, I saw the young Summoner pray with all his might that I may grant him the aeon.
"Great Fayth, I come to you so that I may be given the aeon you hold, and become a much stronger Summoner, so that I may defeat Sin and bring the Calm to Spira. I must defeat Sin, and with your help, I hope to achieve this"
He wanted to defeat Sin. Defeat the creature I used to be. Defeat, and destroy the aeon that had brought upon the Spiral. I wanted to tell him that he should just defeat me, but I knew, that defeating me wouldn't stop Sin. I was the original Sin. The creature the Summoner wanted to destroy was Sin anew.
Rising from my statue prison, I looked down upon the Summoner.
"You seek my power?" I asked
"Yes" he replied. I could hear a slight quiver within his voice.
"You seek my strength?"
"Yes"
"You seek my aeon?"
"Yes"
"You seek me?"
"Yes" he whispered, I only just hear him.
"Again! Do you seek me?"
"Yes!" he shouted. His eyes glared up at me, burning with fire, and a hatred for Sin.
"State your name Summoner"
"I am Summoner Iran from the city of Luca"
"On this day, Iran, may it be known, I refuse you the aeon"
His eyes flew open so wide, I could see into his soul. His soul cried for the aeon.
"Take it!" scream Tealae from somewhere in my mind. "Take the soul now and free yourself from the bonds!"
"No! You cannot refuse me! I am a Summoner, I must have the aeon!"
Ignoring him, I braced myself for what I was to do. Join with him, then kill him. Preparing to enter the Summoner's body, I saw one of his guardians appear behind his Summoner. A large sword was held in his hand, and was ready to come crashing down upon my statue.
"Be ready for the original Sin!" I shouted, my voice overpowering my song.
In one swift movement, I became the boy, and the sword crashed down upon my statue. Both the Summoner and myself screamed in pain as we became one, but his screams became louder as I killed him from the inside. I had to return, it was her wish. A bright light filled my Chamber, coming from the body of the young Summoner. Glowing brighter and brighter, the guardian sought to hide himself behind the large sword he carried.
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"We won!" screamed Luce, waving his arms madly in the air. He seemed ecstatic, and even more hyper than Tealae. The Blitzer shouted and hollered as loud as his strong lungs could. "We beat the Zanarkand Abes!"
"Only because their star player was too high and mighty, making him forget about the game completely" came Zrand's ever monotone voice.
"But we still won!" Luce shouted again
"Hush Luce" came Kraze's deep voice. "We all know we won. We have Key to thank really"
I blushed, and ran my fingers through my wet hair. "I'm just the captain. We all won"
"Awww, is Keyain all shy" said Tealae as she threw her arms around me in a immensely powerful embrace. It nearly squeezed out all the air I had in my lungs. "He won't admit it was his tactics that won us the tournament"
"One of these days your going to kill him" Rae said, laughing.
"Nah, doubt it. I'll be with him until the end, right Key?"
I grunted in reply. The lack of oxygen made it hard to reply to her anyway.
"Let the boy go Teal"
"Yah, ok Kraze…" Tealae muttered, pouting as she loosened her hold around me. "But we need to celebrate somehow"
"By nearly killing him?" Rae said, nearly falling over in fits of laughter. He had hunched over, clutching his stomach as he struggled to breath since he was continuously laughing.
"Nevermind…" she said, then looked up at me with a smile, a smile only I knew the true meaning behind.
Our lips locked, and she slid her hand behind my head. I pulled her closer as my eyelids fell over my green eyes. We were locked together for almost an eternity until Zrand pulled us both back to reality with a slight cough. Tealae grinned as she licked the lips mine had just been pressed against.
I still long for her lips now.
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The light died, leaving two bodies within my Chamber. Groaning, I pushed down upon the floor with my hands. My hands! Looking at them, I saw the hands that had caught nearly a thousand or more blitzballs. These weren't the young Summoner's hands, they were mine! Chuckling to myself, I pushed myself up into a sitting position and looked around the Chamber I had resided within for so long. The guardian's sword was thrust into my now empty statue. Looking at my reflection in the glistening metal, I gasped. Reaching up a hand to touch my face, I felt like myself, but my reflection proved other wise.
I still had the long blue hair at the front of my head, with the long blue bang hanging down the left hand side, with the right was dyed brown with a blue streak along the center. Behind that fell my long black hair, reaching just past my waist. I was sitting upon the floor, so the locks cascaded along the stone floor. My eyes were the same, the ever deep green pools, the scar over my left eye, given to me during a fight after a Blitzball game. I wore the black shirt I had worn when Yu Yevon turned me into the original Sin, and the black pants. My heavy boots were still equipped with the silver spikes. I was myself, but I wasn't. I was also my aeon. My left wing was spread behind my back, blue, with deep purple membrane that would grant the aeon flight, but I only had one wing! Looking at where the sword had been thrust into the statue showed why.
The statue's right wing had been smashed.
Curled at my side was a long tail, the tip in a flame like shape, orange and purple in colour. Moving my gaze from my reflection to the long appendage that lay beside me, I lifted it and slashed the air. It was my own tail. I could move it. Looking back at my reflection, I noticed my ears. Long and pointed, yet I still wore my earrings. The various chains hanging from my right ear. Aeon and Fayth combined into one. Heh, what a sight.
I was a surprise to the guardian too. As he looked up, hoping to see his Summoner, he stared at me with wide eyes. In the place of his Summoner was a 'thing' he had never seen before in his life.
"Wh-what are you?" he asked, stuttering his words
How do I answer? I couldn't say Iran, because I wasn't. I couldn't use my own name either, because as far as this guardian knew, Keyain was dead. Thinking, I remembered the name of the forgotten aeon. I had been forgotten for so long, I doubted anyone would still remember me. If my temple was forgotten, then so was my aeon. My aeon was a strange humanoid-like dragon, but with subtle differences. Because I was once Sin, I was a puppet, so that was how my aeon seemed. A dragon puppet with strings.
"Automaton" I replied, using the name of my forgotten aeon.
"Wh-where's I-Iran?"
"You could say that in a way, he's dead"
"Dead!?" The guardian looked upset, and very agitated. Well, he had just lost his Summoner to an unknown force.
"In a way. I think something went wrong when he was being granted the-"
"The Fayth refused him" he said, stopping me in mid-sentence.
"Maybe that's what went wrong then. He demanded the aeon, even though the Fayth had refused. I guess I'm the product of the mix up"
The guardian nodded. "I suppose"
"I'm sorry for the loss of your Summoner" I said, rising to my feet. The guardian followed suit, pulling his sword from my old prison. I took one last glance at it, then back at the guardian "He would of died anyway"
"Are you the Final Aeon then?"
I was, but not anymore.
"No. I'm just the end product of a mix up. I think they Fayth is empty now"
The guardian looked down at my statue and nodded "Yeah, I suppose" He looked up at me, still holding onto his sword "But what now?"
"We get off Thrice and head for civilisation"
"Where though?"
That I didn't really know. I had physical form now, but what would I do with it? I thought about it briefly, then decided I would go to Bevelle and see if anything had changed while I had been sleeping. Infact, I wanted to see the whole of Spira. I had been sleeping for so long, I wanted to see what was new in the world.
"I might head for Bevelle. It would be wise you go there too, maybe you can find another summoner to protect"
"I'll have to tell the others"
I nodded and we left the Chamber of the Forgotten Fayth.
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Psycho Girl: Next chapter done!! –huggles Automaton-
Automaton: ; You cling tighter than Tealae
Muse: How come you get all the hugs?
Automaton: I wish I could trade with you
Psycho Girl: Reviews please!!! Headless rubber chickens for the nicest ones!!!!