A Story And Addendum For Memoirs Of The Heroes. (Previously "Memoirs Of An Adventure's Child."))
(All Characters Are Ficticious And bare no resemblence to living people. Any resemblence to fictional characters is only by chance. Special Thanks to Howard Phillips Lovecraft)
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I was overjoyed when Max had returned my mother to me.
After what had happen all those months ago, I though I would never see
her again. Something in me had faith that I would, by surpressing
the birth of my child. Now, I was sitting in the bed, holding my
newborn, and talking with my mother. I just said, "Mom, you don't
know how much I missed you."
My mother, Vet, took my hand and said, "I do know, cause
I missed you that much as well. It has been almost another lifetime
for me." I knew how true those words were. For five years,
she was not herself. Her body was taken over by St. Marius.
After that, she had been wrongfully imprisoned by the followers of Sephiroth
in the Nasty Dungeon. She then said to me, "JaNa, what are you going
to name your child?"
I held my child close to me. I couldn't believe that
I was a mother so soon in my life. I was almost afraid that my child
wouldn't have a father, but then we found Max again, I was more overjoyed,
but not as much as my mother's safe return. "I don't know yet, Mom.
Did you know that Max is the father?"
My mother nodded. "Max had told me when he rescued
me from that horrid place. When did it happen?"
I knew to what my mother had been refering to. I looked
down at my child again, and softly said, "After we rescued your spirit
component. At least that was our first time." I felt a bit
ashamed, since I hadn't waited until I had gotten married.
I felt my mothers hand hold mine as she said, "I think you
might have done the right thing. I have a bad feeling about the future."
I had a feeling that while my mother was in her horrible
imprisonment, she had found something. I looked over at my mother
and said, "Mom, what did happen to you, and what did you find out down
there?"
My mother sighed a heavy sigh and said, "What happened to
me started long before any of us were born, my child. I found out
more when I was down in that deep level of the Nasty Dungeon. You
see, long ago, Isis' people strived for something called the promised land
of the Cetra, but there were other beings at odds with the Cetra, one even
came to the world we now know. One of those beings was called Jenova,
and she was grafted into a few people. Before long, the Ancients
managed to defeat Jenova, and the strongest of her followers, a man named
Sephiroth."
I was stunned when my mother said that name. I looked
at her and said, "Mom, he appeared shortly after you disappeared.
His followers had freed him from death somehow."
She nodded and said, "They were planning it, and when St.
Marius took over my body, they blamed me for one of their original members
death." Now I understood why my mother disappeared. Not for
the cause of peace as MegN had claimed, but for chaos. They wanted
my mom out of the way. She then said, "But what I found out was more
devistating then anything anyone could now."
I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a voice say,
"I doubt it would be devistating now." I turned and smiled when I
saw who it was. It was Max. He wasn't wearing the mask he wore
right now, but I knew it was him. He sat down next to me and said,
"A boy or girl?"
I looked at him and said, "A girl. I haven't decided
on a name yet." I noticed a sad in Max's face. I then said,
"What's wrong?"
I noticed that he didn't want to answer the question.
He just looked over at my mother and said, "Vet, did you see anything else
down there? Any other stories?"
She shook her head and said, "Only those strange pictographs
that I saw before you rescued me. I didn't notice all of them, but
I saw most of them. It was very scary." I didn't like the sound
of that. It also had me more worried about Max's reaction.
I turned to him and said, "My love, what's wrong? What's
going on?" I was scared now. Scared at the whole situation
in general. Since Isis' death, we were forced underground.
Very few people were left above ground. It was as if the world was
about to end.
Max looked at me and said, "Right after your child was born,
all the other mothers that were expecting couldn't give birth, and those
that did gave birth to stillborns. I remember reading about this.
According to a legend, when the Dawn of Darkness happens, there would be
no more life entering the world. I don't remember all of the legend,
but there is a way to return life to our world again."
I looked at my child and said, "You mean that my child may
be the last child?" When he nodded, I felt like I was about to cry.
Then another grim thought crossed my mind. "What about food?
How will we get food, if new plants can't be born?"
Max took my hand and said, "The Guardians will take care
of that. The main base has devices that can create any type of food.
We just hope we can stop the evil before it takes hold."
It was at that time when I head Radr say, "I THINK WE HAVE
A FEW THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT. I FOUND SOME THINGS OUT AND FOUND THAT
THE EYE'S CRYSTAL PATTERN MATCHES TWO OTHER ITEMS." I remembered
the Eye, the evil gem that corrupted my friend, Lena. Radr then said,
"ONE ITEM WAS THE CRYSTAL OF THE CRYSTOIDS. I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT
BE THE KEYS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING."
I looked up and said, "Radr, do you mean to say that Lena
did this because the Crystoids forced her to join a cult."
Radr then said, "NO. THE CRYSTOIDS MAGIC ABILITIES
STEM FROM THE EVIL CRYSTALS MERGED INTO THEM. NO ONE EVER KNEW THERE
TRUE ORIGINS, BUT NOW WE SUSPECT THAT THE ANCIENTS IN THE BATTLE FROM MANY
YEARS AGO ACCEPTED HELP FROM THE GREATS. THE RESULT WAS THE CRYSTOIDS.
I ALSO BELIEVE THE SPHERES THAT WERE TAKEN AT ISIS' DEATH WERE THE SAME."
I then saw Joel at the door and he said, "But they know that
there are seven out there. Plus they need four runes and the power
of Shoac." I looked at my father's friend. He had a gift for
seeing things. He then said, "I don't think they know where the stone
is, but we just found out."
I gasped and said, "Where is it? We have to prevent
the Crystoids from getting it." I knew that if they got it, they
might be unbeatable.
Radr then said, "IT IS MAX'S MASK. IT IS THE SAME MAKE
AS THE EYE AND THE CRYSTALS. NO DOUBT THAT IT IS THE LAST STONE THEY
NEED. IF THEY GET IT AND THE RUNES, WE HAVE NO FUTURE."
I almost wanted to cry when I heard that. I then looked
at my child and realized that unless things happened for the better, and
soon, she would indeed be the last child.
End...