Vivi smiled brightly, although it was a smile that could not be seen underneath his dark and shadowed face. Light from the sun shined through the trees of the forest, the brilliantly colored trees. The leaves looked odd because of the light that showered them. Around the edges of them were lighter shades of green, like the leaves were sending off a signal. Moonlike eyes observed Freya slowly, not believing that it was truly the person in which they were fixed upon. Freya's brow rose, confused at what Vivi was doing.
"Where did you two come from!?" he asked in an excited tone. He didn't seem aware of the Leafless Tree in the field just north of where he stood, nor did he realize what was bound to happen to them. They had already been chosen and the tree was already planning what was bound to happen to them. Freya bowed down and smiled.
"I was headed off for Alexandria until some tree attempted to kill me." Laughing at this, she turned her glance to Kuja who was now petting the dragon ever so softly. His red, silky hair hung over his eyes and the dragon gave them all a warm feeling of protection. Though, how could something so powerful, not defeat a tree? A simple tree without any leaves? Not just a tree, a whole new world.
"Alexandria! Oh no! I have extremely bad news!" An excited tone of happiness turned to sorrow and anger. " It..it..It has been destroyed over the night!"
Freya gasped once Kuja took his hand away from the dragon and looked rather stunned. Jumping onto the dragon as Freya did before, he yelled out loud. "GET ON!" Never had they seen Kuja so angry, but they did what he said nevertheless. Freya lifted little Vivi up onto the dragon, and then herself. She allowed Vivi to sit in her lap, otherwise it is likely that he would just fall off while gliding about through the moist air. Wings of the dragon flapped galantly up and down, the air hit their faces as it charged through it as fast as it possibly could. Over the trees of the forest they flew over again and on approaching was the field. Amazingly to their site was the tree, nearly twice as big as it was just before. About eight roots were now sprouting from beneath the earth and branches shot up into the air. Closer they got and with each flap of the wings, the darker the area got. It seemed like the sun was disappearing. Was it the sun? Or was it the devil within the tree. A chill rattled up Freya's spine and Vivi's hat was whipped around ferociously by the wind. Again it became darker, and closer they became. Closer, darker, and closer, and yet darker again.
"What the hell is this!?" Kuja screamed as they passed over the tree and everything started to become light again. It must have been that where the tree was directly, was where the center of the darkness was. So many questions, but no time at all to spare. The mountains ahead of them were very close but the darkness came closer. A branch from the tree grabbed onto the ankle of the dragon and tossed them all back torwards the forest. As the three of them were flying through the air, and directly when they came over head the tree, everything turned black except for them, and the tree. Sitting beneath them, staring, glaring, waiting for the group to fall into it's grasp for eternity.
Suddenly, without any warning, the tree grew larger and larger. It took up nearly the rest of the field. It was huge. Still, no leaves, it was just as evil as it was before. They were immobilized in the air, floating there before the tree. In an odd sort of way it seemed actually nice to be before it. Twists of grey filled the area and swirled around the tree and them. Speeding around them making it so nothing else could be seen. Spinning around and around, the strange gusts continued to surround them still until they stopped and the sun's light was shed back onto the area. The sun peered out from behind a cloud in the sky, just like a child afraid of a monster underneath a bed. In the field they all were once again, and the tree was back to it's normal size. The size that Freya first saw it, the size of Vivi. To the North of them were the mountains just as before, and to the south were the forest.
"Huh?" Vivi questioned to no one. All around them seemed nearly the same, the wind, the grass, the mountains and the forest. What was the point of the darkness and the growth of the tree? Freya glanced up as she was looking down to the ground. Placed onto the tree was a card with wonderful markings. The back of the card was the darkest brown imaginable with gold ribbons printed onto each corner. The front of the card had a weird picture placed onto it. The picture seemed to of someone of high power, authority. Perhaps a judge? A king maybe? The sound of a bird came from behind them. The bird. Exactly the same as before, it sat there staring at them. With a hiss it jumped back from them to appear like it was starting a battle. Flew away from Freya the card did and landed directly infront of her in the air. It glistened with silver and silver seemed to be pulled from within it. The silver spirit made it's way away from them and sat itself down and took the shape of a strange bird like creature with a man sitting on top of it.
"HAH!" He shouted. "You have unlocked us once again! The world of Tactia shall be restored!"
"Where did you two come from!?" he asked in an excited tone. He didn't seem aware of the Leafless Tree in the field just north of where he stood, nor did he realize what was bound to happen to them. They had already been chosen and the tree was already planning what was bound to happen to them. Freya bowed down and smiled.
"I was headed off for Alexandria until some tree attempted to kill me." Laughing at this, she turned her glance to Kuja who was now petting the dragon ever so softly. His red, silky hair hung over his eyes and the dragon gave them all a warm feeling of protection. Though, how could something so powerful, not defeat a tree? A simple tree without any leaves? Not just a tree, a whole new world.
"Alexandria! Oh no! I have extremely bad news!" An excited tone of happiness turned to sorrow and anger. " It..it..It has been destroyed over the night!"
Freya gasped once Kuja took his hand away from the dragon and looked rather stunned. Jumping onto the dragon as Freya did before, he yelled out loud. "GET ON!" Never had they seen Kuja so angry, but they did what he said nevertheless. Freya lifted little Vivi up onto the dragon, and then herself. She allowed Vivi to sit in her lap, otherwise it is likely that he would just fall off while gliding about through the moist air. Wings of the dragon flapped galantly up and down, the air hit their faces as it charged through it as fast as it possibly could. Over the trees of the forest they flew over again and on approaching was the field. Amazingly to their site was the tree, nearly twice as big as it was just before. About eight roots were now sprouting from beneath the earth and branches shot up into the air. Closer they got and with each flap of the wings, the darker the area got. It seemed like the sun was disappearing. Was it the sun? Or was it the devil within the tree. A chill rattled up Freya's spine and Vivi's hat was whipped around ferociously by the wind. Again it became darker, and closer they became. Closer, darker, and closer, and yet darker again.
"What the hell is this!?" Kuja screamed as they passed over the tree and everything started to become light again. It must have been that where the tree was directly, was where the center of the darkness was. So many questions, but no time at all to spare. The mountains ahead of them were very close but the darkness came closer. A branch from the tree grabbed onto the ankle of the dragon and tossed them all back torwards the forest. As the three of them were flying through the air, and directly when they came over head the tree, everything turned black except for them, and the tree. Sitting beneath them, staring, glaring, waiting for the group to fall into it's grasp for eternity.
Suddenly, without any warning, the tree grew larger and larger. It took up nearly the rest of the field. It was huge. Still, no leaves, it was just as evil as it was before. They were immobilized in the air, floating there before the tree. In an odd sort of way it seemed actually nice to be before it. Twists of grey filled the area and swirled around the tree and them. Speeding around them making it so nothing else could be seen. Spinning around and around, the strange gusts continued to surround them still until they stopped and the sun's light was shed back onto the area. The sun peered out from behind a cloud in the sky, just like a child afraid of a monster underneath a bed. In the field they all were once again, and the tree was back to it's normal size. The size that Freya first saw it, the size of Vivi. To the North of them were the mountains just as before, and to the south were the forest.
"Huh?" Vivi questioned to no one. All around them seemed nearly the same, the wind, the grass, the mountains and the forest. What was the point of the darkness and the growth of the tree? Freya glanced up as she was looking down to the ground. Placed onto the tree was a card with wonderful markings. The back of the card was the darkest brown imaginable with gold ribbons printed onto each corner. The front of the card had a weird picture placed onto it. The picture seemed to of someone of high power, authority. Perhaps a judge? A king maybe? The sound of a bird came from behind them. The bird. Exactly the same as before, it sat there staring at them. With a hiss it jumped back from them to appear like it was starting a battle. Flew away from Freya the card did and landed directly infront of her in the air. It glistened with silver and silver seemed to be pulled from within it. The silver spirit made it's way away from them and sat itself down and took the shape of a strange bird like creature with a man sitting on top of it.
"HAH!" He shouted. "You have unlocked us once again! The world of Tactia shall be restored!"