Oooohhh startling stuff happening to Terra there. I wonder how that will turn out. Well, I know how it turns out, but you have to wait until it's time to tell the story from Edgar and Terra's PoV now, don't you??? *laughs maniacally and begins to choke* stupid karma…
Meh, I don't own the rights or anything like that to Nintendo, Squaresoft, Sony, or Final Fantasy 3/6.
Chapter 3 – Alone Once More
We left Sabin's house a couple hours before sunset, and were well on our way home. Celes was exhausted. Nikki never left her alone. Once she was free from our Chocobos, she continued to cling to Celes. Celes didn't seem to mind, and even taught Nikki how to behave around Adeline and Bo.
We helped Relm clean the dishes, and helped Sabin chop wood for a fire. Celes showed off her amazing magic skills, and put on an excellent show for everyone, though we've all seen her use magic, Nikki had never seen it, so she sat quietly for a long time.
Nikki was busy pestering Celes and Relm was busy cleaning the house. Sabin and I snuck out to do a little fishing. We sat next to the river, and cast our lines in. we both lay back, and basked in the afternoon sun. We didn't catch anything, but when we eventually pulled our lines out, the worms were gone, and we were sunburned.
After an hour or so, we had to say our goodbyes, and leave before it became too dark to travel. The roads were dangerous at night, and Celes and I were not in the mood to have to hurt people. Besides, when it got dark enough, the Chocobos would suddenly stop everything they were doing, and fall asleep, which meant that if we were on the road, Celes and I would be sleeping under the stars.
Leaving early made absolutely no difference, as it turned out. The sun set quickly, bathing the landscape in darkness. Event the moon wasn't out. The refreshingly cool breeze felt good on my sunburn, and I cursed myself for falling asleep in the middle of the day.
"Locke."
"Yes, Celes?"
"Wanna race home?" she challenged.
"When don't I?"
We stopped at the edge of a wide meadow. She counted to three, and we both urged our Chocobos to run faster. Adeline certainly began to speed up. Bo, being the laziest out of the two refused to go any faster than he wanted, and it wasn't long before I could see Adeline's backside, then she became a blob of grey in the distance, and soon I could not see her at all.
"You lazy Chocobo!" I yelled. "Why won't you run?"
I cursed him some more, and without missing a beat (and almost reading my mind) Bo came to a screeching halt. I flew off, and hit a tree, while he stood his ground. The picnic basket finally fell after being hurled so high into the air, and landed over my head.
I stood up, and staggered over to Bo. He warked angrily. I went to climb on his saddle, scolding him the whole time, but he whipped around and kicked me! I flew back, landed, and hit my head on a rock. My vision began to fade, and my eyelids fluttered a few times before I was knocked out cold.
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I quickly left Locke in my dust as Adeline ran faster. I knew I would win, but Bo seemed to not even listen to Locke, and I could hear Bo being yelled at by Locke. Adeline ran like the wind, and we came to the entrance to a dense forest. I looked back, and no longer saw Locke. I decided to wait for Locke to get there so I could brag to him, and let Adeline rest for a little while.
I tied Adeline up near a stream, using some rope that was already around the tree. I sat on a log that was at the edge of the forest, and waited for Locke to show up. After a few minutes, I became bored, and began to inspect the dark forest, leaving Adeline near the stream.
I entered the forest and Adeline warked worryingly for me. I came back and told her that I would be right back, and reentered the forest. The forest was indeed dark, and I was tripping over branches and vines that were in the way. I took out my sword, and cut a branch off. I concentrated on it, and soon the branch was ablaze.
I didn't recall passing a forest on the way to Sabin's, but I thought little of it. The tall trees cast gloomy shadows around me as I walked, and their tops blocked out the stars and moon. I used my sword to cut the vines which hung off of the trees and were in my way.
Then, I heard footsteps behind me, and I quickened my pace. I started to loop around to where Adeline was, but the steps continued to follow me. Soon, I was running, and as I ran, I concentrated on casting a spell. Almost immediately, I was running extremely fast; my speed enhanced by my haste spell.
It still wasn't enough, as the footsteps continued to pursue me! I sprinted away as fast as I could (throwing my torch and sword down in the process), and I heard the footsteps of my pursuer fade away. I stopped, and leaned against a tree for support. My breath took awhile to calm down, but my heart was still racing. I tried to look around, but without my light, I could only see darkness. I found a branch, but I was too tired to light it.
I sat and leaned against a tree to take a nap, and hardly noticed the poignant smell of honeysuckle as I drifted to sleep…
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I came to, but my head was throbbing and sticky with blood. I stood up, and searched the landscape. It was almost dawn, and the stars were fading from the sky. The bright sun rose above the mountains, and the birds began to chirp.
I began walking home and nearly tripped over Bo who was sleeping near a stream. I woke him up, and received several peck marks for doing so. I hopped on him, and we began our journey home…
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It is all coming together for me… I wasn't expecting another to enter my web, but it is all for the better, and soon, I do believe that I shall make my presence known. They will pay for imprisoning my master, and when I have enough power, I will release him, and let him deal with them. But for now, I need more magical power, and I know where to find all the magic I need…