Author's Notes – Here's a new one for this story, we follow Auron as he
discovers a place hidden from Spira for a thousand years.
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The mega-city was spectacular. Although it did not have a giant water fountain which could fly over the city, it was five times bigger than Jecht's and Tidus' Zanarkand. Furthermore, its machina technology was far more superior to that of Zanarkand's. As I searched for the limits of the city, flying machinas dominated the skyline.
"Shocked huh?" the man sniggered. "You look like you come from a world with no such things."
"I do," came my instant answer as I thought of somehow backward Spira.
The platform began to slow down and it eventually stopped in front of a grand building thrice the size of Bevelle's largest temple. A few men covered in strange white clothing came out. The man with me gave a surrendering sign.
"Explain," one of the men demanded, brandishing his machina, probably his weapon.
"History is repeating itself," the man replied. He pointed to the lifeless body of Rikku's on my back. One of the men nodded. "Come on," one of the men, probably soldiers, ordered. Trusting them with my intuition, I followed them in. The soldier pointed to a floating seat. I placed Rikku on the sat and proceeded to sit on one of them. I marveled at the technology as a pink bubble enveloped the seat before it started to move above the ground to its destination.
***
I waited at the door, watching an unconscious Rikku on a nearby chair. A man with a protruding came out, his age almost the same as Maester Mika.
"Ah..." the man looked at me. "An unsent I see," I was shocked.
"How did you know?" I asked him, feeling frightened that he knew my true form.
"The farplane will not accept me in," he spoke, showing his true form as pyreflies began to encircle around him. "I have to protect this city from sorceresses."
"Sorceresses??" I asked.
"Perhaps they do not exist in your land," the man explained. "Looks like we have to bring this girl to Ellone." He pointed to Rikku.
"Ellone??" I was confused. The man nodded.
"Another unsent that the Farplane forces to stay on in this world too," he explained. "Come, we must hurry." The man pointed to the door. I nodded and began to carry Rikku. He gave a halting sign. "We'll help you take her," he assured, beckoning to two guards to carry her body. My heart gave a worrying feeling as I saw my love being carried away.
I walked down the aisle of glowing spheres, following this strange unsent old man behind. One of the glowing spheres caught my eye. I paused to take a look at it. 'Rikku?!?' I reached my hand for the sphere hologram as a couple stood with a man in white armor and a woman in a simple dress.
"That was Lady Rydran," the old man explained as he came back to me. "She was the love of General Aypian. They lived during the Sorceress War about ten thousand years ago." I turned to the man.
"Then what happened?" I asked eager to know this couple.
"At the time of Sorceress Helyp's defeat, she cursed the couple," the old man replied. "Within a year, Lady Rydran fell ill and died. General Aypian, unable to take the truth, went to the north of this continent and it is believed that he threw himself into the freezing waters of the River Trabia." The general in the hologram lifted his helmet, giving me a shock.
'My face?!?' I was badly shaken.
"Now you know why we were eager to help you," the old man answered. I gave a slight nod. "It's time you break this curse, but it's once again too late," the man pointed at me, as some pyreflies encircled my body. I gave a slight nod. We continued our walk down the aisle. I paused to look at another hologram.
'Tidus?!? Yuna?!?' I stared at the hologram. Tidus looked rather different while Yuna had long hair instead.
"That is Shuyin and Lenne," the man replied. "A young man from Zanarkand and a young woman from Bevelle. They used to board a special school here and went their separate ways after graduation. We lost contact about them after the Bevelle-Zanarkand war broke out, which forced us to close our country to the world." I looked at the hologram before proceeding once again.
***
We reached a large machina. "Go into that capsule," he pointed to one cylinder.
"Where's Rikku?" I asked.
"She's already in one of them," he explained. "Do not worry, she'll be safe."
I nodded and entered the cylinder. As soon as I entered it, the air in it began to make me sleepy. I tried to resist sleeping.
"It's meant for you to sleep," a voice came from a certain speaker-box. "You'll be awakened when you reached the station." I gave way and closed my eyes, falling unconscious in it.
***
I awoke to look at Rikku's eyes on me. She was smiling. Rikku looked rather happy.
"You're fine....??" I asked.
"As fine as usual!" she replied cheerfully. I looked around to see my surroundings. It was one of the rooms of Rin's travel agency.
"Rikku! You're fine!" I gave her a hug. She looked astonished.
"Wow," she exclaimed. "I never saw you like that, Auron! Good! You're openin' up!"
Falling prey to my heart, I pressed my lips against hers abruptly. She pushed herself away, her face shocked.
"Auron," she warned. "There's a limit to friendship action."
"I can't stand it already! You're too precious to me" I cried out to her as I pinned her onto the bed, trying to force myself on her, pushing my lips onto her mouth.
"What are ya' doing???" she screeched. "ARE YA MAD?" Rikku gave me a push.
"Rikku..." I spoke. She turned and gave me a tight slap.
I awaked to find myself on a bed. A man in white came in.
"Hey, you're conscious already," he spoke. I looked to see one of the windows, it was night but it was pitch-black.
"Is it night?" I asked.
"Night?? We don't have day or night here," he replied. He beckoned over to me to come over. I was amazed by the sight. I saw a familiar giant rocky sphere nearby; the moon. To another side was a blue-green sphere; Spira. Suddenly I remembered Rikku.
"Rikku, where is she?" I asked the white man.
"Oh the girl??" he asked. "She's in the medical room." I rushed to a direction indicating the medical room when I felt I was a little lighter. I felt for my back.
"Where's my weapon?" I asked back.
"Oh that giant sword?" the white man replied. "Miss Ellone came to take it to her room; you may see her at any time." I did not bother, but hurriedly entered the medical room. Inside the medical room was Rikku lying in a white metal cylinder. I searched over for the button.
"You can't touch her," a voice bellowed from behind. I turned to see another man in white.
"And why is that?" I demanded.
"We'll only open it after she has come round," he replied. "Oh yes, Miss Ellone is expecting you."
***
I knocked on the hard grey door. "Come in," a voice came from behind the door. The door instantly slid open. "I've been expecting you Auron."
I received a shock at Miss Ellone. "You..." I stood by the wall, the girl with the scarf advanced towards me.
"I guess now you finally know my name," she initiated, lowering her head.
"How did you do that?" I asked, my tone was unbelievably frightened. "How did you connect with me in Spira..when you're here?!?" She kept silent, and finally she began her story.
"I have a special power," she explained. "I was born with it." I nodded in shock. As she advanced towards me, she stroked my hair. I moved away shaken. "That beautiful brown eye," she looked at me in my good eye. "The same as when I saw you as a baby, with warm gentle eyes." Her weird attitude left me shaken up against the wall of the room.
"I'd think I'll go check on Rikku..." I mumbled as I prepared to run towards the room exit. "Wait!" she cried. "It has all been pre-destined." As soon as her mouth finished its speech, red lights began to flicker throughout the room.
"ATTENTION!" a voice sounded through a grey box. "PLEASE REPORT TO THE MEDICAL ROOM!"
'Rikku!' I panicked as I rushed out of the room to the medical room, where I saw several wounded men. In front of me was a Rikku walking in a drunken way. I rushed towards her....
-------------------------------------------------------- For those Final Fantasy VIII experts, you should already be guessing what had happened. See ya in next chapter~!
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The mega-city was spectacular. Although it did not have a giant water fountain which could fly over the city, it was five times bigger than Jecht's and Tidus' Zanarkand. Furthermore, its machina technology was far more superior to that of Zanarkand's. As I searched for the limits of the city, flying machinas dominated the skyline.
"Shocked huh?" the man sniggered. "You look like you come from a world with no such things."
"I do," came my instant answer as I thought of somehow backward Spira.
The platform began to slow down and it eventually stopped in front of a grand building thrice the size of Bevelle's largest temple. A few men covered in strange white clothing came out. The man with me gave a surrendering sign.
"Explain," one of the men demanded, brandishing his machina, probably his weapon.
"History is repeating itself," the man replied. He pointed to the lifeless body of Rikku's on my back. One of the men nodded. "Come on," one of the men, probably soldiers, ordered. Trusting them with my intuition, I followed them in. The soldier pointed to a floating seat. I placed Rikku on the sat and proceeded to sit on one of them. I marveled at the technology as a pink bubble enveloped the seat before it started to move above the ground to its destination.
***
I waited at the door, watching an unconscious Rikku on a nearby chair. A man with a protruding came out, his age almost the same as Maester Mika.
"Ah..." the man looked at me. "An unsent I see," I was shocked.
"How did you know?" I asked him, feeling frightened that he knew my true form.
"The farplane will not accept me in," he spoke, showing his true form as pyreflies began to encircle around him. "I have to protect this city from sorceresses."
"Sorceresses??" I asked.
"Perhaps they do not exist in your land," the man explained. "Looks like we have to bring this girl to Ellone." He pointed to Rikku.
"Ellone??" I was confused. The man nodded.
"Another unsent that the Farplane forces to stay on in this world too," he explained. "Come, we must hurry." The man pointed to the door. I nodded and began to carry Rikku. He gave a halting sign. "We'll help you take her," he assured, beckoning to two guards to carry her body. My heart gave a worrying feeling as I saw my love being carried away.
I walked down the aisle of glowing spheres, following this strange unsent old man behind. One of the glowing spheres caught my eye. I paused to take a look at it. 'Rikku?!?' I reached my hand for the sphere hologram as a couple stood with a man in white armor and a woman in a simple dress.
"That was Lady Rydran," the old man explained as he came back to me. "She was the love of General Aypian. They lived during the Sorceress War about ten thousand years ago." I turned to the man.
"Then what happened?" I asked eager to know this couple.
"At the time of Sorceress Helyp's defeat, she cursed the couple," the old man replied. "Within a year, Lady Rydran fell ill and died. General Aypian, unable to take the truth, went to the north of this continent and it is believed that he threw himself into the freezing waters of the River Trabia." The general in the hologram lifted his helmet, giving me a shock.
'My face?!?' I was badly shaken.
"Now you know why we were eager to help you," the old man answered. I gave a slight nod. "It's time you break this curse, but it's once again too late," the man pointed at me, as some pyreflies encircled my body. I gave a slight nod. We continued our walk down the aisle. I paused to look at another hologram.
'Tidus?!? Yuna?!?' I stared at the hologram. Tidus looked rather different while Yuna had long hair instead.
"That is Shuyin and Lenne," the man replied. "A young man from Zanarkand and a young woman from Bevelle. They used to board a special school here and went their separate ways after graduation. We lost contact about them after the Bevelle-Zanarkand war broke out, which forced us to close our country to the world." I looked at the hologram before proceeding once again.
***
We reached a large machina. "Go into that capsule," he pointed to one cylinder.
"Where's Rikku?" I asked.
"She's already in one of them," he explained. "Do not worry, she'll be safe."
I nodded and entered the cylinder. As soon as I entered it, the air in it began to make me sleepy. I tried to resist sleeping.
"It's meant for you to sleep," a voice came from a certain speaker-box. "You'll be awakened when you reached the station." I gave way and closed my eyes, falling unconscious in it.
***
I awoke to look at Rikku's eyes on me. She was smiling. Rikku looked rather happy.
"You're fine....??" I asked.
"As fine as usual!" she replied cheerfully. I looked around to see my surroundings. It was one of the rooms of Rin's travel agency.
"Rikku! You're fine!" I gave her a hug. She looked astonished.
"Wow," she exclaimed. "I never saw you like that, Auron! Good! You're openin' up!"
Falling prey to my heart, I pressed my lips against hers abruptly. She pushed herself away, her face shocked.
"Auron," she warned. "There's a limit to friendship action."
"I can't stand it already! You're too precious to me" I cried out to her as I pinned her onto the bed, trying to force myself on her, pushing my lips onto her mouth.
"What are ya' doing???" she screeched. "ARE YA MAD?" Rikku gave me a push.
"Rikku..." I spoke. She turned and gave me a tight slap.
I awaked to find myself on a bed. A man in white came in.
"Hey, you're conscious already," he spoke. I looked to see one of the windows, it was night but it was pitch-black.
"Is it night?" I asked.
"Night?? We don't have day or night here," he replied. He beckoned over to me to come over. I was amazed by the sight. I saw a familiar giant rocky sphere nearby; the moon. To another side was a blue-green sphere; Spira. Suddenly I remembered Rikku.
"Rikku, where is she?" I asked the white man.
"Oh the girl??" he asked. "She's in the medical room." I rushed to a direction indicating the medical room when I felt I was a little lighter. I felt for my back.
"Where's my weapon?" I asked back.
"Oh that giant sword?" the white man replied. "Miss Ellone came to take it to her room; you may see her at any time." I did not bother, but hurriedly entered the medical room. Inside the medical room was Rikku lying in a white metal cylinder. I searched over for the button.
"You can't touch her," a voice bellowed from behind. I turned to see another man in white.
"And why is that?" I demanded.
"We'll only open it after she has come round," he replied. "Oh yes, Miss Ellone is expecting you."
***
I knocked on the hard grey door. "Come in," a voice came from behind the door. The door instantly slid open. "I've been expecting you Auron."
I received a shock at Miss Ellone. "You..." I stood by the wall, the girl with the scarf advanced towards me.
"I guess now you finally know my name," she initiated, lowering her head.
"How did you do that?" I asked, my tone was unbelievably frightened. "How did you connect with me in Spira..when you're here?!?" She kept silent, and finally she began her story.
"I have a special power," she explained. "I was born with it." I nodded in shock. As she advanced towards me, she stroked my hair. I moved away shaken. "That beautiful brown eye," she looked at me in my good eye. "The same as when I saw you as a baby, with warm gentle eyes." Her weird attitude left me shaken up against the wall of the room.
"I'd think I'll go check on Rikku..." I mumbled as I prepared to run towards the room exit. "Wait!" she cried. "It has all been pre-destined." As soon as her mouth finished its speech, red lights began to flicker throughout the room.
"ATTENTION!" a voice sounded through a grey box. "PLEASE REPORT TO THE MEDICAL ROOM!"
'Rikku!' I panicked as I rushed out of the room to the medical room, where I saw several wounded men. In front of me was a Rikku walking in a drunken way. I rushed towards her....
-------------------------------------------------------- For those Final Fantasy VIII experts, you should already be guessing what had happened. See ya in next chapter~!