Chapter 14
Against One's Ambitions
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Fox and Bill followed Martin outside the abbey walls and met Wolf somewhere by the gates. From within
the abbey, they heard Slagar's soldiers as they invaded from the backside of the abbey as they raided
the people's home's and setted fires. Wolf and Fox had their weapons out in case they ran into any of
Slagar's troops. They kept running until they reached to the hills and saw a veiw of the abbey burning.Bill
and Fox grew concerned about Ray and the others.
Martin looked at them with a saddened face.
Wolf's spear disappeared and he said, "We must continue to move. We are safe, but they will find us
if we stay here."
Fox looked at him. "What about everyone else?" he asked.
"Ray said he would meet us at Second Miltia." said Wolf. "In order to get there, we must cross the
Green Border. We will rest at New Jerusalem which is beyond the Green Border."
"What about Ray?" asked Fox with a malicious tone in his voice.
"He said he was going to meet us beyond the Green Border."
"Are you serious? Why can't we go back? What if he can't fight them off by himself?"
"That is of his concern. He gave us an order, we must live up to it."
This made Fox angry. He had never heard Wolf talk like this in his life. He walked up to Wolf,
looked at him with angry eyes and said, "Are you serious? Ray can DIE!"
Wolf's eye became half closed. "Again, it's not my problem." he said coldly.
Fox's eyes widened and he swung his fist on Wolf's face. Wolf retreated holding his face
grumbling angrily. "WHAT KIND OF A SICK PERSON ARE YOU, FOX?" yelled Wolf. "YOU MAKE A PREMATURE STATEMENT
THAT YOU DON'T EVEN THINK HAS A CATALYST TO AID IN IT'S TRUE ANSWER! You make me SICK!"
Fox was about to go up to Wolf and hit him again, but Martin grabbed a hold of Fox and pulled
him back as Fox fought back. "Enough!" said Martin angrily. "Fighting won't aid in anything! We will
have to go to Second Miltia just as Ray ordered to. And as Wolf said, we must hurry or else Slagar's
army will follow us and kill us."
Wolf looked up at Martin and then turned around starting for the trail leading to the Green Border.
Martin let go of Fox and said, "Try not to get your anger involved in this. I'm sorry that I grabbed
you so hard."
Martin followed Wolf up the path. Bill walked up to Fox. "I can't believe this is happening." said
Fox looking down.
"Neither can I." said Bill. "Don't worry. I'm sure Falco, Ray, and Cloud are okay."
The image of Falco with the bloody knife shot through Fox's mind and sent chills down his spine.
It was hard to imagine one of his closest friends, Falco, could have killed someone so innocent and
yet look so calm about it. As soon as Fox returned to reality, he and Bill caught up to Martin and
Wolf and walked to the Green Border just as the sun was rising.
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It didn't appeal to Fox at first, but he soon realized that the grass had transformed into sand
as they walked and the sun began to throw rays of heat upon them. The group soon realized that they
were in the middle of the desert! Wolf stopped and looked around at the endless hills of sand. "If
I'm correct," he started, "we are in the middle of the Reprecht Desert."
Bill wiped off some sweat and asked, "Do you know the way out of here?"
Wolf turned his head around and looked at Bill. "I know every little detail there is to know
about Oarth." he said.
"If you say so." said Fox rubbing his arm nervously.
"If you're scared, Fox, you can back out and go home to Peppy." said Wolf boldly. "I don't make
room for cowards."
This angered Fox. "I didn't say I was afraid of anything!" he yelled growling.
Wolf continued to walk through the sand.
Fox was confused. He turned around meeting eyes with Martin, who was as confused as Fox is.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Fox.
Martin shrugged and said, "Maybe it's because Ray ordered him to do something against Wolf's
will?"
"He speaks like that's not it, though!" growled Fox.
Martin put his hand on Fox's shoulder and said, "He has ways of hiding his true emotions at times.
Who knows? Maybe he cries about his family still when we're not looking."
This didn't surpass Fox.
"C'mon, Fox!" yelled Bill from a distance.
Fox shook out of his daydream and ran to Bill with Martin following behind.
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Heat pulsed down on the group as they traveled more into the desert. Fox, Bill, and Martin
grew tired and sweated through their clothes. Wolf was the same, however he kept moving and didn't
show any sign of tireness. Fox gasped for air and said, "Wolf...let's rest...."
Wolf acted as though he didn't hear a thing and kept walking. Fox was too weak to be angered
by this comment. They kept moving, but slowely. As the dunes rose, the heat grew stronger and stronger.
Wolf, still, show no sign of tiredness.
"Wolf, let's stop," suggested Martin tiredly.
Wolf stopped and drew his spear out of no where. Fox's hand became occupied by his short sword
and he immediately knew what was happening. Geist were near! Fox prepared himself for the coming enemy.
He looked through the landscape trying to find the danger drawing near.
"Martin," started Wolf, "take Bill and hide somewhere. Me and Fox will take care of this."
Martin didn't hesitate to follow Wolf's order and grabbed Bill while running behind a sand dune.
Fox held a tight grip on the hilt and looked around carefully. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He
looked beyond one of the sand dunes and saw sand flying into the air. "Sand Saws!" replied Wolf.
"What are they?" asked Fox in worry.
"Sand Saws are beetle-like Geist which use the sand as their defense." explained Wolf. "Aim
for their gem stones embedded on their heads!"
As they prepared, the Sand Saws drew nearer and nearer. As the creatures move up until a few
feet ahead of the Fox and Wolf, the sand stopped moving. Fox was confused. "JUMP!" yelled Wolf as
he flew into the air.
Fox hesitated but jumped to another area.
When Fox looked, there were four large, red beetles half the size of Fox. Their jaws were behind
a pair of large, orange pincers. They had a set of three legs on each side and wings that appeared
every so often. Their blue, empty eyes showed no mercy to Fox and Wolf. Fox prepared and readied for
the worst.
One of the Sand Saws looked at Fox for a few minutes then charged at him with haste. Fox jumped
to the side avoiding the attack and saw on the back of the insect was an abdomen that was still in
the ground. Fox ran to the creature and struck at the Sand Saw's body. CLANG! His sword hit the body
but didn't make a mark.
"It can repel Light Weapons?" yelled Fox in astonishment.
The beetle turned and met eyes with Fox. Fox jump to behind the bug and struck the abdomen getting
the same results from the body armor. "HIT THEIR HEADS!" yelled Wolf from the distance.
Fox realized and saw a purple gem at the center of the beetle's fore head. Fox didn't hesitate
and stabbed the jewel with his sword. The Sand Saw shrieked in pain as black powder sprayed out of its
fore head as it cowered back. Suddenly it started desintergrating into sand and disappeared with the
landscape. Fox turned and saw Wolf having trouble with the last two.
Fox jumped in and caught one of the Sand Saw's attention. Fox twirled his blade through the air
listening to its song, readying for combat. The insect charged at Fox who jumped to the side dodging
the attack. As the bettle faced Fox, he sheathed the blade through the bug's head killing it instantly. The
bug turned into ashes and disappeared.
Fox turned and saw Wolf finished with his Geist. They met each other and looked around at the
landscape. It was silent. Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently around them. The boys were
hesitating as the tremor accured.
Soon, a large worm-like being sprouted from the ground with small tenticles hanging from its orange
body. It had no eyes what-so-ever, but a large, circular mouth portrayed layers of sharp teeth ready
for chewing. "Wolf?" said Fox nervously.
"Sand Worm." said Wolf.
Then, Wolf's spear and Fox's sword disappeared with a flash. "Wh-what?" yelled Fox.
"Get out of here!" yelled Wolf as he ran toward the sand dunes.
Fox ran from the collosal worm not looking back or even thinking. Fox kept running until a
loud wind blew around him. He stopped and saw the ground below him starting to rise. "What the...?" said
Fox as he gazed at this phenomenum.
The wind grew stronger and suddenly the sand began circling around Fox's whole body entombing
him in a large sand tornado. The gale had lifted Fox from the ground and swirled him around and around
sucking energy out of him. Fox didn't want to yell fearing he may suffocate of sand and kept holding
his breath. Then, the sand storm stopped dropping Fox to the ground. Fox started to black out after
hearing loud gun shots in the distance.
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Fox was surrounded by black, curled up in a ball. His eyes were closed, but he was still awake.
"Is he qualified?" said a familiar, female voice.
"Not yet." said another familiar voice, except this one was a voice of a male. "He has to go through
the Judgement of Courage. 'She' will take care of things then."
"So it's actually happening." said the woman's voice. "But why him? He is only a boy."
"The table show's he is the one to choose for this war." said the man's voice. "We must go
with what the 'Thrones' have ordered us to do."
"If you say so," said the woman's voice.
As Fox was starting to wake, he remembered those voices of the Judges.
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Authors Notes:
Sorry for the late update. I was gone for Spring break and couldn't get to the computer.
Anyway, please R&R and hope you will enjoy the next entry. Especially for you anime fans!
Against One's Ambitions
***********************
Fox and Bill followed Martin outside the abbey walls and met Wolf somewhere by the gates. From within
the abbey, they heard Slagar's soldiers as they invaded from the backside of the abbey as they raided
the people's home's and setted fires. Wolf and Fox had their weapons out in case they ran into any of
Slagar's troops. They kept running until they reached to the hills and saw a veiw of the abbey burning.Bill
and Fox grew concerned about Ray and the others.
Martin looked at them with a saddened face.
Wolf's spear disappeared and he said, "We must continue to move. We are safe, but they will find us
if we stay here."
Fox looked at him. "What about everyone else?" he asked.
"Ray said he would meet us at Second Miltia." said Wolf. "In order to get there, we must cross the
Green Border. We will rest at New Jerusalem which is beyond the Green Border."
"What about Ray?" asked Fox with a malicious tone in his voice.
"He said he was going to meet us beyond the Green Border."
"Are you serious? Why can't we go back? What if he can't fight them off by himself?"
"That is of his concern. He gave us an order, we must live up to it."
This made Fox angry. He had never heard Wolf talk like this in his life. He walked up to Wolf,
looked at him with angry eyes and said, "Are you serious? Ray can DIE!"
Wolf's eye became half closed. "Again, it's not my problem." he said coldly.
Fox's eyes widened and he swung his fist on Wolf's face. Wolf retreated holding his face
grumbling angrily. "WHAT KIND OF A SICK PERSON ARE YOU, FOX?" yelled Wolf. "YOU MAKE A PREMATURE STATEMENT
THAT YOU DON'T EVEN THINK HAS A CATALYST TO AID IN IT'S TRUE ANSWER! You make me SICK!"
Fox was about to go up to Wolf and hit him again, but Martin grabbed a hold of Fox and pulled
him back as Fox fought back. "Enough!" said Martin angrily. "Fighting won't aid in anything! We will
have to go to Second Miltia just as Ray ordered to. And as Wolf said, we must hurry or else Slagar's
army will follow us and kill us."
Wolf looked up at Martin and then turned around starting for the trail leading to the Green Border.
Martin let go of Fox and said, "Try not to get your anger involved in this. I'm sorry that I grabbed
you so hard."
Martin followed Wolf up the path. Bill walked up to Fox. "I can't believe this is happening." said
Fox looking down.
"Neither can I." said Bill. "Don't worry. I'm sure Falco, Ray, and Cloud are okay."
The image of Falco with the bloody knife shot through Fox's mind and sent chills down his spine.
It was hard to imagine one of his closest friends, Falco, could have killed someone so innocent and
yet look so calm about it. As soon as Fox returned to reality, he and Bill caught up to Martin and
Wolf and walked to the Green Border just as the sun was rising.
***************************************************************
It didn't appeal to Fox at first, but he soon realized that the grass had transformed into sand
as they walked and the sun began to throw rays of heat upon them. The group soon realized that they
were in the middle of the desert! Wolf stopped and looked around at the endless hills of sand. "If
I'm correct," he started, "we are in the middle of the Reprecht Desert."
Bill wiped off some sweat and asked, "Do you know the way out of here?"
Wolf turned his head around and looked at Bill. "I know every little detail there is to know
about Oarth." he said.
"If you say so." said Fox rubbing his arm nervously.
"If you're scared, Fox, you can back out and go home to Peppy." said Wolf boldly. "I don't make
room for cowards."
This angered Fox. "I didn't say I was afraid of anything!" he yelled growling.
Wolf continued to walk through the sand.
Fox was confused. He turned around meeting eyes with Martin, who was as confused as Fox is.
"What's wrong with him?" asked Fox.
Martin shrugged and said, "Maybe it's because Ray ordered him to do something against Wolf's
will?"
"He speaks like that's not it, though!" growled Fox.
Martin put his hand on Fox's shoulder and said, "He has ways of hiding his true emotions at times.
Who knows? Maybe he cries about his family still when we're not looking."
This didn't surpass Fox.
"C'mon, Fox!" yelled Bill from a distance.
Fox shook out of his daydream and ran to Bill with Martin following behind.
*********************************************************************************
Heat pulsed down on the group as they traveled more into the desert. Fox, Bill, and Martin
grew tired and sweated through their clothes. Wolf was the same, however he kept moving and didn't
show any sign of tireness. Fox gasped for air and said, "Wolf...let's rest...."
Wolf acted as though he didn't hear a thing and kept walking. Fox was too weak to be angered
by this comment. They kept moving, but slowely. As the dunes rose, the heat grew stronger and stronger.
Wolf, still, show no sign of tiredness.
"Wolf, let's stop," suggested Martin tiredly.
Wolf stopped and drew his spear out of no where. Fox's hand became occupied by his short sword
and he immediately knew what was happening. Geist were near! Fox prepared himself for the coming enemy.
He looked through the landscape trying to find the danger drawing near.
"Martin," started Wolf, "take Bill and hide somewhere. Me and Fox will take care of this."
Martin didn't hesitate to follow Wolf's order and grabbed Bill while running behind a sand dune.
Fox held a tight grip on the hilt and looked around carefully. Suddenly, something caught his eye. He
looked beyond one of the sand dunes and saw sand flying into the air. "Sand Saws!" replied Wolf.
"What are they?" asked Fox in worry.
"Sand Saws are beetle-like Geist which use the sand as their defense." explained Wolf. "Aim
for their gem stones embedded on their heads!"
As they prepared, the Sand Saws drew nearer and nearer. As the creatures move up until a few
feet ahead of the Fox and Wolf, the sand stopped moving. Fox was confused. "JUMP!" yelled Wolf as
he flew into the air.
Fox hesitated but jumped to another area.
When Fox looked, there were four large, red beetles half the size of Fox. Their jaws were behind
a pair of large, orange pincers. They had a set of three legs on each side and wings that appeared
every so often. Their blue, empty eyes showed no mercy to Fox and Wolf. Fox prepared and readied for
the worst.
One of the Sand Saws looked at Fox for a few minutes then charged at him with haste. Fox jumped
to the side avoiding the attack and saw on the back of the insect was an abdomen that was still in
the ground. Fox ran to the creature and struck at the Sand Saw's body. CLANG! His sword hit the body
but didn't make a mark.
"It can repel Light Weapons?" yelled Fox in astonishment.
The beetle turned and met eyes with Fox. Fox jump to behind the bug and struck the abdomen getting
the same results from the body armor. "HIT THEIR HEADS!" yelled Wolf from the distance.
Fox realized and saw a purple gem at the center of the beetle's fore head. Fox didn't hesitate
and stabbed the jewel with his sword. The Sand Saw shrieked in pain as black powder sprayed out of its
fore head as it cowered back. Suddenly it started desintergrating into sand and disappeared with the
landscape. Fox turned and saw Wolf having trouble with the last two.
Fox jumped in and caught one of the Sand Saw's attention. Fox twirled his blade through the air
listening to its song, readying for combat. The insect charged at Fox who jumped to the side dodging
the attack. As the bettle faced Fox, he sheathed the blade through the bug's head killing it instantly. The
bug turned into ashes and disappeared.
Fox turned and saw Wolf finished with his Geist. They met each other and looked around at the
landscape. It was silent. Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently around them. The boys were
hesitating as the tremor accured.
Soon, a large worm-like being sprouted from the ground with small tenticles hanging from its orange
body. It had no eyes what-so-ever, but a large, circular mouth portrayed layers of sharp teeth ready
for chewing. "Wolf?" said Fox nervously.
"Sand Worm." said Wolf.
Then, Wolf's spear and Fox's sword disappeared with a flash. "Wh-what?" yelled Fox.
"Get out of here!" yelled Wolf as he ran toward the sand dunes.
Fox ran from the collosal worm not looking back or even thinking. Fox kept running until a
loud wind blew around him. He stopped and saw the ground below him starting to rise. "What the...?" said
Fox as he gazed at this phenomenum.
The wind grew stronger and suddenly the sand began circling around Fox's whole body entombing
him in a large sand tornado. The gale had lifted Fox from the ground and swirled him around and around
sucking energy out of him. Fox didn't want to yell fearing he may suffocate of sand and kept holding
his breath. Then, the sand storm stopped dropping Fox to the ground. Fox started to black out after
hearing loud gun shots in the distance.
***************************************
Fox was surrounded by black, curled up in a ball. His eyes were closed, but he was still awake.
"Is he qualified?" said a familiar, female voice.
"Not yet." said another familiar voice, except this one was a voice of a male. "He has to go through
the Judgement of Courage. 'She' will take care of things then."
"So it's actually happening." said the woman's voice. "But why him? He is only a boy."
"The table show's he is the one to choose for this war." said the man's voice. "We must go
with what the 'Thrones' have ordered us to do."
"If you say so," said the woman's voice.
As Fox was starting to wake, he remembered those voices of the Judges.
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Authors Notes:
Sorry for the late update. I was gone for Spring break and couldn't get to the computer.
Anyway, please R&R and hope you will enjoy the next entry. Especially for you anime fans!