A/N: Dun dun dun...
Silent Screams Chapter "There's only three more to go!"
Quistis looked at the woman with the short black hair, staring at her. It was as if she heard that voice far away in the back of her brain. "Quistis, I am your ancestor."
"Yea, I could only assume that. Which one?" Quistis asked, grasping the handle of her whip.
"My name is Aiko." Aiko came down to the same level as Quistis, walking over to her on the invisible, or non-existent, floor. Sapphire eyes peered into her own. Aiko raised her pale white hand, brushing back the hay colored hair on Quistis. "You look worn."
Quistis flinched. "That bad?"
Aiko smiled, turning her head. Two other women suddenly appeared. "My daughter and my granddaughter, Lona and Emiko."
Emiko stepped forward. She had short brown hair that covered her eyes and feathered in the back. "My daughter, Hoshiko."
Hoshiko stepped forward now. "This is my daughter, Jin."
Jin stepped forward, long, tumble waves of blonde flowing down towards her ankles. "Kaida, Kayami, Inari, Kyoko, Suki, Yuki, Sakura, Wattan, Uma, Uta, Yori, Yoko, Miyoko, Masako, Mia, Sada, Oki, Nariko," Jin went on, pointing as every crystal shard transformed into another woman. "Your grandmother, Serafina. Your mother, Calanthia, and then you, Quistis."
Quistis held her head. "How many is that?"
Emiko laughed. "Two thousand four hundred and seventy two. Oh, with Dante? That will be two thousand four hundred and seventy three."
Quistis looked at all of them. Some were short, while some were tall. Some were skinny, while some were fat. Their hair colors ranged from pink, yes...pink, to blonde. Some of them had sharp chins, while others had smooth chins. One even looked like a man. Quistis believed her name was Dru.
Yet every single one of them had the same feature. Their strong, enrapturing, sapphire blue eyes. Every single one of them looked at Quistis. The first dream she had, she remembered seeing thousands of her eyes staring at her.
Was it that they were all her, or was she all of them in their eyes? Quistis blinked.
Aiko stepped forward once more, kneeling down to Quistis level. "Allow me to take you some place."
Quistis simply nodded her head. The thousands of women disappeared, and Aiko and her stood a top the cliffs. Quistis looked down, seeing Nero speaking with a woman with long brown hair. "That's the woman from when I was dying..."
"That's Ademia, the first sorceress. Her and Nero were very much in love. Ademia didn't like the way in which Hyne ran things, so she decided to build up her powers within her spirit, harboring them for a later use. It was until she called forth the first Lunar Cry in which we knew what she was doing. Bringing down the monsters that Hyne created to protect himself was a crime, especially when Ademia controlled all these monsters.
Hyne chose Nero to kill her because he knew that Nero had loved her, and Ademia loved him. He knew that Ademia would never turn her back on her true love. Nero denied it, stating that he could never kill the woman he loved. So, Hyne forced him to take a life of immortality as punishment. Hyne decided to send me instead, knowing that I myself loved Nero." She took a small breath and continued on. "The only way, however, to get Ademia to appear was through Nero.
If he appeared and called upon her with his heart, she would come in an instant. She loved him that much. He had tricked her...allowing her back turned for one second, I was able to kill her."
Quistis nodded her head, watching the scene replay over and over again. "How does she move from one body to the next?"
"Her spirit can never die. It has too much of Hyne's power to die. So, just as Nero, she will live on forever. Every time she felt the host she was in weaken, her spirit would fly away to the closest person. If the closest person is not who she wants, then it is a family member. The energy she gains from each new sorceress is then passed onto the next."
Quistis paused. "How do the Blue Mages exist?"
"What?" Aiko asked, a bit surprised.
"How do they continue to reproduce. Obviously, the people they are with might not be a SeaD, right?"
Aiko grinned. "That's where Nero comes into play."
"What?"
"Nero impregnates the woman, passing on the genes of a SeaD onto the woman's child."
Quistis blinked slowly. "So...Nero is basically having intercourse with his descendents?"
Aiko laughed loudly. "I never said that he had intercourse. He just passes the SeaD genes on by impregnating them. All what he has to do is brush shoulders with them, or touch them."
Quistis blinked. "Did he do that with me?"
Aiko giggled. "Only he knows. The only way he keeps track of it is by taking the Blue Mage's last name. I cannot speak his last name, that he will tell you himself."
Quistis got the chills up and down her body. Aiko grinned sheepishly. "So, that's Ademia?"
"Yup. The only way to stop her is to grasp a hold of her spirit."
"Why does she want the world to die?"
Aiko breathed in slowly. "She hates Hyne with a passion. She hates him because of the world he gave them compared to the world he gave the Engles and Humans. This isn't Earth, Quistis. This place is Gaia, another dimension of Earth. The world here is death ridden and barren. No one wants to live here, not even the Angels. Yet, this is where we all began, this is where we all end. Once a SeaD dies, they are transferred to Gaia, surrounded by the other SeaDs and Blue Mages of the past. Engles and Humans stay as spirits on Earth, perhaps transferring to another body or thing, sometimes staying as spirits. The Angels, however, have no choice in the matter. Once they are dead, they can never return, unless they were accidental casualties of a Sorceress war, such as your friends Zell and Selphie."
Quistis' eyes sprung open. "They're alive?"
"Not quite. Selphie is a butterfly and Zell is a...well, he's a squirrel. They both love to hang around Balamb Garden, keeping watch over their friends. The next time they die, they will either stay as a spirit, or move on."
"What about Blue Mages?"
Aiko sighed solemnly. "We're forced to stay here until a new Blue Mage SeaD is born. We watch over them and entwine their dreams with stories of the past. That's why Blue Mages are prodigies. When they turn eighteen, however, we come in our crystal form. The only things they can see of us are our eyes. All of our eyes are sapphire colored. It's as if they are looking into a mirror, but they're not. When they defeat the sorceress, we let them be and return to this world, forever walking amongst the SeaDs who chose to stay and our ancestors and descendents."
"That's...sad," Quistis whispered out.
She smiled. "Not so bad. Your loved ones surround you, and only the happiest moments of your life are replayed in front of your eyes. We all have homes, if you walk along the ravine. That's the only verdant part of this world, where the houses are."
Quistis smiled. "So, this is heaven?"
Aiko smiled too. "Basically."
"Kinda dull."
"Lots of monsters to kill."
"Why are you showing me this?" Quistis abruptly asked.
Aiko smiled mysteriously. "The same reason why dogs lick their balls. Because we can." Quistis laughed softly, and Aiko smiled. "No, but for real, because you wanted to die. Well, this is the after world. No returning to Earth for you. None of your friends will be here, all of them will choose a life of rebirth, same with your family."
Quistis sighed. "I'm...depressed now."
"Talk to Hyne. There's a lot more that you don't know. I can only explain so much."
A/N: Well, there ya have it! A full explanation of everything. Like the names? All Japanese. Japanese names are so pretty. Erm, yea. Nero is basically Quistis' father, then. Ezri got it right, but since I'm THAT insane, frost and Ezri get something even more special than a fanfic. They get to each have a part in Silent Cries. So, email me the short bio.
Silent Screams Chapter "There's only three more to go!"
Quistis looked at the woman with the short black hair, staring at her. It was as if she heard that voice far away in the back of her brain. "Quistis, I am your ancestor."
"Yea, I could only assume that. Which one?" Quistis asked, grasping the handle of her whip.
"My name is Aiko." Aiko came down to the same level as Quistis, walking over to her on the invisible, or non-existent, floor. Sapphire eyes peered into her own. Aiko raised her pale white hand, brushing back the hay colored hair on Quistis. "You look worn."
Quistis flinched. "That bad?"
Aiko smiled, turning her head. Two other women suddenly appeared. "My daughter and my granddaughter, Lona and Emiko."
Emiko stepped forward. She had short brown hair that covered her eyes and feathered in the back. "My daughter, Hoshiko."
Hoshiko stepped forward now. "This is my daughter, Jin."
Jin stepped forward, long, tumble waves of blonde flowing down towards her ankles. "Kaida, Kayami, Inari, Kyoko, Suki, Yuki, Sakura, Wattan, Uma, Uta, Yori, Yoko, Miyoko, Masako, Mia, Sada, Oki, Nariko," Jin went on, pointing as every crystal shard transformed into another woman. "Your grandmother, Serafina. Your mother, Calanthia, and then you, Quistis."
Quistis held her head. "How many is that?"
Emiko laughed. "Two thousand four hundred and seventy two. Oh, with Dante? That will be two thousand four hundred and seventy three."
Quistis looked at all of them. Some were short, while some were tall. Some were skinny, while some were fat. Their hair colors ranged from pink, yes...pink, to blonde. Some of them had sharp chins, while others had smooth chins. One even looked like a man. Quistis believed her name was Dru.
Yet every single one of them had the same feature. Their strong, enrapturing, sapphire blue eyes. Every single one of them looked at Quistis. The first dream she had, she remembered seeing thousands of her eyes staring at her.
Was it that they were all her, or was she all of them in their eyes? Quistis blinked.
Aiko stepped forward once more, kneeling down to Quistis level. "Allow me to take you some place."
Quistis simply nodded her head. The thousands of women disappeared, and Aiko and her stood a top the cliffs. Quistis looked down, seeing Nero speaking with a woman with long brown hair. "That's the woman from when I was dying..."
"That's Ademia, the first sorceress. Her and Nero were very much in love. Ademia didn't like the way in which Hyne ran things, so she decided to build up her powers within her spirit, harboring them for a later use. It was until she called forth the first Lunar Cry in which we knew what she was doing. Bringing down the monsters that Hyne created to protect himself was a crime, especially when Ademia controlled all these monsters.
Hyne chose Nero to kill her because he knew that Nero had loved her, and Ademia loved him. He knew that Ademia would never turn her back on her true love. Nero denied it, stating that he could never kill the woman he loved. So, Hyne forced him to take a life of immortality as punishment. Hyne decided to send me instead, knowing that I myself loved Nero." She took a small breath and continued on. "The only way, however, to get Ademia to appear was through Nero.
If he appeared and called upon her with his heart, she would come in an instant. She loved him that much. He had tricked her...allowing her back turned for one second, I was able to kill her."
Quistis nodded her head, watching the scene replay over and over again. "How does she move from one body to the next?"
"Her spirit can never die. It has too much of Hyne's power to die. So, just as Nero, she will live on forever. Every time she felt the host she was in weaken, her spirit would fly away to the closest person. If the closest person is not who she wants, then it is a family member. The energy she gains from each new sorceress is then passed onto the next."
Quistis paused. "How do the Blue Mages exist?"
"What?" Aiko asked, a bit surprised.
"How do they continue to reproduce. Obviously, the people they are with might not be a SeaD, right?"
Aiko grinned. "That's where Nero comes into play."
"What?"
"Nero impregnates the woman, passing on the genes of a SeaD onto the woman's child."
Quistis blinked slowly. "So...Nero is basically having intercourse with his descendents?"
Aiko laughed loudly. "I never said that he had intercourse. He just passes the SeaD genes on by impregnating them. All what he has to do is brush shoulders with them, or touch them."
Quistis blinked. "Did he do that with me?"
Aiko giggled. "Only he knows. The only way he keeps track of it is by taking the Blue Mage's last name. I cannot speak his last name, that he will tell you himself."
Quistis got the chills up and down her body. Aiko grinned sheepishly. "So, that's Ademia?"
"Yup. The only way to stop her is to grasp a hold of her spirit."
"Why does she want the world to die?"
Aiko breathed in slowly. "She hates Hyne with a passion. She hates him because of the world he gave them compared to the world he gave the Engles and Humans. This isn't Earth, Quistis. This place is Gaia, another dimension of Earth. The world here is death ridden and barren. No one wants to live here, not even the Angels. Yet, this is where we all began, this is where we all end. Once a SeaD dies, they are transferred to Gaia, surrounded by the other SeaDs and Blue Mages of the past. Engles and Humans stay as spirits on Earth, perhaps transferring to another body or thing, sometimes staying as spirits. The Angels, however, have no choice in the matter. Once they are dead, they can never return, unless they were accidental casualties of a Sorceress war, such as your friends Zell and Selphie."
Quistis' eyes sprung open. "They're alive?"
"Not quite. Selphie is a butterfly and Zell is a...well, he's a squirrel. They both love to hang around Balamb Garden, keeping watch over their friends. The next time they die, they will either stay as a spirit, or move on."
"What about Blue Mages?"
Aiko sighed solemnly. "We're forced to stay here until a new Blue Mage SeaD is born. We watch over them and entwine their dreams with stories of the past. That's why Blue Mages are prodigies. When they turn eighteen, however, we come in our crystal form. The only things they can see of us are our eyes. All of our eyes are sapphire colored. It's as if they are looking into a mirror, but they're not. When they defeat the sorceress, we let them be and return to this world, forever walking amongst the SeaDs who chose to stay and our ancestors and descendents."
"That's...sad," Quistis whispered out.
She smiled. "Not so bad. Your loved ones surround you, and only the happiest moments of your life are replayed in front of your eyes. We all have homes, if you walk along the ravine. That's the only verdant part of this world, where the houses are."
Quistis smiled. "So, this is heaven?"
Aiko smiled too. "Basically."
"Kinda dull."
"Lots of monsters to kill."
"Why are you showing me this?" Quistis abruptly asked.
Aiko smiled mysteriously. "The same reason why dogs lick their balls. Because we can." Quistis laughed softly, and Aiko smiled. "No, but for real, because you wanted to die. Well, this is the after world. No returning to Earth for you. None of your friends will be here, all of them will choose a life of rebirth, same with your family."
Quistis sighed. "I'm...depressed now."
"Talk to Hyne. There's a lot more that you don't know. I can only explain so much."
A/N: Well, there ya have it! A full explanation of everything. Like the names? All Japanese. Japanese names are so pretty. Erm, yea. Nero is basically Quistis' father, then. Ezri got it right, but since I'm THAT insane, frost and Ezri get something even more special than a fanfic. They get to each have a part in Silent Cries. So, email me the short bio.