Ch4 The Journie begins a New. The parting of Home; The secret book.
"What is it?" A man from a turned around chair behind a desk said.
"Your daughter...she is a..."
"Out with it."
"A guardian."
"Impossible. She would never do that. She is not a Yevon follower."
"She and the summoner that she is guarding are in the Summoner Sanctum right now. They attacked the guards and are talking with the summoner."
"Well, I will have to see this for myself to believe it." The man stood up and walked over to the door. The two were heading down the stairs that leads to the Sanctum when they heard the talking.
"...Yah. I know. When I told my parents that I was becoming a summoner, they flipped. They were..." Deyogen was cut off by the two men that entered the room.
"Moronda, what is the meaning of this?" the man said as he walked over to his daughter, and took her by the arm, dragging her away from the two summoners.
"I am tired of keeping this a secret...Dad, I am a Yevonite. And I am this woman's guardian."
"No."
"What do you mean, 'No'?"
"I mean you will not be going on a pilgrimage. You are going to stay here, with your people. Here, where you belong." The man was walking over to the other two, releasing Moronda from the grip, and started to whisper something to them.
"NO!" Emsa was getting really mad at this point. "No. I am leaving this island if I have to on my own. I am NOT going to stay here!"
Deyogen was looking at him with the same look as Emsa was. "I will not either!"
"I'm afraid you two have no other choice. You are here, and you know the location of this place. It must be kept a secret."
"We won't tell anyone!" Emsa was pleading at this point.
"I can't trust you Yevon low-lives!"
"What did you say, Dad." Moronda was pushed over the limit at this point. "You will not disrespect Yevon, or anyone who follows Yevon." she pulls out a set of long, slender daggers from a pouch at her back. "We will be leaving now. I am taking an airship."
"Over my dead body."
"Then so-be-it!"
"NO!" Emsa ran in front of her. "You cant. You are a guardian, not a murderer! Please sire, I just want to leave."
"Fine."
The man walked out of the room when Emsa looked at Moronda and Deyogen when she finally said "Well, are you ready?"
"So soon?" Deyogen said as he walked over to his staff, which was lying on the couch behind them, "Why don't we stay the night?"
"I want to go to my next temple."
"Which is....umm...Djose?" Deyogen said as he walked back over to the two.
"Yah. Well, for now anyway. But, before I go there, I MUST get back to Bevelle."
"Good luck going there." Deyogen said with laughter in his voice.
"What do you mean?"
"Since Sin's attack a week ago, security has been top notch, they are not letting anyone in, or out for that matter. I tried to get the aeon there. Amazing, Sin destroyed everything except the temple."
"A week ago...everything..."
"Well, everything except the south wing."
"That is where I lived. The book should be left untouched..."
"What book?"
"My mother's guardians gave me a book of secret temples when she..."
"Oh. I understand, but I doubt it will still be there."
"What do you mean?"
"Everyone is raiding the city. Looking for anything, or anyone, that might have lured Sin."
"We could have been there already with you two talking..." Moronda was walking outside the room when the two summoners glared at her. "Don't look at me that way..."
"So, Deyogen, would you like to join my pilgrimage, There has never been two summoners defeat Sin at one time before...this could be it. Two final aeons, and we could permanently defeat Sin."
"You bring up an interesting point, it makes sense. Fine, we shall accompany each other."
The trio reached out of the building when they were stopped by Moronda's father. "You know that I do not approve of this. So...I would like to wish you two a safe trip. Here are the keys to my airship, the Medussa."
"Father." He didn't get enough time to reply to her when she ran to him and gave him a big hug. "Thank you." She took the keys then said "C'mon, are you two coming?"
She ran to the Dock where they were when the other two followed, saying thank you. They entered the giant airship when they saw a crew of people, a chef, pilot, navigator, cleaning crew, and engineers. "What are you all doing here?"
"Your father wanted us to go on board for you and serve you." The chief said as he walked over to her and bowed. The airship was the largest airship in the Al Bhed territory. It was at a large scale of ten city blocks in length and is over seven stories tall. (Au. Note: Design is like that of the airship in FFX. The only thing is that it is longer, taller, and wider.) There are two large, flat circles in the back (AN: like the one on the back of the airship in FFX) for speed and balance. There are forbidden Machina (guns) on each side of the ship. There are also two very large forbidden machina on the top of the airship (AN: like the one used in operation Mi'Hien). One can petrify an on coming object, other ships included, and the other shoots out blasts of mixed elements.
"Ok then...can we get going now?" Emsa said as she walked over to a door, which opened automatically. She walked into the large control room that was furnished with couches, chairs, and in the front, there is a large, unbreakable, window. In front of it, is the control center. There were computers and controls for different types of forbidden Machina. Moronda and Deyogen walked in after her, followed by the crew for the controls.
"Whats the big rush?" Moronda said as she walked over to the cockpit. "By the way, I am the captain of this ship." There was a hint of joy and excitement in her voice.
"I want to get back to Bevelle as soon as possible, you know, before Sin decides to go back and finish the rest off."
"Ok. It will take about and hour to get there." Moronda inputted the coordinates for Bevelle and walked out of the room. "IT is on Auto Pilot. Please leave it there."
Trio leaves the control room
"Well, what do you want to do while we wait?" Deyogen said.
"I don't know about you, but I want to explore this place!" Moronda was already running past the doors to go outside when she said that. The other two followed her when they ran threw a new set of doors.
When they entered the other room, their mouths dropped open when they saw how nice it was, compared to the rest of Home. It had luxurious marble floors, a two way stair case, which had Oak rails with gold swirling them. In the center of where the two stairs met was a balcony that leaned over a lobby area, overlooking the rest of the room. In the very center of them, there was a set of doors, that led to another room. The room was furnished with wicker chairs, oak chairs, and polished bronze chairs. There were tables between the chairs, which were placed randomly around the room, with a plant coming out of the middle. There were two other doors, one next to the other, leading to the kitchen and the other leading to the sunroom. They walked up the left side of the stairs when they came to the doors. Next to the doors was a golden plaque that read "Sleeping Quarters". They walked through the doors when they came to a hallway that lead to a center block. Around the Block were other hallways with doors every thirty or so feet. When they entered the room, they noticed that there were seven doors on each side of them, until it came to the center, which was one door on each side of the square.
"So, do you want to explore one of them?" Deyogen said with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"That is why we came here, isn't it?" Moronda replied as she walked over to one door on the right, opened and entered it. As she walked in, the others followed. They then realized the size of the rooms, and the scale of its luxury. They all three split up into different rooms, out of the seven that was there, when Emsa saw this sphere on one of the polished oak tables.
"Hey guys, I think I might have found something." The two walked in the section of the room that their other partner was in when they circled the table, observing the sphere. "Well, shall we turn it on?"
"I think so." Moronda reached over to the blue orb when as soon as she touched it, it flickered and a figure appeared, floating above it. The person was recognizable, it was Moronda's father.
"Moronda, I guess you are wondering why, and how, I got this in here so fast. I knew about you becoming a guardian when I saw you and Emsa entering the city from the desert. I also knew you believed in Yevon. I bought this sphere when I was in Macalania because, I knew that one day you would go on your own pilgrimage, if not your own, then someone else's. I got this to tell you the last thoughts so you could find it and hear them. Then, when I saw you and Emsa enter your apartment, I decided to make this for you. You know that I do not approve of Yevon, but I have complete faith in you. I wish you the best of luck, and you, Emsa, I hope that you defeat Sin, you have the gift. Deyogen, You better take care of Moronda. I know that it should be the other way around, but I do not have to worry about you, that fight you gave in Besaid, and the one in the Summoner's sanctum was proof enough that you too have the gift. So, to help aid you on your journey, I have laid some equipment out for you. Just to let you know, Moronda, The Al Bhed are here anytime that you need us. I better go now. Bye.
The sphere turned off on its own when Moronda stood up, wiping the tears that were little off of her eyes. Moronda walked over to another section of the large room when she noticed a bunch of weapons laying on a table with a white cloth under them. There was a set of claw knives (AN: they look like circles with a moon shaped blade facing the top of the handle that the person grabs onto, stretching from one side of the wrist to the other. The person puts their hand into a circle until it is met by a flat bar. They grab onto it and use the blade to slice its foe. For better detaile, look at Rikku's theif dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2©, but take the long blade off and turn it into a large moon-shaped figure. It is also a dark- purple almost a black color.), two staffs, a set of gems, two bracelets, a necklace with a large dark teardrop-shaped pendant at the end and large beads, and a chest with gil in it.
"Wow! Did your father do all of this for us?" Deyogen said as he picked up a staff and placed it touching the ground. Deyogen uses the longer staffs, ones that goes from his feet to a little above his head, and Emsa uses the smaller staffs that usually go from her thighs to her head. Emsa walked over to the table and picked up the other staff that was the style that she used and swung it around, in a dancing way. "How did he know what kind of staffs that we liked?"
"Easy, he saw yours and deyogens." Moronda said as she picked up her claw knives, put her hands in them, and swung them around, in an offensive way.
Emsa's staff looked like a circle with circles in the circle. There were seven together, six on the outer side and one in the center of the cluster. Each one had a detailed shape of the six regular aeon Emblems and the center one had the Final aeon's emblem. The outside of the large circle was a patterned fire design, one side identical to the other, with signs of Yevon here and there. Within the emblems were spheres in the center that were the color of the spheres of the temples that indicated temples visited. Bahamut's sphere was glowing softly, showing that she has already obtained that aeon.
Deyogen's staff was a large ring-like circle, like emsa's, but this had actual spheres of the temples visited. Each one was connected with a bolt of blue lightning, and the spheres were swerving around each other, as if they could come out at any time. There were only three, showing the aeons that he has obtained, and there was room for more.
After they chose their weapons, it was time to find their equipment. Deyogen had his eyes on the large necklace. "I would like this one." He picked it up, and it was as light as a feather, shocking for being its size. He put it on and it stooped all the way down to his waist, and the beads were as wide and his thumb. When he put it on, a dark-purple flame started to burn inside its gem. As soon as it started to burn, all the other beads began to burn. Emsa and Moronda gathered the bracelets that were laying on the table, when they picked up one, they realized that there was a pile of about twenty laying there. They put them all on when the gems in them began to glow a peaceful glow. Moronda then walked over to the gil, and emptied the chest on the floor, she then got on her knees and began to count. Emsa observed the gems that were laying there. She realized that there were ten of the elements, ten supreme gems, and ten light gems.
Moronda finished counting the money "Guys, we have 500,000 Gil. That should be enough to last a month!"
"Is that a good thing?" Emsa questioned
"Yes. Very good."
"How much more time until we reach Bevelle?" Deyogen said as he walked over to the bed that was in the center of that section of the room.
"I don't know. Let me find out." Moronda walked over to this golden box on the wall next to the door leading to the hallway and connected with the cockpit.
Cockpit. A voice said.
"How long until we reach Bevelle?"
We have been in bevelle for the past half hour.
"Ok...WHAT! Why didn't anyone tell us?"
We sent three people to find you, but they kind of got lost.
We will be heading out now. The three walked out of the room, and hallway when they met with the three men, who were coming up the stairs.
"There you are, Sir and Misses. I am sorry we got lost. Big ship you know."
"Ok. Where do we get off?"
"The same place you got on."
"Where is that again?"
"Follow me." The other two men split when the three, leaded by the guy, walked down the stairs, into a room with a large teleport pad in the center. "There. Just step on there and off you go."
"I don't remember getting on this. Where is this going to take us?"
"To the bottom balcony. And yes you did step on it. You had to have. There is no other way to get on this ship. It probably happened so fast that you didn't realize it."
"Whatever." They stepped onto the pad when they saw the sky and a large set of stairs. Moronda looked down and saw the balcony's floor. "See. There is a doo..." she looked back and saw a teleport pad on the ground and Emsa and Deyogen coming off of it.
"I guess he was right. Wait, this is not Bevelle." Emsa said as she walked over to a tree. "This is Macalania Woods. I came here to play all of the time."
"So you know the way...right?" Moronda was walking over to a three way parting, one leading to the Calm Lands, one leading to the deep forest, and one leading to a dirt path.
"Sure I do, I did grow up here, after all." Emsa said as she walked over to the dirt path that leaded to a stone bridge. "Here, follow me."
The three walked on the path when they came to the stone bridge, there, they all could see the mighty city of Bevelle, and they also could see the destroyed part of the city, and what was left after the attack. Little was there, only one section was left. Although is was still bigger than most of the cities in Spira, it was still pale in comparison to the city when it was whole. The three walked across the bridge and onto another trail. They stepped off the trail into Bevelle territory, which was noticeable having the floor changing from dirt to a fine and colorful stone. They were walking down this long street that had streams on both sides. When they were approaching the entrance gates, a group of three guards stopped them.
"What business do you have in Bevelle?" one of them said.
"I come to return to my home, and then I will leave." Emsa said as she walked to the doors, past them.
"And you two" the second of the guards said.
"I am a Summoner and I have come here to Obtain the aeon at the temple here. She is a Summoner here too. And she is our guardian." Deyogen walked past them, catching up with Emsa who was waiting at the gate for the others.
"Bevelle is tight on security, sorry for the hassle. Oh and by the way, the Master has placed the temple off limits for the time being. You will have to come back some other time." The first guard said, letting down his guard.
"I am sure he will let him in. I am the Master's daughter."
"What! You're the Master's daughter! Why didn't you tell us?" The two yelled at the top of their lungs.
"You guys never asked"
"NO. It can't be. He said she died."
"What!" Emsa was in shock at what she just heard.
"He said she died in Sin's attack. If it is you, my Lady, then please forgive me even more." He did the prayer of Yeven, leading the others, which did it right after he did. "You are most welcomed here, Emsa."
The three walked through the doors when they saw how busy the streets were. It was unusually crowded. The survivors were sitting on the ground, and those that could walk, were wondering around. This was different than what Emsa remembered. Sure, there was twenty times more people, but they were spread across the entire city. There had to have been seven times as many people in this portion of the city. The trio made their way past the sworm of people when they came to a non-forbidden machina. It was a lift that lead to the highbridge, which was miraculously untouched. It was mostly in the sections that were hit by Sin's attack, and yet it remained untouched.
"Why did we stop?" Moronda was wondering. "The entrence to the highbridge is in section D. We are in section G."
"Yah, I know that. There is a secret way to get up, only for the family. It was built so we weren't hassled by a bunch of people trying to get to our house."
"Smart."
"Yes, I know. Here, step on." The three got onto the lift when Emsa pushed the buttons that directed it to go to the top.
"So, what is this book about?" Deyogen said as he looked on the side of the rails, visualizing the falls that could happen, causing him to panic a little. Just as he was leaned far over, Moronda thought it would be funny to push him a little to make him jump, not to kill the poor man, but to give him a minor heart attack.
"MORONDA!" he caught himself and came at Moronda, which was on the bottom, laughing hard.
"HAHAHAHAHA...Sorry thought that I would...hey...don't give me that look..." Moronda was starting to grab Emsa and put her in front of her as in a shielding way. Deyogen walked in front of Emsa, which was now in Moronda's grasp, when he looked straight into Emsa's eyes, which were teary from laughter.
heavy sigh "So, Emsa, what is this book about?"
"You'll see." They continued their way up to the long bridge without saying a word. Moronda was watching her back, expecting Deyogen to get her back, Deyogen was thinking about what the book could be, and Emsa was looking over the rail, observing the scenery. They reached the top when they got off, and walked over to the back door when they were stopped by a group of three men who were guarding the house.
"HALT!" one of the guards said.
"Not again!" Emsa was worn out at this time. She wanted to get the book and complete her pilgrimage.
"You cannot get in here. This is strictly for family only."
"I am family. Let me in."
"You are not family. All of them are inside right now. Planning for Emsa's funeral."
"What do you mean, I AM Emsa!"
"What is going on out here?" A man came from out these doors when the three guards stepped aside and did the prayer of Yevon. The man dissmissed them and they ran to the front of the palace, continuing their job. (AN: they were on break in the back when they saw the three.)
"Father! What is the meaning of this!?!" What is going on!?!"
"Emsa. Why, your alive!"
"What do you mean, I was always alive...did you think that I was dead?"
"Yes, when Sin came, and you tried to defend us...I ... I ...I thought that you were gone." He walked over to Emsa and wrapped hid arms around her tightly, showing compassion, care,...love. "If you are a Summoner, what are you doing here? You should be on your pilgrimage."
"Do you remember that book that mom's guardian gave me?"
"Yes, why?"
"That is why I have come here."
"Why do you need it?"
It shows of hidden temples that mother found."
"It does..."
"Hidden temples?" Deyogen walked over to Emsa and looked her in the eyes. "What do you mean, hidden temples? If there are more faith, this must be shared to other summoners at once!"
"Quite the difference. This must be kept a secret. It must not get out. And in the mean time, Emsa, give me the book."
"Why?"
"Because if they are a secret, there must be a reason for it."
"Ok. Let me go get the book." They all walked in the great palace when she ran up a grand set of stairs, thrusting open a door. She walked out with a book in her hands when she gave it to her father, which was standing at the top of the stairs. He took the book and walked away, not saying a word or opening the book to se its contains.
"That was weird." Moronda said as she was looking at a vase that was on the table beside here. There was writing of the faith on it and there was a detailed picture of the aeons on it. It was found in an explored cavern of Zanarkand. She looked closer, picking it up, when she noticed these figures in the bottom. The paint was faded, so details were not good. They were small of course, so detail would not be that great.
"You! Put that down!" Four men in bulky outfits were running after Moronda when they tackled her full throttle on the ground. The vase flew up into the air when one of them caught it and set it back where it was.
"OUCH! What are you doing?" Moronda was now sitting on her butt with a large bump on her head, due to the couple elbows that associated with her skull.
"Did you not read this sign, 'DO NOT TOUCH!'"
"Well Geez! SOOOORRRYYYY! I was just looking!"
"Moronda, enough, we must go." Emsa cried out as she got a few of her clothes into a back pack.
"Leaving so soon? Well, you just got here." The master said as he was walking out, the book gone.
"Well, like you said, I do have a pilgrimage to do. So does he. We best be going."
They walked out of the place when they were greeted by the massive airship.
"Emsa. I still need the faith here." Deyogen was walking over to the entrance of the temple.
"Fine, but make it quick. We will be waiting here in the airship for you to get done."
Deyogen ran into the temple. Three and a half hours later, he came back out. "Lets go. I am done."
"Finally!" Moronda was getting anxious and wanted to go. They boarded the airship and took off in a hurry. They walked to the sleeping quarters when they went into Emsa's room.
"So, this book. WHY DID YOU GIVE IT AWAY!?!" Deyogen was pacing back and fourth, glaring at Emsa. "They could have been the key to our defeat of Sin!"
"Hey, Emsa, you know those extra aeons that you were talking to me about?"
"Yah,"
"I think that vase that I was almost brutally slaughtered for touching had pictures on the bottom."
"Yah, that was from Zanarkand. My grandfather brought it back. He was a guardian to one of his friends. Those were the new aeons, I think."
"Well, back onto this book. Just think, you had the answers, and now they are gone."
"Who said they were gone?" Emsa pulled a book out of her pack and laid it on the bed. "There you go, look at it."
"Wait, how did you..."
Stay tunes to see what happens next!
Ch5. Dendayon, the Luca temple
"What is it?" A man from a turned around chair behind a desk said.
"Your daughter...she is a..."
"Out with it."
"A guardian."
"Impossible. She would never do that. She is not a Yevon follower."
"She and the summoner that she is guarding are in the Summoner Sanctum right now. They attacked the guards and are talking with the summoner."
"Well, I will have to see this for myself to believe it." The man stood up and walked over to the door. The two were heading down the stairs that leads to the Sanctum when they heard the talking.
"...Yah. I know. When I told my parents that I was becoming a summoner, they flipped. They were..." Deyogen was cut off by the two men that entered the room.
"Moronda, what is the meaning of this?" the man said as he walked over to his daughter, and took her by the arm, dragging her away from the two summoners.
"I am tired of keeping this a secret...Dad, I am a Yevonite. And I am this woman's guardian."
"No."
"What do you mean, 'No'?"
"I mean you will not be going on a pilgrimage. You are going to stay here, with your people. Here, where you belong." The man was walking over to the other two, releasing Moronda from the grip, and started to whisper something to them.
"NO!" Emsa was getting really mad at this point. "No. I am leaving this island if I have to on my own. I am NOT going to stay here!"
Deyogen was looking at him with the same look as Emsa was. "I will not either!"
"I'm afraid you two have no other choice. You are here, and you know the location of this place. It must be kept a secret."
"We won't tell anyone!" Emsa was pleading at this point.
"I can't trust you Yevon low-lives!"
"What did you say, Dad." Moronda was pushed over the limit at this point. "You will not disrespect Yevon, or anyone who follows Yevon." she pulls out a set of long, slender daggers from a pouch at her back. "We will be leaving now. I am taking an airship."
"Over my dead body."
"Then so-be-it!"
"NO!" Emsa ran in front of her. "You cant. You are a guardian, not a murderer! Please sire, I just want to leave."
"Fine."
The man walked out of the room when Emsa looked at Moronda and Deyogen when she finally said "Well, are you ready?"
"So soon?" Deyogen said as he walked over to his staff, which was lying on the couch behind them, "Why don't we stay the night?"
"I want to go to my next temple."
"Which is....umm...Djose?" Deyogen said as he walked back over to the two.
"Yah. Well, for now anyway. But, before I go there, I MUST get back to Bevelle."
"Good luck going there." Deyogen said with laughter in his voice.
"What do you mean?"
"Since Sin's attack a week ago, security has been top notch, they are not letting anyone in, or out for that matter. I tried to get the aeon there. Amazing, Sin destroyed everything except the temple."
"A week ago...everything..."
"Well, everything except the south wing."
"That is where I lived. The book should be left untouched..."
"What book?"
"My mother's guardians gave me a book of secret temples when she..."
"Oh. I understand, but I doubt it will still be there."
"What do you mean?"
"Everyone is raiding the city. Looking for anything, or anyone, that might have lured Sin."
"We could have been there already with you two talking..." Moronda was walking outside the room when the two summoners glared at her. "Don't look at me that way..."
"So, Deyogen, would you like to join my pilgrimage, There has never been two summoners defeat Sin at one time before...this could be it. Two final aeons, and we could permanently defeat Sin."
"You bring up an interesting point, it makes sense. Fine, we shall accompany each other."
The trio reached out of the building when they were stopped by Moronda's father. "You know that I do not approve of this. So...I would like to wish you two a safe trip. Here are the keys to my airship, the Medussa."
"Father." He didn't get enough time to reply to her when she ran to him and gave him a big hug. "Thank you." She took the keys then said "C'mon, are you two coming?"
She ran to the Dock where they were when the other two followed, saying thank you. They entered the giant airship when they saw a crew of people, a chef, pilot, navigator, cleaning crew, and engineers. "What are you all doing here?"
"Your father wanted us to go on board for you and serve you." The chief said as he walked over to her and bowed. The airship was the largest airship in the Al Bhed territory. It was at a large scale of ten city blocks in length and is over seven stories tall. (Au. Note: Design is like that of the airship in FFX. The only thing is that it is longer, taller, and wider.) There are two large, flat circles in the back (AN: like the one on the back of the airship in FFX) for speed and balance. There are forbidden Machina (guns) on each side of the ship. There are also two very large forbidden machina on the top of the airship (AN: like the one used in operation Mi'Hien). One can petrify an on coming object, other ships included, and the other shoots out blasts of mixed elements.
"Ok then...can we get going now?" Emsa said as she walked over to a door, which opened automatically. She walked into the large control room that was furnished with couches, chairs, and in the front, there is a large, unbreakable, window. In front of it, is the control center. There were computers and controls for different types of forbidden Machina. Moronda and Deyogen walked in after her, followed by the crew for the controls.
"Whats the big rush?" Moronda said as she walked over to the cockpit. "By the way, I am the captain of this ship." There was a hint of joy and excitement in her voice.
"I want to get back to Bevelle as soon as possible, you know, before Sin decides to go back and finish the rest off."
"Ok. It will take about and hour to get there." Moronda inputted the coordinates for Bevelle and walked out of the room. "IT is on Auto Pilot. Please leave it there."
Trio leaves the control room
"Well, what do you want to do while we wait?" Deyogen said.
"I don't know about you, but I want to explore this place!" Moronda was already running past the doors to go outside when she said that. The other two followed her when they ran threw a new set of doors.
When they entered the other room, their mouths dropped open when they saw how nice it was, compared to the rest of Home. It had luxurious marble floors, a two way stair case, which had Oak rails with gold swirling them. In the center of where the two stairs met was a balcony that leaned over a lobby area, overlooking the rest of the room. In the very center of them, there was a set of doors, that led to another room. The room was furnished with wicker chairs, oak chairs, and polished bronze chairs. There were tables between the chairs, which were placed randomly around the room, with a plant coming out of the middle. There were two other doors, one next to the other, leading to the kitchen and the other leading to the sunroom. They walked up the left side of the stairs when they came to the doors. Next to the doors was a golden plaque that read "Sleeping Quarters". They walked through the doors when they came to a hallway that lead to a center block. Around the Block were other hallways with doors every thirty or so feet. When they entered the room, they noticed that there were seven doors on each side of them, until it came to the center, which was one door on each side of the square.
"So, do you want to explore one of them?" Deyogen said with a hint of excitement in his voice.
"That is why we came here, isn't it?" Moronda replied as she walked over to one door on the right, opened and entered it. As she walked in, the others followed. They then realized the size of the rooms, and the scale of its luxury. They all three split up into different rooms, out of the seven that was there, when Emsa saw this sphere on one of the polished oak tables.
"Hey guys, I think I might have found something." The two walked in the section of the room that their other partner was in when they circled the table, observing the sphere. "Well, shall we turn it on?"
"I think so." Moronda reached over to the blue orb when as soon as she touched it, it flickered and a figure appeared, floating above it. The person was recognizable, it was Moronda's father.
"Moronda, I guess you are wondering why, and how, I got this in here so fast. I knew about you becoming a guardian when I saw you and Emsa entering the city from the desert. I also knew you believed in Yevon. I bought this sphere when I was in Macalania because, I knew that one day you would go on your own pilgrimage, if not your own, then someone else's. I got this to tell you the last thoughts so you could find it and hear them. Then, when I saw you and Emsa enter your apartment, I decided to make this for you. You know that I do not approve of Yevon, but I have complete faith in you. I wish you the best of luck, and you, Emsa, I hope that you defeat Sin, you have the gift. Deyogen, You better take care of Moronda. I know that it should be the other way around, but I do not have to worry about you, that fight you gave in Besaid, and the one in the Summoner's sanctum was proof enough that you too have the gift. So, to help aid you on your journey, I have laid some equipment out for you. Just to let you know, Moronda, The Al Bhed are here anytime that you need us. I better go now. Bye.
The sphere turned off on its own when Moronda stood up, wiping the tears that were little off of her eyes. Moronda walked over to another section of the large room when she noticed a bunch of weapons laying on a table with a white cloth under them. There was a set of claw knives (AN: they look like circles with a moon shaped blade facing the top of the handle that the person grabs onto, stretching from one side of the wrist to the other. The person puts their hand into a circle until it is met by a flat bar. They grab onto it and use the blade to slice its foe. For better detaile, look at Rikku's theif dressphere in Final Fantasy X-2©, but take the long blade off and turn it into a large moon-shaped figure. It is also a dark- purple almost a black color.), two staffs, a set of gems, two bracelets, a necklace with a large dark teardrop-shaped pendant at the end and large beads, and a chest with gil in it.
"Wow! Did your father do all of this for us?" Deyogen said as he picked up a staff and placed it touching the ground. Deyogen uses the longer staffs, ones that goes from his feet to a little above his head, and Emsa uses the smaller staffs that usually go from her thighs to her head. Emsa walked over to the table and picked up the other staff that was the style that she used and swung it around, in a dancing way. "How did he know what kind of staffs that we liked?"
"Easy, he saw yours and deyogens." Moronda said as she picked up her claw knives, put her hands in them, and swung them around, in an offensive way.
Emsa's staff looked like a circle with circles in the circle. There were seven together, six on the outer side and one in the center of the cluster. Each one had a detailed shape of the six regular aeon Emblems and the center one had the Final aeon's emblem. The outside of the large circle was a patterned fire design, one side identical to the other, with signs of Yevon here and there. Within the emblems were spheres in the center that were the color of the spheres of the temples that indicated temples visited. Bahamut's sphere was glowing softly, showing that she has already obtained that aeon.
Deyogen's staff was a large ring-like circle, like emsa's, but this had actual spheres of the temples visited. Each one was connected with a bolt of blue lightning, and the spheres were swerving around each other, as if they could come out at any time. There were only three, showing the aeons that he has obtained, and there was room for more.
After they chose their weapons, it was time to find their equipment. Deyogen had his eyes on the large necklace. "I would like this one." He picked it up, and it was as light as a feather, shocking for being its size. He put it on and it stooped all the way down to his waist, and the beads were as wide and his thumb. When he put it on, a dark-purple flame started to burn inside its gem. As soon as it started to burn, all the other beads began to burn. Emsa and Moronda gathered the bracelets that were laying on the table, when they picked up one, they realized that there was a pile of about twenty laying there. They put them all on when the gems in them began to glow a peaceful glow. Moronda then walked over to the gil, and emptied the chest on the floor, she then got on her knees and began to count. Emsa observed the gems that were laying there. She realized that there were ten of the elements, ten supreme gems, and ten light gems.
Moronda finished counting the money "Guys, we have 500,000 Gil. That should be enough to last a month!"
"Is that a good thing?" Emsa questioned
"Yes. Very good."
"How much more time until we reach Bevelle?" Deyogen said as he walked over to the bed that was in the center of that section of the room.
"I don't know. Let me find out." Moronda walked over to this golden box on the wall next to the door leading to the hallway and connected with the cockpit.
Cockpit. A voice said.
"How long until we reach Bevelle?"
We have been in bevelle for the past half hour.
"Ok...WHAT! Why didn't anyone tell us?"
We sent three people to find you, but they kind of got lost.
We will be heading out now. The three walked out of the room, and hallway when they met with the three men, who were coming up the stairs.
"There you are, Sir and Misses. I am sorry we got lost. Big ship you know."
"Ok. Where do we get off?"
"The same place you got on."
"Where is that again?"
"Follow me." The other two men split when the three, leaded by the guy, walked down the stairs, into a room with a large teleport pad in the center. "There. Just step on there and off you go."
"I don't remember getting on this. Where is this going to take us?"
"To the bottom balcony. And yes you did step on it. You had to have. There is no other way to get on this ship. It probably happened so fast that you didn't realize it."
"Whatever." They stepped onto the pad when they saw the sky and a large set of stairs. Moronda looked down and saw the balcony's floor. "See. There is a doo..." she looked back and saw a teleport pad on the ground and Emsa and Deyogen coming off of it.
"I guess he was right. Wait, this is not Bevelle." Emsa said as she walked over to a tree. "This is Macalania Woods. I came here to play all of the time."
"So you know the way...right?" Moronda was walking over to a three way parting, one leading to the Calm Lands, one leading to the deep forest, and one leading to a dirt path.
"Sure I do, I did grow up here, after all." Emsa said as she walked over to the dirt path that leaded to a stone bridge. "Here, follow me."
The three walked on the path when they came to the stone bridge, there, they all could see the mighty city of Bevelle, and they also could see the destroyed part of the city, and what was left after the attack. Little was there, only one section was left. Although is was still bigger than most of the cities in Spira, it was still pale in comparison to the city when it was whole. The three walked across the bridge and onto another trail. They stepped off the trail into Bevelle territory, which was noticeable having the floor changing from dirt to a fine and colorful stone. They were walking down this long street that had streams on both sides. When they were approaching the entrance gates, a group of three guards stopped them.
"What business do you have in Bevelle?" one of them said.
"I come to return to my home, and then I will leave." Emsa said as she walked to the doors, past them.
"And you two" the second of the guards said.
"I am a Summoner and I have come here to Obtain the aeon at the temple here. She is a Summoner here too. And she is our guardian." Deyogen walked past them, catching up with Emsa who was waiting at the gate for the others.
"Bevelle is tight on security, sorry for the hassle. Oh and by the way, the Master has placed the temple off limits for the time being. You will have to come back some other time." The first guard said, letting down his guard.
"I am sure he will let him in. I am the Master's daughter."
"What! You're the Master's daughter! Why didn't you tell us?" The two yelled at the top of their lungs.
"You guys never asked"
"NO. It can't be. He said she died."
"What!" Emsa was in shock at what she just heard.
"He said she died in Sin's attack. If it is you, my Lady, then please forgive me even more." He did the prayer of Yeven, leading the others, which did it right after he did. "You are most welcomed here, Emsa."
The three walked through the doors when they saw how busy the streets were. It was unusually crowded. The survivors were sitting on the ground, and those that could walk, were wondering around. This was different than what Emsa remembered. Sure, there was twenty times more people, but they were spread across the entire city. There had to have been seven times as many people in this portion of the city. The trio made their way past the sworm of people when they came to a non-forbidden machina. It was a lift that lead to the highbridge, which was miraculously untouched. It was mostly in the sections that were hit by Sin's attack, and yet it remained untouched.
"Why did we stop?" Moronda was wondering. "The entrence to the highbridge is in section D. We are in section G."
"Yah, I know that. There is a secret way to get up, only for the family. It was built so we weren't hassled by a bunch of people trying to get to our house."
"Smart."
"Yes, I know. Here, step on." The three got onto the lift when Emsa pushed the buttons that directed it to go to the top.
"So, what is this book about?" Deyogen said as he looked on the side of the rails, visualizing the falls that could happen, causing him to panic a little. Just as he was leaned far over, Moronda thought it would be funny to push him a little to make him jump, not to kill the poor man, but to give him a minor heart attack.
"MORONDA!" he caught himself and came at Moronda, which was on the bottom, laughing hard.
"HAHAHAHAHA...Sorry thought that I would...hey...don't give me that look..." Moronda was starting to grab Emsa and put her in front of her as in a shielding way. Deyogen walked in front of Emsa, which was now in Moronda's grasp, when he looked straight into Emsa's eyes, which were teary from laughter.
heavy sigh "So, Emsa, what is this book about?"
"You'll see." They continued their way up to the long bridge without saying a word. Moronda was watching her back, expecting Deyogen to get her back, Deyogen was thinking about what the book could be, and Emsa was looking over the rail, observing the scenery. They reached the top when they got off, and walked over to the back door when they were stopped by a group of three men who were guarding the house.
"HALT!" one of the guards said.
"Not again!" Emsa was worn out at this time. She wanted to get the book and complete her pilgrimage.
"You cannot get in here. This is strictly for family only."
"I am family. Let me in."
"You are not family. All of them are inside right now. Planning for Emsa's funeral."
"What do you mean, I AM Emsa!"
"What is going on out here?" A man came from out these doors when the three guards stepped aside and did the prayer of Yevon. The man dissmissed them and they ran to the front of the palace, continuing their job. (AN: they were on break in the back when they saw the three.)
"Father! What is the meaning of this!?!" What is going on!?!"
"Emsa. Why, your alive!"
"What do you mean, I was always alive...did you think that I was dead?"
"Yes, when Sin came, and you tried to defend us...I ... I ...I thought that you were gone." He walked over to Emsa and wrapped hid arms around her tightly, showing compassion, care,...love. "If you are a Summoner, what are you doing here? You should be on your pilgrimage."
"Do you remember that book that mom's guardian gave me?"
"Yes, why?"
"That is why I have come here."
"Why do you need it?"
It shows of hidden temples that mother found."
"It does..."
"Hidden temples?" Deyogen walked over to Emsa and looked her in the eyes. "What do you mean, hidden temples? If there are more faith, this must be shared to other summoners at once!"
"Quite the difference. This must be kept a secret. It must not get out. And in the mean time, Emsa, give me the book."
"Why?"
"Because if they are a secret, there must be a reason for it."
"Ok. Let me go get the book." They all walked in the great palace when she ran up a grand set of stairs, thrusting open a door. She walked out with a book in her hands when she gave it to her father, which was standing at the top of the stairs. He took the book and walked away, not saying a word or opening the book to se its contains.
"That was weird." Moronda said as she was looking at a vase that was on the table beside here. There was writing of the faith on it and there was a detailed picture of the aeons on it. It was found in an explored cavern of Zanarkand. She looked closer, picking it up, when she noticed these figures in the bottom. The paint was faded, so details were not good. They were small of course, so detail would not be that great.
"You! Put that down!" Four men in bulky outfits were running after Moronda when they tackled her full throttle on the ground. The vase flew up into the air when one of them caught it and set it back where it was.
"OUCH! What are you doing?" Moronda was now sitting on her butt with a large bump on her head, due to the couple elbows that associated with her skull.
"Did you not read this sign, 'DO NOT TOUCH!'"
"Well Geez! SOOOORRRYYYY! I was just looking!"
"Moronda, enough, we must go." Emsa cried out as she got a few of her clothes into a back pack.
"Leaving so soon? Well, you just got here." The master said as he was walking out, the book gone.
"Well, like you said, I do have a pilgrimage to do. So does he. We best be going."
They walked out of the place when they were greeted by the massive airship.
"Emsa. I still need the faith here." Deyogen was walking over to the entrance of the temple.
"Fine, but make it quick. We will be waiting here in the airship for you to get done."
Deyogen ran into the temple. Three and a half hours later, he came back out. "Lets go. I am done."
"Finally!" Moronda was getting anxious and wanted to go. They boarded the airship and took off in a hurry. They walked to the sleeping quarters when they went into Emsa's room.
"So, this book. WHY DID YOU GIVE IT AWAY!?!" Deyogen was pacing back and fourth, glaring at Emsa. "They could have been the key to our defeat of Sin!"
"Hey, Emsa, you know those extra aeons that you were talking to me about?"
"Yah,"
"I think that vase that I was almost brutally slaughtered for touching had pictures on the bottom."
"Yah, that was from Zanarkand. My grandfather brought it back. He was a guardian to one of his friends. Those were the new aeons, I think."
"Well, back onto this book. Just think, you had the answers, and now they are gone."
"Who said they were gone?" Emsa pulled a book out of her pack and laid it on the bed. "There you go, look at it."
"Wait, how did you..."
Stay tunes to see what happens next!
Ch5. Dendayon, the Luca temple