Chapter Seven: More mysteries revealed
Author's Notes -- Okay, this is more. I'm real apologetic if the story is goin' nowhere, 'cause I'm getting out of point...Anyway, have fun!
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More mysteries revealed
We reached the entrance to a wood. Happy that the Thunder Plains were far behind, I unhuddled from Tidus and jumped in joy, running into the woods along the path. As I look behind, Tidus and Auron were still standing there, having a conversation.
It had been quite a long time since I had visited the Macalania Woods. Few Al Bheds could pass here, due to the strong Yevonite influence on the people living here. I noticed that it was beginning to get dark, for the thick canopy of the tall trees were blocking out the sunlight altogether. The area was filled with a beautiful blue-green hue, everywhere sparkling from the shiny stones on trees.
'Drec ec payidevim,' I thought to myself.
"It is indeed beautiful," I heard a voice behind, noticing a winged woman approaching me. I looked everywhere to notice that everything had somehow stopped.
"How did you....?" I asked her, telling that she was some powerful mage.
"A magical Al Bhed I see," she took my head up, looking at me in the eyes with her red ones. I looked at her other hand, which was complete with long and sharp blood-red fingernails. "After Lady Yuna's pilgrimage, you shall become my underling."
I was shocked at what she had said. 'Underling?' I wondered.
"Yes, an underling," she spoke in a sinister way, somehow able to read my mind. "When you end up in the same fate as Jecht, you will become subordinate to me."
'Fryd y sehida?!? Jecht?' I pondered, noticing that the name was familiar to me. It was like as though I had heard about this name before.
"There's no need to think; I can read your mind," she replied evilly. "You can either choose to follow me or end up like Jecht later on."
"What do you mean?" The woman raised up her clawed hand, forming a hovering blue flame over her palm.
"You will eventually understand," she answered, pushing the blue flame into my body. To my surprise, I felt no pain. The winged woman turned back into the forest and de-materialized. Everything seemed to return back to normal.
"Rikku, are you okay?" I heard Yunie ask. I turned to give back a cheerful smile.
"In top form!" I replied enthusiastically. Soon after, I saw Tidus and Auron coming to join us.
"Slowpokes!" I teased the blitzball player.
"Sorry!" he apologized to the group, somehow thinking about something. "Yuna, let's go," he spoke to her, in which she nodded as a rejoinder. I cheered as we entered the woods.
"Hey!" a rather big, dark man came up to us as we were on our way. He was panting heavily, probably frantic about something. "You, have you seen Dona?"
"Dona? Can't say I have?" Tidus shrugged his head. 'Fru fyc Dona?' I wondered.
"What's up?" Wakka came to the front.
"We got separated on the way here," he explained his cause. "Damn it all! I've got to find her!"
"Calm down," Auron instructed the man. I noticed how Auron could be wise at some times.
"But, if anything happens to her..." his voice trailed off, still worried about Dona, probably his summoner.
"Running around in a panic is not going to help," the old guardian interrupted. "Right now, you have to keep cool and search."
"But--"the other man looked at Auron.
"Guard your emotions, then guard your summoner," the older man advised. The sentence that he had just spoken seemed to have an effect on me. It was so familiar, yet I had not heard this sentence before. It was as if I had spoken these words before. Shaking my head of these wild thoughts, I returned to the scene.
"You're right," the man spoke, a little worried about Dona.
"Shall we search?" Auron offered his help. The other man shook his head.
"No, I've taken up enough of your time," he spoke. "Thank you, Sir Auron." The man did a prayer gesture before running off. Before I could run to the front of the group to stop him to wish him good luck, he was already gone.
"What's up?" Wakka asked me.
"Oh, I just wanted to wish him good luck," I responded. I could sense that Auron was watching me again.
We proceeded to enjoy the sight of blue and red butterflies fluttering away while fighting off weak fiends. Except for a few thunder-casting fiends, the rest were pretty easy to dispatch.
I looked at Auron in a perplexed manner. He had drew out his giant sword and prepared to hack into a tree. The tree fell, clearing a path for us to enter. As I entered the place, I noticed a secret area of the Macalania Woods -- a beautiful lake with a tree beside it. Tidus looked at Auron in disbelief.
"This place..." he looked at the area. "It's just water, isn't it?"
"This is what spheres are made of," Auron explained, his voice becoming soft. "It absorbs and preserves peoples' memories." As he neared the water, a giant blob of an unknown liquid shot out of the lake.
"What's that?" Wakka asked. I could see Auron giving a grim smile.
"Fiends are also attracted to these places," he replied. We began to engage in battle as the blob came up to us in an offensive stance. It was definitely a hard nut to crack, for it changed its element each time it was hit by one weak element. We continued our battle against it.
The odd-looking fiend melted as it got defeated. In its residue, a sphere sat in replace of it. Wakka picked it up in curiosity.
"Whoa, this is old!" he scrutinized the sphere. "Don't know if you can play it back."
"Jecht left it here ten years ago," Auron spoke, making me and the others gasp, me being the only one who was confused about what the winged woman had said to me about this Jecht earlier on. "Play it back."
Tidus gave a nod and began to play the sphere back. A hologram began to form above it, showing a familiar topless man in the picture. I was shocked terribly, discovering that I had dreamt about this person. An instant white light engulfed me suddenly.
"What are you taking?" I heard the familiar voice, looking up to find myself in front of a building, with the topless man holding a sphere.
"Well, you said it was gonna' be a long trip," the other replied. I could see the familiar people in my dream walking in front of this enormous building. "We'll be seeing a lot of neat things, right?" he continued with enthusiasm similar to that of Tidus'. "So I thought I'd record it all in this. To show to my wife and kid, you know."
"This is no pleasure cruise!" the man in red retorted angrily. I recognized the way he spoke, like that of someone rather familiar. I continued to look at the angry but cute swordsman in red.
"Hey Braska," the other asked the man with silvery hair. "Ain't this supposed to be a grand occasion? Where're the cheering fans? The crying women?"
'Was I in the past? So this summoner was actually Lord Braska,' I thought to myself. 'If he's Braska, then the guy in red is...' I was rather shocked by my guessing. Could that man in the same crimson coat as that meanie be the same person in actual fact?
"We should go," Braska gave a slight laugh. "Day will break soon." At this point, everything once again blacked out, making me come back to my senses. I looked all around to still see the group still engrossed in watching the hologram. Being uninterested in Yunie's father's journey, I turned behind to see Auron again leaning against the wall. With a sense of curiosity, I approached the stoic old guardian.
"Not interested in watching the sphere?" I asked him as he leaned on the wall of the place. Auron gave a slight look up.
"Too many memories," came his simple answer. I gave a nod, preparing to leave him alone. "Too much memories of Lyna," he butted in, trying to complete his answer. I stopped in my tracks and turned.
"I just don't understand..." I lamented at him, wanting this stoical to return to his senses. "...Is this Lady Lyna that outstanding?" Auron gave a nod as a rejoinder. "Well...but she's dead!" The guardian gave me another piercing stare as the last few words came out of my mouth.
"Enough," he replied back. "We should get back; they are almost finished watching the sphere." The red-clad man strolled back to them. I looked back at him as he moved his big body back to the group.
We walked through the woods of Macalania. The temperature was beginning to turn chilly, indicating that we were nearing the frozen lands of Macalania Lake. I shivered slightly as we walked across the temperate soil of the forest.
"Rikku, you should have brought along more clothing," Lulu approached me with concern. "Knowing that our group will pass through cold areas," she continued. I gave a signal, indicating that it was by mistake that I had not brought along any warm clothing.
"Hey, you should tuck yourself in Auron's coat!" Tidus teased, laughing before being hit in the stomach from his sarcastic idea. Auron was not probably taking any nonsense, judging from the oblivious expression on his face.
"Come in if you're cold," I heard the unexpected suggestion from the most unlikely person to help me. He stretched out his crimson coat, big enough for me to tuck in. I was hesitant in taking in that suggestion. "Never mind then," came his cold reply.
"Okok...I'll come," I decided to get some warmth. As swift as I could, I came into his coat, feeling the soft texture of his coat. His armor-covered torso was warm too, giving me a kind of feeling that made me remember something that I could not ever deemed to have done before. It was like as if I had once tucked myself in this coat before, a strange unexplainable feeling.
"You have a problem there?" I heard the same frigid reply, looking up to see Auron staring at me through his black sunglasses.
"Nah, it's nothing," I replied back, with him turning back to see the way. Suddenly, I stepped on a soft spot on the cold soil, losing my footing and tumbling into a crumbling hole in the ground, dragging the red coat down with me. Following that, blackness engulfed me.
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Okay, end of this chapter. I must admit that it is rather boring but the next chapter will be more interesting. Bye for now!
Author's Notes -- Okay, this is more. I'm real apologetic if the story is goin' nowhere, 'cause I'm getting out of point...Anyway, have fun!
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More mysteries revealed
We reached the entrance to a wood. Happy that the Thunder Plains were far behind, I unhuddled from Tidus and jumped in joy, running into the woods along the path. As I look behind, Tidus and Auron were still standing there, having a conversation.
It had been quite a long time since I had visited the Macalania Woods. Few Al Bheds could pass here, due to the strong Yevonite influence on the people living here. I noticed that it was beginning to get dark, for the thick canopy of the tall trees were blocking out the sunlight altogether. The area was filled with a beautiful blue-green hue, everywhere sparkling from the shiny stones on trees.
'Drec ec payidevim,' I thought to myself.
"It is indeed beautiful," I heard a voice behind, noticing a winged woman approaching me. I looked everywhere to notice that everything had somehow stopped.
"How did you....?" I asked her, telling that she was some powerful mage.
"A magical Al Bhed I see," she took my head up, looking at me in the eyes with her red ones. I looked at her other hand, which was complete with long and sharp blood-red fingernails. "After Lady Yuna's pilgrimage, you shall become my underling."
I was shocked at what she had said. 'Underling?' I wondered.
"Yes, an underling," she spoke in a sinister way, somehow able to read my mind. "When you end up in the same fate as Jecht, you will become subordinate to me."
'Fryd y sehida?!? Jecht?' I pondered, noticing that the name was familiar to me. It was like as though I had heard about this name before.
"There's no need to think; I can read your mind," she replied evilly. "You can either choose to follow me or end up like Jecht later on."
"What do you mean?" The woman raised up her clawed hand, forming a hovering blue flame over her palm.
"You will eventually understand," she answered, pushing the blue flame into my body. To my surprise, I felt no pain. The winged woman turned back into the forest and de-materialized. Everything seemed to return back to normal.
"Rikku, are you okay?" I heard Yunie ask. I turned to give back a cheerful smile.
"In top form!" I replied enthusiastically. Soon after, I saw Tidus and Auron coming to join us.
"Slowpokes!" I teased the blitzball player.
"Sorry!" he apologized to the group, somehow thinking about something. "Yuna, let's go," he spoke to her, in which she nodded as a rejoinder. I cheered as we entered the woods.
"Hey!" a rather big, dark man came up to us as we were on our way. He was panting heavily, probably frantic about something. "You, have you seen Dona?"
"Dona? Can't say I have?" Tidus shrugged his head. 'Fru fyc Dona?' I wondered.
"What's up?" Wakka came to the front.
"We got separated on the way here," he explained his cause. "Damn it all! I've got to find her!"
"Calm down," Auron instructed the man. I noticed how Auron could be wise at some times.
"But, if anything happens to her..." his voice trailed off, still worried about Dona, probably his summoner.
"Running around in a panic is not going to help," the old guardian interrupted. "Right now, you have to keep cool and search."
"But--"the other man looked at Auron.
"Guard your emotions, then guard your summoner," the older man advised. The sentence that he had just spoken seemed to have an effect on me. It was so familiar, yet I had not heard this sentence before. It was as if I had spoken these words before. Shaking my head of these wild thoughts, I returned to the scene.
"You're right," the man spoke, a little worried about Dona.
"Shall we search?" Auron offered his help. The other man shook his head.
"No, I've taken up enough of your time," he spoke. "Thank you, Sir Auron." The man did a prayer gesture before running off. Before I could run to the front of the group to stop him to wish him good luck, he was already gone.
"What's up?" Wakka asked me.
"Oh, I just wanted to wish him good luck," I responded. I could sense that Auron was watching me again.
We proceeded to enjoy the sight of blue and red butterflies fluttering away while fighting off weak fiends. Except for a few thunder-casting fiends, the rest were pretty easy to dispatch.
I looked at Auron in a perplexed manner. He had drew out his giant sword and prepared to hack into a tree. The tree fell, clearing a path for us to enter. As I entered the place, I noticed a secret area of the Macalania Woods -- a beautiful lake with a tree beside it. Tidus looked at Auron in disbelief.
"This place..." he looked at the area. "It's just water, isn't it?"
"This is what spheres are made of," Auron explained, his voice becoming soft. "It absorbs and preserves peoples' memories." As he neared the water, a giant blob of an unknown liquid shot out of the lake.
"What's that?" Wakka asked. I could see Auron giving a grim smile.
"Fiends are also attracted to these places," he replied. We began to engage in battle as the blob came up to us in an offensive stance. It was definitely a hard nut to crack, for it changed its element each time it was hit by one weak element. We continued our battle against it.
The odd-looking fiend melted as it got defeated. In its residue, a sphere sat in replace of it. Wakka picked it up in curiosity.
"Whoa, this is old!" he scrutinized the sphere. "Don't know if you can play it back."
"Jecht left it here ten years ago," Auron spoke, making me and the others gasp, me being the only one who was confused about what the winged woman had said to me about this Jecht earlier on. "Play it back."
Tidus gave a nod and began to play the sphere back. A hologram began to form above it, showing a familiar topless man in the picture. I was shocked terribly, discovering that I had dreamt about this person. An instant white light engulfed me suddenly.
"What are you taking?" I heard the familiar voice, looking up to find myself in front of a building, with the topless man holding a sphere.
"Well, you said it was gonna' be a long trip," the other replied. I could see the familiar people in my dream walking in front of this enormous building. "We'll be seeing a lot of neat things, right?" he continued with enthusiasm similar to that of Tidus'. "So I thought I'd record it all in this. To show to my wife and kid, you know."
"This is no pleasure cruise!" the man in red retorted angrily. I recognized the way he spoke, like that of someone rather familiar. I continued to look at the angry but cute swordsman in red.
"Hey Braska," the other asked the man with silvery hair. "Ain't this supposed to be a grand occasion? Where're the cheering fans? The crying women?"
'Was I in the past? So this summoner was actually Lord Braska,' I thought to myself. 'If he's Braska, then the guy in red is...' I was rather shocked by my guessing. Could that man in the same crimson coat as that meanie be the same person in actual fact?
"We should go," Braska gave a slight laugh. "Day will break soon." At this point, everything once again blacked out, making me come back to my senses. I looked all around to still see the group still engrossed in watching the hologram. Being uninterested in Yunie's father's journey, I turned behind to see Auron again leaning against the wall. With a sense of curiosity, I approached the stoic old guardian.
"Not interested in watching the sphere?" I asked him as he leaned on the wall of the place. Auron gave a slight look up.
"Too many memories," came his simple answer. I gave a nod, preparing to leave him alone. "Too much memories of Lyna," he butted in, trying to complete his answer. I stopped in my tracks and turned.
"I just don't understand..." I lamented at him, wanting this stoical to return to his senses. "...Is this Lady Lyna that outstanding?" Auron gave a nod as a rejoinder. "Well...but she's dead!" The guardian gave me another piercing stare as the last few words came out of my mouth.
"Enough," he replied back. "We should get back; they are almost finished watching the sphere." The red-clad man strolled back to them. I looked back at him as he moved his big body back to the group.
We walked through the woods of Macalania. The temperature was beginning to turn chilly, indicating that we were nearing the frozen lands of Macalania Lake. I shivered slightly as we walked across the temperate soil of the forest.
"Rikku, you should have brought along more clothing," Lulu approached me with concern. "Knowing that our group will pass through cold areas," she continued. I gave a signal, indicating that it was by mistake that I had not brought along any warm clothing.
"Hey, you should tuck yourself in Auron's coat!" Tidus teased, laughing before being hit in the stomach from his sarcastic idea. Auron was not probably taking any nonsense, judging from the oblivious expression on his face.
"Come in if you're cold," I heard the unexpected suggestion from the most unlikely person to help me. He stretched out his crimson coat, big enough for me to tuck in. I was hesitant in taking in that suggestion. "Never mind then," came his cold reply.
"Okok...I'll come," I decided to get some warmth. As swift as I could, I came into his coat, feeling the soft texture of his coat. His armor-covered torso was warm too, giving me a kind of feeling that made me remember something that I could not ever deemed to have done before. It was like as if I had once tucked myself in this coat before, a strange unexplainable feeling.
"You have a problem there?" I heard the same frigid reply, looking up to see Auron staring at me through his black sunglasses.
"Nah, it's nothing," I replied back, with him turning back to see the way. Suddenly, I stepped on a soft spot on the cold soil, losing my footing and tumbling into a crumbling hole in the ground, dragging the red coat down with me. Following that, blackness engulfed me.
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Okay, end of this chapter. I must admit that it is rather boring but the next chapter will be more interesting. Bye for now!