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"Hey guys!" Peppita chirped the next day. "I think I know where Blair is!"
"Tell us!" Fayt said." We have to find Blair as soon as possible!"
"Don't you think she's at the Spiral Tower? I mean, spiral stairs. That's the only spiral stairs that I know." Peppita exclaimed. "And Spiral Tower stands on nothing, right?"
"Good point."
"So shall we get moving?" Sophia said with a smile on her face.
"Yeah." Fayt said.
"Guys!" Aire shouted before they could leave. "Be careful! We don't know Spiral Tower's current status right now. Things might have changed."
"See you, Aire!" Fayt waved goodbye as they left. Aire watched them as they left the house. Aire looked at Melany, who was playing with her Taro cards on the table.
"Worried about them?" Melany asked Aire, still playing with her Taro cards.
"Will they be able to grip that tragedy?" Aire asked Melany.
"I'm sure they're gonna be okay." Melany replied.
"Do you remember the first time your Taro cards predicted the future?"
"Yeah." Melany smiled. "I do."
Flashback
"To think that it would come to this…"
"We never expected this anyway."
"But the cards were telling me something! I'm sure of it!"
"Now now Melany. No one predicted this to happen."
"I guess. I really hope nothing bad will happen to them…" Melany prayed.
"Don't worry. When the day comes, I'm sure that they will learn to accept it." Aire said as he patted heron the back.
End flashback
"I really hope you're right about that, Melany. I really hope so." Aire thought.
As Fayt and others began heading towards the Eternal Sphere, the walls seemed to work. No beams entered Gemity as they were walking along. They stopped at the teleporter and got in, one by one. The attendant already knew where they were going and already sent them there. When they got there, they teleported themselves to Elicoor. As they walked towards Arias, they noticed that the monsters weren't attacking them.
"I wonder why they aren't attacking…" Fayt thought and shook it off his mind.
When they got to the entrance of Arias, they weren't so tired and continued their way towards Peterny.
If there's one thing that they all have in common is that they were tired. Plain tired. The monsters at Palmira Plains were starting to get aggressive now. They had first gone in the inn. After that, Cliff tagged along with Fayt and Sophia to do the shopping. The sun was setting and they came back with the groceries. They spent one night at the inn and at the next day, they continued on their way towards Surferio, passing by the Sanmite Republic. They stayed at Roger's house (A/N: there's no inns in Surferio, if I am correct.) for also one day. After that, they continued their way to Mosel. When they got to Mosel, they made their way down towards the entrance of the Firewall. Firewall was still the same, at a glance. But then as they went on deeper into the Firewall, they noticed something. It seems like all the enemies disappeared. As if they vanished. Or more likely…
Erased.
They made their way towards the entrance to the Spiral Tower. Before they could get inside, they heard a voice behind them which sounded familiar.
"Well well well… what do we have here?" the familiar voice said.
"Azazer?" Fayt asked, looking behind. "What do you want now?"
"I don't want a fight, that's what I'm sure of." Azazer said.
"Just hurry it up."
"Fine." Azazer said. "I've come here to convey a message."
"A message?"
"Yes." Azazer cleared his throat. "It seems you already know what happened to Blair."
"That she's missing?" Maria asked. "Don't point out the obvious, Azazer."
"I've only come here to tell you this: grip the future real tight." And he disappeared like air.
"Hmm… I wonder what he meant by that?" Fayt asked.
"Come on guys, we're wasting precious time." Sophia said and they started to move on.
One by one, they got into the transporter. They arrived at Spiral Tower shortly. It looks like nothing has changed in the Tower. They continued their way up, dodging any enemies that cross their path. But when they got to the top, they weren't really happy on what they saw.
Author's note: Well, chap. 7 is the last chapter. promise. And I'm working on my parody story, okay? Just wait a few more months or maybe years… okay, joke! (-)
