"Let the examination commence!" Lion-heart called out to the class, who on
that very instant made their way into the cave. The front row, which had
Freya, Fratley and Frato in it started to sprint into the cave to get a
distance from the rest of the group and break away. There was little point
in it though, the cave split up into several tunnels only a short distance
into the cave. After a couple of minutes everyone was on their own.
Sure enough, there were candles lit throughout the tunnels of the cave which were attached to the walls of the cave. They provided just enough light for the young Burmecian students to see their way through the dark, damp maze. It was still very dark; the dull, black stone walls looked hidden in the darkness. The candles didn't really hinder the activity of the monsters lurking in the cave.
Fratley had to adjust his eyes to the darkness as he stepped carefully through the cave. He was trying to hear the movements of any nearby Ironite. His advanced hearing was only picking up the sounds of his footsteps as he trudged deeper into the cave. He figured that the monsters would be somewhere deep in the cave.
After several minutes trekking deeper into the cave Fratley heard his first sound. There was the sound of something gliding through the cave with an odd growl. Could this be the Ironite he had been searching for? The sound was apparently moving closer, Fratley took a step forward and the growl became louder and the soft flap of wings became faster.
The monster had detected Fratley's location and Fratley's hearing had also detected the monster's precise location. It was far too dark to see anything clearly. As the monster came within striking range Fratley took a swing with his lance in hopes of catching the monster with the blade.
The blade had connected with the monster who was knocked back by the blow. The monster roared ferociously and tilted its head back and begun to prepare and fire attack from its mouth. The new light allowed Fratley to see some yellow muscles and a pink dragon's face charging up the attack.
Fratley charged with his lance outstretched in front of him. Using his new vision of his foe, he managed to hit the chest of his opponent, but the tough skin meant it only pierced a small way into the monster's hide.
This caused the monster to belch out the flame breath attack it had been preparing, but as it was reacting to the blow the majority of the flame was spewed out towards the ceiling. After the flame had been discharged the monster growled angrily as Fratley removed his lance from the tiny hole.
Fratley now knew he was facing an Ironite, the opponent he had been searching for. Victory would assure his place in the Burmecian army. He prepared to attack once again but the Ironite charged into Fratley's chest causing minor damage with its horns and knocking Fratley onto the rocky floor.
Fratley immediately sprung back onto his feet and dodged another charge from the small dragon. As the Dragon glided a few feet away from him he used the chance to power up a Dragon Knight ability he had been taught in the academy. His lance glowed a fiery red colour as he pointed it towards the pink menace.
"Feel the force of the fire of nature! Cherry Blossom!" Fratley yelled. As he spoke, beautiful bright, glowing pink petals began to appear around the dragon. The red energy from Fratley's lance was discharged and it set the flower petals aflame in a powerful explosion which sent a burst of light through the narrow passageways of the cave. Fratley squinted slightly as the monster screamed in pain, it's scales slightly singed by the attack and causing better damage than Fratley's previous attack.
The Ironite was now furious; it glided full force in an insane charge at Fratley giving him very little time to react. They collided and Fratley was sent sprawling onto the floor with a wound on his chest.
Fratley decided to stay on the floor for the moment in an attempt to fool the dragon. He looked at the wound on his chest, which didn't seem too serious, as it was merely two small circular shallow cuts where the dragon had momentarily impaled him with its horns. Fratley carefully and slowly reached into his pocket for a potion. He could hear the monster growling nearby; it was obviously suspicious of him. He applied the potion to his chest slowly and carefully, watching the wound heal itself under the influence of the potion.
When Fratley was sure the potion had worked, he leapt back onto his feet and turned to where he had heard the monsters movements. He saw flames glowing in the darkness where the monster was located. The Ironite was preparing another fire attack. What was worse, it was almost fully charged.
Fratley had a second to react before the inferno gave out in a wave from the monster's mouth. The fire lit up the cave and covered the area Fratley had been standing, he couldn't be seen anywhere in the blaze. The attack eventually ended and when it did Fratley was not to be found.
The monster growled in delight, but the victory was not to last long. In a matter of split seconds a spear rammed straight through the monsters head. Fratley landed about a metre away from the Ironite, in the time he had to react, he had jumped enough to avoid the attack but not too high to hit the roof of the cave.
The Ironite fell to the floor, dead. Fratley used his nose and his hands to find his spear and removed it from the monsters skull. Although it didn't pierce much skin, it had pierced enough to break the monsters skull.
Fratley couldn't see well enough in the current darkness to cut off the horns that he needed so he dragged the monster corpse to a nearby lamp. He then sliced off the monsters horns with his lance and placed them in one of his pockets. Afterwards he cleaned his lance of the monster's blood with a bit of cloth from one of his pockets.
He then recalled which way he had entered this area of the cave and began to make his way back to the entrance. He had barely taken five steps from the Ironite corpse when his sensitive ears picked up a fairly loud sound from elsewhere in the cave.
"RRRRRAAAAAOOOOORRRRR!"
Fratley turned in the direction of the sound, eyes wide with shock.
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Freya marched through the cave in search of her Ironite. Her ears were trying to hear the sounds of any nearby monsters as her eyes weren't good enough in the darkness of the cave.
She was in luck; it wasn't long before she heard the sounds of a creature crawling across the stone floor. She followed the noise of the creature and when she thought she was close enough she lunged at it with her spear.
Her spear met tough, scaly skin. The monster then growled and turned around to bite her. Freya moved back and evaded the bite. The monster then gave a small charge which managed to knock Freya back.
Freya scowled and decided to charge back at the monster. Her lance was outstretched, and it began to glow white.
"Lancer!" Freya shouted as she impaled the monster in the waist, discharging the glowing energy in her lance. The glow gave enough light to show it had not been a lethal blow, but it had left a nasty wound in the monsters hide. The monster screamed in pain as the energy discharged into the fairly deep circular cut.
Freya smiled at the damage she had done, but her emotion quickly returned to a determined one as she knew the battle was not over. She removed her lance and jumped back to prepare another attack.
The monster roared angrily and began to prepare a spell in its mouth. Instead of flame however, thunder began to from. In an instant a huge bolt of thunder was let loose and Freya just managed to hop out of the way of the strike.
As the monster finished discharging the attack Freya began charging up her own attack. A red fire glowed on her lance and was growing rather quickly. The monster turned to her just in time as she pointed her lance towards the creature.
"May the force of fire engulf my foe! Cherry Blossom!" Freya yelled. As she said this, petals fell around the monster. The fire from Freya's lance discharged and set all of the petals ablaze, engulfing the monster in a mass of flame. The light enabled Freya to see that she was facing an Ironite. The tension Freya was feeling raised slightly, this battle would ensure that she would be the first female in the Burmecian army.
The monster screamed in pain as the flames began to subside. The Ironite growled in the blackness, smoke coming from its scales. Fire began to form in the creature's mouth as it prepared its fire breath attack.
Freya saw the opening in the monster's defence and charged towards the creature at full speed with her lance pointed firmly ahead of her. She reached the Ironite in time and rammed her spear directly into the beast's mouth.
Her attack had been successful, she had attacked with such force she had pierced the back of the Ironite's throat. Her lance was sticking out at the other end. However, the fire attack had now discharged and spurted out towards Freya. It caught Freya almost full blast and knocked her onto the floor and partially covered in flames.
Freya quickly rolled along the damp cave floor back and forth, and the fire was put out in a few moments. She got back onto her feet and walked steadily towards the dead Ironite, which was only standing with help from Freya's lance. Blood had spilled all over Freya's spear and the cave floor.
Freya removed her lance by feeling for it in the almost pitch black darkness. This got her hands covered in blood but this didn't bother Freya, she had won. She then proceeded to drag the corpse to a lamp and cut of her Ironite horns, her symbols of victory and proof of her strength. She placed them in a pocket on her waist with a smile. She then cleaned up the vast amount of blood on herself and her lance with a rag.
She stood up and remembered the way she had come. Her memory served her well, she remembered the nearest of the two candles next to her from where she had come. She made her way down the dark, damp and murky cave corridor. After travelling for a few minutes, an alarming sound reached Freya's ears from somewhere fairly far way from her.
"RRRRRAAAAAOOOOORRRRR!"
"That was no Ironite..." Freya said to herself in worry.
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Disclaimer: I don't own FF9 okay? Square-Enix does.
Author's Notes: A quicker update, I think... Anyway, events unfold and maybe soon I'll get to the really interesting stuff in this fanfiction. I also saw something else that was interesting whilst browsing FF.net. Guardian1 actually gave someone a positive review, in fact it was a group of people. Maybe she just hates me...:(
Breeze of Summoners: Are these fight scenes any good for you? They aren't one paragraph, they are half a chapter! What are these problems? The interesting stuff will be when I get to the games events and beyond. Good to see you like it.
Derta: Ooh! A new reviewer! Good to see you are enjoying it! What about the demon dragons?
Everyone else: I know you are out there...REVIEW!
Sure enough, there were candles lit throughout the tunnels of the cave which were attached to the walls of the cave. They provided just enough light for the young Burmecian students to see their way through the dark, damp maze. It was still very dark; the dull, black stone walls looked hidden in the darkness. The candles didn't really hinder the activity of the monsters lurking in the cave.
Fratley had to adjust his eyes to the darkness as he stepped carefully through the cave. He was trying to hear the movements of any nearby Ironite. His advanced hearing was only picking up the sounds of his footsteps as he trudged deeper into the cave. He figured that the monsters would be somewhere deep in the cave.
After several minutes trekking deeper into the cave Fratley heard his first sound. There was the sound of something gliding through the cave with an odd growl. Could this be the Ironite he had been searching for? The sound was apparently moving closer, Fratley took a step forward and the growl became louder and the soft flap of wings became faster.
The monster had detected Fratley's location and Fratley's hearing had also detected the monster's precise location. It was far too dark to see anything clearly. As the monster came within striking range Fratley took a swing with his lance in hopes of catching the monster with the blade.
The blade had connected with the monster who was knocked back by the blow. The monster roared ferociously and tilted its head back and begun to prepare and fire attack from its mouth. The new light allowed Fratley to see some yellow muscles and a pink dragon's face charging up the attack.
Fratley charged with his lance outstretched in front of him. Using his new vision of his foe, he managed to hit the chest of his opponent, but the tough skin meant it only pierced a small way into the monster's hide.
This caused the monster to belch out the flame breath attack it had been preparing, but as it was reacting to the blow the majority of the flame was spewed out towards the ceiling. After the flame had been discharged the monster growled angrily as Fratley removed his lance from the tiny hole.
Fratley now knew he was facing an Ironite, the opponent he had been searching for. Victory would assure his place in the Burmecian army. He prepared to attack once again but the Ironite charged into Fratley's chest causing minor damage with its horns and knocking Fratley onto the rocky floor.
Fratley immediately sprung back onto his feet and dodged another charge from the small dragon. As the Dragon glided a few feet away from him he used the chance to power up a Dragon Knight ability he had been taught in the academy. His lance glowed a fiery red colour as he pointed it towards the pink menace.
"Feel the force of the fire of nature! Cherry Blossom!" Fratley yelled. As he spoke, beautiful bright, glowing pink petals began to appear around the dragon. The red energy from Fratley's lance was discharged and it set the flower petals aflame in a powerful explosion which sent a burst of light through the narrow passageways of the cave. Fratley squinted slightly as the monster screamed in pain, it's scales slightly singed by the attack and causing better damage than Fratley's previous attack.
The Ironite was now furious; it glided full force in an insane charge at Fratley giving him very little time to react. They collided and Fratley was sent sprawling onto the floor with a wound on his chest.
Fratley decided to stay on the floor for the moment in an attempt to fool the dragon. He looked at the wound on his chest, which didn't seem too serious, as it was merely two small circular shallow cuts where the dragon had momentarily impaled him with its horns. Fratley carefully and slowly reached into his pocket for a potion. He could hear the monster growling nearby; it was obviously suspicious of him. He applied the potion to his chest slowly and carefully, watching the wound heal itself under the influence of the potion.
When Fratley was sure the potion had worked, he leapt back onto his feet and turned to where he had heard the monsters movements. He saw flames glowing in the darkness where the monster was located. The Ironite was preparing another fire attack. What was worse, it was almost fully charged.
Fratley had a second to react before the inferno gave out in a wave from the monster's mouth. The fire lit up the cave and covered the area Fratley had been standing, he couldn't be seen anywhere in the blaze. The attack eventually ended and when it did Fratley was not to be found.
The monster growled in delight, but the victory was not to last long. In a matter of split seconds a spear rammed straight through the monsters head. Fratley landed about a metre away from the Ironite, in the time he had to react, he had jumped enough to avoid the attack but not too high to hit the roof of the cave.
The Ironite fell to the floor, dead. Fratley used his nose and his hands to find his spear and removed it from the monsters skull. Although it didn't pierce much skin, it had pierced enough to break the monsters skull.
Fratley couldn't see well enough in the current darkness to cut off the horns that he needed so he dragged the monster corpse to a nearby lamp. He then sliced off the monsters horns with his lance and placed them in one of his pockets. Afterwards he cleaned his lance of the monster's blood with a bit of cloth from one of his pockets.
He then recalled which way he had entered this area of the cave and began to make his way back to the entrance. He had barely taken five steps from the Ironite corpse when his sensitive ears picked up a fairly loud sound from elsewhere in the cave.
"RRRRRAAAAAOOOOORRRRR!"
Fratley turned in the direction of the sound, eyes wide with shock.
---
Freya marched through the cave in search of her Ironite. Her ears were trying to hear the sounds of any nearby monsters as her eyes weren't good enough in the darkness of the cave.
She was in luck; it wasn't long before she heard the sounds of a creature crawling across the stone floor. She followed the noise of the creature and when she thought she was close enough she lunged at it with her spear.
Her spear met tough, scaly skin. The monster then growled and turned around to bite her. Freya moved back and evaded the bite. The monster then gave a small charge which managed to knock Freya back.
Freya scowled and decided to charge back at the monster. Her lance was outstretched, and it began to glow white.
"Lancer!" Freya shouted as she impaled the monster in the waist, discharging the glowing energy in her lance. The glow gave enough light to show it had not been a lethal blow, but it had left a nasty wound in the monsters hide. The monster screamed in pain as the energy discharged into the fairly deep circular cut.
Freya smiled at the damage she had done, but her emotion quickly returned to a determined one as she knew the battle was not over. She removed her lance and jumped back to prepare another attack.
The monster roared angrily and began to prepare a spell in its mouth. Instead of flame however, thunder began to from. In an instant a huge bolt of thunder was let loose and Freya just managed to hop out of the way of the strike.
As the monster finished discharging the attack Freya began charging up her own attack. A red fire glowed on her lance and was growing rather quickly. The monster turned to her just in time as she pointed her lance towards the creature.
"May the force of fire engulf my foe! Cherry Blossom!" Freya yelled. As she said this, petals fell around the monster. The fire from Freya's lance discharged and set all of the petals ablaze, engulfing the monster in a mass of flame. The light enabled Freya to see that she was facing an Ironite. The tension Freya was feeling raised slightly, this battle would ensure that she would be the first female in the Burmecian army.
The monster screamed in pain as the flames began to subside. The Ironite growled in the blackness, smoke coming from its scales. Fire began to form in the creature's mouth as it prepared its fire breath attack.
Freya saw the opening in the monster's defence and charged towards the creature at full speed with her lance pointed firmly ahead of her. She reached the Ironite in time and rammed her spear directly into the beast's mouth.
Her attack had been successful, she had attacked with such force she had pierced the back of the Ironite's throat. Her lance was sticking out at the other end. However, the fire attack had now discharged and spurted out towards Freya. It caught Freya almost full blast and knocked her onto the floor and partially covered in flames.
Freya quickly rolled along the damp cave floor back and forth, and the fire was put out in a few moments. She got back onto her feet and walked steadily towards the dead Ironite, which was only standing with help from Freya's lance. Blood had spilled all over Freya's spear and the cave floor.
Freya removed her lance by feeling for it in the almost pitch black darkness. This got her hands covered in blood but this didn't bother Freya, she had won. She then proceeded to drag the corpse to a lamp and cut of her Ironite horns, her symbols of victory and proof of her strength. She placed them in a pocket on her waist with a smile. She then cleaned up the vast amount of blood on herself and her lance with a rag.
She stood up and remembered the way she had come. Her memory served her well, she remembered the nearest of the two candles next to her from where she had come. She made her way down the dark, damp and murky cave corridor. After travelling for a few minutes, an alarming sound reached Freya's ears from somewhere fairly far way from her.
"RRRRRAAAAAOOOOORRRRR!"
"That was no Ironite..." Freya said to herself in worry.
---
Disclaimer: I don't own FF9 okay? Square-Enix does.
Author's Notes: A quicker update, I think... Anyway, events unfold and maybe soon I'll get to the really interesting stuff in this fanfiction. I also saw something else that was interesting whilst browsing FF.net. Guardian1 actually gave someone a positive review, in fact it was a group of people. Maybe she just hates me...:(
Breeze of Summoners: Are these fight scenes any good for you? They aren't one paragraph, they are half a chapter! What are these problems? The interesting stuff will be when I get to the games events and beyond. Good to see you like it.
Derta: Ooh! A new reviewer! Good to see you are enjoying it! What about the demon dragons?
Everyone else: I know you are out there...REVIEW!