"Wait..." Hogosha said just before we started heading out. "there is something I wish to see, in the Full Moon Fountain."
"Hogosha, that's the same place where the Star Sibyl obtained her powers." Kirith said, giving him a strange look. "Why do you wanna go there?"
"I hear a cry for help coming from within the fountain... we're supposed to help people, right?" Hogosha asked, looking at me.
"Yeah, let's go." I said, readying my lance.
Deep within the ruins nearby Windurst, we entered the Full Moon Fountain. Windurstian legends had it that long ago, an incredibly wise tarutaru mastered the forbidden art of summoning, and called forth the Celestial avatar of the moon, Fenrir, to protect Windurst from the invading Yagudo tribes. However, by doing so he gave up his life force, and it was said that Fenrir took his soul into a small underground lake in the ruins, which became known as the Full Moon Fountain. During a full moon, many explorers of the ruins have heard the lonesome cry of the wolf avatar, protecting the soul of the greatest summoner to ever live.
In the middle of the fountain was a large sleeping wolf. It's purple coat glimmered under the light of the moon coming from a crack in the ceiling above. The wolf woke up, and stood up, hovering just above the water.
"You have come." A voice echoed in the room.
"Fenrir... is my Great Grandfather doing well?" Hogosha asked the wolf.
"His soul is in a state of unease, little one," the voice echoed. "the power of darkness is growing stronger, hiding within the sea of blood. If the demon is not defeated before he awakens, then Vana'diel as we know it is beyond the help of my bretheren."
"That is why I have come here, great one." Hogosha said, kneeling before Fenrir. "I ask of your assistance once more to banish evil from this land."
Fenrir looked at me, and spoke into my mind, 'The darkness which resides within you, hiding from the world, is a parasite of your life force. Once it has grown strong enough, it will take over, and by your own two hands- the world shall be destroyed. This is the future that will be.'
'Isn't there any way to stop that?' I asked.
However, I was not answered. Fenrir vanished into a whisper of energy that entered Hogosha's body. We left, leaving me to wonder what kind of evil was lying dormant within me.
"Kazu!" Scunex yelled as we were leaving Windurst, looking exhausted from a long run. "I've got some news you will want to hear!"
"What's going on, Scunex?" I asked.
"The curse that Promathia put on the light of crimson wasn't just an ordinary curse. He poured some of himself into the light!" Scunex said, taking a seat to catch his breath.
"What?" Konami asked.
"Whoever wields the power of Crimson Light will slowly be eaten away by the emptiness of the Promyvion realm," Scunex began. "and they shall be only an empty shell that Promathia will use as a body to enter this world."
"So..." Kalnor said. "Kazu is going to become Promathia?"
"Technically, yes." Scunex said. "But he isn't going to be Promathia himself, but merely a portal for Promathia to enter into this world and spread his destruction. The god of Twilight seeks his own death, and rebirth- that is why he put himself into the Crimson Light."
"...Huh?" Kirith asked with her hand on her hip.
"When the Phoenix power of ressurection is used correctly, the user will come back at twice power, and have an unlimited well of strength to tap into. That is why Promathia feared those who used Crimson Light so much, and that is why he turned it into a Crimson Shadow. Coming out of a host, he will die instantly from the light of Altana, but then he will be reborn even stronger, strong enough to resist it. Kazu marks the beginning of the end for us all."
Looking at my hands, I knew deep in my heart that I only wanted to help people. I had truly believed the power of Crimson Light would help me accomplish my dream, but instead I have become a portal for the demon that would destroy all life on Vana'diel. Any hope I could have ever had for the future was absolutely gone, so I faded away from concious reality... deep into my own thoughts of despair and loneliness.