1Wow, I'm glad that I am able to update this so soon. Don't expect that too often from me though. Anyway, I'm glad that I made everyone happy when Kvar died. Anymore ideas from anyone would be helpful, otherwise I may have to end the story earlier than I want to. Oh well. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 18: The Truth

The group got on the Rheihards and began to head for Flanoir, with their hopes high. They were all certain that the doctor would have some sort of advice that could help cure Storm. Lloyd and Colette, Genis and Raine, Presea and Regal, Sheena and Zelos, and Storm and Kratos got on their Rheihards together and prepared to head out.

Not too long after flying, the group flew over a wooded area near Ozette. Storm suddenly began to feel very dizzy and her headache came back to her quickly and fiercely. She tried her best to hang on to her father as she felt herself lose balance. She soon lost her balance and fell off the Rheihard and plummeted to the forest floor. She tried her best to pull out her wings but she only managed to bring them out a few seconds before she hit the ground. She managed to slow herself down a little bit but still landed hard on the ground, and she blacked out.

Storm looked around, she was in the forest but she saw a few other people she didn't recognize. She saw a small campsite and saw a young girl, who was about the same age as herself. She also saw two young boys. One had dark, black hair and he was sitting underneath a tree, cleaning his sword. The other boy looked like a half-elf with silver hair like Genis, but he was much older than Genis was. He had a staff placed next to him as he was napping underneath another tree. She wondered who these people were and what they were doing.

"All right, everyone get ready, we will be leaving shortly so we can get to the next seal," Storm turned around and was shocked at what she saw. She looked and saw Kratos standing at the other end of the camp.

"Dad?" Storm asked.

She got no response, not even a glance from her father and wondered how he knew these people and why he was talking about the Seals.

"Come on Kratos, can't we stay here awhile?" the half-elf asked while opening only one eye to look at him.

"No, if Spiritua is to regenerate the world then we must continue to move," Kratos replied.

"Spiritua?" Storm asked as she looked over at the girl. "Is that Spiritua? Then, where or rather when am I?" she asked as she looked around.

"We're coming Kratos, just hang on," Spiritua replied as she gathered up her stuff.

The image left her and the next thing she saw was her vision from before. She was standing on the field, except this time she was all alone. There was a wall of fire on the other side of the field and a pair of eyes looked out through the fire. Then, the eyes came out and Pronyma emerged.

Storm woke up, bruised and sore, but fine otherwise. She managed to pull herself up. She looked around the area where she landed and realized that she was in the same place where Spiritua had been in her dream. The trees were still the same after all of those years. Storm suddenly had the strange impulse to find Pronyma once again and decided to make her way through the forest to find her. She was making her way through the forest when she heard a voice call behind her.

"Storm! Storm wait up, where are you going?" the voice called behind her. She quickened her pace and kept making her way through the thick forest.

"Storm stop!" she turned around when Zelos pulled on her arm and stopped her from continuing through the forest.

"Let me go! I have to find Pronyma!" she yelled at him as she yanked her arm away from him and began to move forward once again.

"Storm, what has been the matter with you lately?" he asked, his voice contained a hint of anger and sadness.

"Like you don't know Zelos," she yelled back as she stopped in her tracks, she had finally decided that this was the best time to tell him how she felt.

"No, I don't know. I don't know why you're acting like I've done something horrible. You act like you hate me," Zelos replied.

"I don't hate you, just what you've done," she shot back.

"What have I done?" he yelled back.

"Storm, I see you've finally made up your mind," Forcystus said as he walked into the conversation.

"What is he doing here? What is he talking about Storm?" Zelos asked.

"You don't have to answer him anymore, you can be free. You don't need to be hurt anymore," Forcystus said.

Storm wasn't about to let Forcystus talk her out of discovering the truth. She wanted to know everything from Zelos, no matter how much it hurt.

"I know about everything that you've been doing. You've been with Sheena all this time. You were out with her, you don't care about me anymore Zelos. You can't deny that you've been with her. He told me everything," she said.

"Storm, stop!" Forcystus yelled.

"What? You think I've been with Sheena? Why would I leave you, you mean too much to me," Zelos replied, bewildered by her accusation.

"Don't play dumb Zelos, I know that you and Sheena spent an entire afternoon together," Storm yelled back.

"Storm, I was out with Sheena because I knew that she was the girl in our group who knew you the best. She helped me pick out something special for you," Zelos replied.

"What? You mean, all this time..." Storm asked.

"You've had nothing to worry about this whole time," Zelos replied as he walked over to her and wrapped her up in a big hug. "You're the only girl for me, nothing will change that."

She returned the hug and tears began to well up in her eyes. She had never been so happy in her life. She felt so safe and warm in his arms, and she had nothing to worry about. He had been faithful to her and she felt so stupid for how she acted. She looked around, ready to find Forcystus and beat the crap out of him for all the lies he had fed to her, but she soon realized that he had made a run for it. She threw him out of her mind and returned her attention to Zelos.

"I feel terrible for how I acted. I was so scared to ask you, but I could have saved everyone a lot of trouble if I just would have asked. I think I was turning back into a lifeless angel, that's why I need you Zelos, you keep me alive. Promise that you'll never leave me," Storm said as she pulled herself closer to him.

"I promise you, I will never leave you," Zelos replied. "But now I have something important for you. I have to give you what Sheena helped me find. I saw this and knew that it was for you," Zelos added as he pulled something out for her.

"You didn't need to get me anything," Storm replied.

"I think that I did," he replied as he got down on one knee and took her hand. "Storm Aurion, will you marry me?" he asked as he pulled out a beautiful diamond ring and placed it on her finger.

Storm was speechless and was starting to feel dizzy again, except it was a different kind of dizzy.

"Storm, please say something, the tension is killing me," Zelos said, snapping her out of her daze.

"Oh, sorry. Yes! Of course I'll marry you Zelos," Storm replied as she threw her arms around him. He stood up and they kissed. Storm was so happy to back in the arms of the man she loved. She couldn't have been any happier if she tried. Her depression faded away fast as she continued to kiss Zelos.

"Aw, that's so sweet," Colette exclaimed.

Storm and Zelos turned around and saw the entire group behind them. Her father actually looked very happy at the sight of his daughter kissing the red head. He could tell that she was happy, and he hoped that she would be feeling better much sooner now that the two were back together.

"How long have you guys been standing there?" Storm asked.

"Well, we were here long enough to see Zelos finally propose to you," Sheena replied.

Storm walked over to Sheena and gave her a hug. "I'm sorry that I was such a jerk, will you forgive me Sheena?" she asked.

"Of course, that's what friends do right?" she replied.

The rest of the group began to head back to the Rheihards. Zelos and Storm were in the back of the group, holding hands with Storm's head resting on Zelos' shoulder.

They got on board the Rheihards, with Storm switching places with Sheena so she could sit by Zelos. As she sat on the Rheihard behind Zelos, she wrapped her arms around him and put her head back on his shoulder to give him a kiss on the cheek.

I'll be Mrs. Storm Wilder. We'll be together forever, this is the happiest day of my life, I just wish that it could last forever, she thought as they made their way towards Flanoir.

Well, that's it and I hope that it was okay, I'll warn you they won't actually get married in this story, they will just be engaged (maybe), but I was so happy to write that chapter. I wanted them back together so bad. Anyway, please review and offer some ideas if you have any. Thanks!