"I'm sorry. But we've been told to not let anyone through for the next couple of days." The guard said.

"What do you mean, the next couple of days? I need to go through now!" Luna exclaimed.

"I'm sorry, but-"

"You're sorry? You're sorry? My pilgrimage has been stopped dead and all you can do is say that you're sorry?"

"Ma'am, please. I'm just doing as Measter Seymour says. There's nothing I can do."

"OHHHH!" Luna cried, turning and walking away from the check point. Derick was close behind.

"Luna, don't worry. Everything is going to be fine."

"How can everything be fine if I can't continue my pilgrimage? What's going to happen next? Am I going to be kidnapped or something?" Luna said as she walked toward the travel agency.

"Don't say that, Luna." Derick said, walking up behind her.

"I want to go!"

"No!" Derick cried suddenly, making Luna stop dead in her tracks. She turned to face him.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I'm going to lose you soon enough. I haven't found a way to save you, yet. I don't want you to go." Derick said.

"But, Derick, you know what I have to go. You know what I must do."

"I know, but I don't want you to die!" Derick cried as they arived at the travel agency. They got a room with two beds and then went outside.

"What did you mean when you said you haven't figured out a way to save
me yet?" "I'm going to find a way to defeat Sin and keep you alive. Do you really want the same fate as your father?" Derick asked.

"If it's for the good of Spira, yes."

"No. I don't want you to die just so that Sin can be re-born!" Derick said, standing. "I'll be inside." He walked away as he talked. After he had went back into the inn, Luna went to the spot where she had met Rin the day before.

She couldn't believe that things had turned out this way. She sat looking at the ruins in the water until the sun went completely down. Then Luna went inside to go to sleep.

When she entered the room, she noticed that Derick was already in bed. He must really be upset about this, Luna thought as she got into bed. It made her sleep troubled that night.