Author's Notes: I've decided to put Squall and others into this trilogy. Some of the descriptions of the creature, if I describe them, might be wrong. When I go back to playing on FF8 and find out how the attacks are truly done then I'll come back and change them. Enjoy; read and review!

Listen to your soul - Never forget your personality - Battle for Freedom - Nightmares and Failures lay ahead - Rejoice! Myths is still in the air - The fighting is not over - Gain your confidence - Challenge your rival - A better day lays ahead - Survive for your time is yet to come - A war would erupt - All for a rear item - Destruction... Corruption... Chaos... Betrayal... Death all lay in your path - Excel in your abilities - No one stops you - Stars of Twinkle

The Age of Meric

Episode 2: "Star Cerberus"

Next morning, Śohoob woke up. He was wearing coin bracelet and crescentian necklace; green sleeveless coat with black sport shorts; owl athletic shoes; twinkle belt with twinklian sheath; green twinklian headband with paladin crown above it; twinklian green gloves. He made his bed and washed his face and combed his hair. Śohoob had a Twinklian Blade in his sheath; he had green long, curly hair and green eyes; he's 18.

He left his room; locking the room behind him with his crescentian necklace. His room's front door had a picture of a dark green owl on it, the only one that had it. Śohoob went to his class, setting down in front of his terminal. He checked his terminal and found two new guardian forces. The terminal asked him what he wanted to name the first one, it was already named Seltim but Śohoob changed it to Soul-Warrior 1.

The next guardian force showed up, it was already named Kestil but Śohoob changed it to Soul-Warrior 2. Śohoob waited for two hours until class was over, he left the classroom once it was over. He headed towards the frontal entrance of Twinkle Garden. Karen and Jennifer joined him as he went into the wilderness.

Karen had spiky black hair and brown eyes; her age was 18. She was wearing blue mini-shirt with yellow pants and snow leopard boots; blue twinklian gloves. Her spear was in her hand.

Jennifer had long dark yellow hair and black eyes; her age was 23. She was wearing white medical coat; pink shirt; orange pants; white wolf shoes; white twinklian gloves; twinkle belt.

Śohoob kept Soul-Warrior 1 but gave Soul-Warrior 2 to Karen. FF8 World Map music played. They didn't walk far into the plains until they were challenged and went into battle. FF8 battle music started. Śohoob couldn't believe his eyes; the three of them were facing off against a Bite Bug. Śohoob unsheathed his twinklian blade; Karen readied her spear and Jennifer readied her whip.

The bite bug did the first move...

Fire

The attack hit Jennifer and 37 went down. It was Karen's turn.

Thunder

The bite bug was hit but wasn't defeated. It was Śohoob's turn and he summoned Soul-Warrior 1. The party vanished away and twirling green wormhole replaced the scenery.

Ownalis Tunnel

A white lion appeared at the party's side at the far end of the green wormhole and blasted green energy towards the bite bug. The bite bug was instantly defeated, its life points nothing. It fell to the ground and vanished. The party returned and all three did their finishing victory stances. Śohoob threw his blade spiral upwards and caught it by its handle, slashing it backwards.

Karen put the spear's end into the ground and knelt down; Jennifer slashed his whip and spun it upwards, letting it down and putting a thumbs-up. The party came out of the battle and the FF8 Battle music stopped. It was replaced by FF8 World Map music.

"Why did you have to end the fun so soon?"

Śohoob sweat-dropped and turned to Karen.

"Karen, I know you know why we're out here. Besides I wanted to try out one of my guardian forces. We need to get to the nest ASAP and defeat Sewiril and get it over with."

"I for one am glad that was quickly dealt with. The blue disgusting bug hit me!"

"We'll use cure on you next time you're in battle."

"We'll see Śohoob."

Śohoob and his party continued on towards the nest. They entered the forest and no other confrontations happened so far. Not so deep in the forest and the three were challenged once more.

"Here's our chance gals, let's come out of this in full HP. Karen, use Soul-Warrior 2 for once. I already used Soul-Warrior 1."

"Time for a cure for myself."

"Soul-Warrior 2 is going into action!"

The new challenger was a Caterchipiller. It was Jennifer's turn. Every time they went into battle, FF8 Battle music was in the background. Whenever they were exploring the map, FF8 World Map music was in the background.

Cure

Jennifer cured herself back to full HP. Caterchipiller attacked normally by one of his attacks at Śohoob. 45 HP left Śohoob.

"The bastard."

"I'll use Soul-Warrior 2."

"No. Attack normally. This might take sometime. I'll need to cure myself."

"Very well."

Karen attacked normally with her spear. She spun it at high speed like a staff, until it was only a blur. The spinning was vertical and once reaching Caterchipiller, she turned it into horizontal spinning and slashed the monster with her spear several times. She withdrew back to her position, her turn over. Śohoob used his turn wisely.

Cure

He cured himself back to full HP. Jennifer's turn and she used magic.

Blizzard

The attack damaged Caterchipiller but he wasn't defeated. Caterchipiller attacked Śohoob once more but it was a miss, not injuring Śohoob. Śohoob grinned.

"What about now?"

"Go ahead Karen. Do it!"

With Karen's turn, she slashed her spear diagonally downwards, kneeling. By doing so she summoned Soul-Warrior 2. The party vanished. The battleground turned into a ground filled with diamonds. In midair, diamonds gathered together forming a unified shape. A saber tooth tiger formed onto two legs. The saber tooth landed on its legs. It raised it arm towards Caterchipiller.

Diamond Shower

Diamonds fell from the sky like hail, continuously hitting Caterchipiller. Caterchipiller fell backwards and vanished. The saber tooth burst into diamonds, turning the battlefield back to normal. The party appeared and did their finishing phases.

"That was a bit longer."

"But we won in the end."

"We can beat anyone or anything in this forest."

"Yeah right!"

"We can!"

"What about a T-Rexaur?"

Karen blinked while Śohoob grinned. They all stood in their place a little bit longer than they should have and they were challenged into battle once more.

"Here we go again."

"Don't blame me."

"Nobody is."

Unfortunately their new challenger was a T-Rexaur. Śohoob sweat-dropped.

"Remind me to beat you up if we survive this."

"Let's survive it first."

"None of us are going to die! We came into a wilderness for a reason... We can withdraw."

Śohoob and Karen turned to Jennifer, staring at her. Jennifer shrugged.

"Just a suggestion."

Śohoob unsheathed his blade while Karen readied her spear and Jennifer readied her whip. Śohoob was holding his blade horizontally with one hand to his right. The first turn was Śohoob's.

"Don't do anything reckless."

"I won't."

Śohoob charged the T-Rexaur, spun once into the air and slashed the T-Rexaur diagonally from down upwards. He quickly withdrew back to his position, realizing that his attack was a miss. Śohoob moaned.

"This is how you do it."

It was Jennifer's turn and she tried to turn the T-Rexaur into a card but failed miserably. Śohoob laughed at her. The T-Rexaur rammed his head into Karen's stomach. 35 HP left her. It was Karen's turn and she wasn't going to be as forgiving or as easy as Śohoob and Jennifer. She summoned Soul-Warrior 2. The party vanished and the battleground turned into a diamond field like before. Saber Tooth reappeared.

Diamond Shower

The T-Rexaur was hailed merciless with diamonds. Saber Tooth disappeared and the battleground turned back to normal. The party reappeared. 270 HP left the T-Rexaur but it didn't kill him.

"It's your job to cure Karen, Jennifer. I'll try another."

Śohoob didn't waste his turn. He spun the blade in his right hand and instantly pointed towards the T-Rexaur, summoning Soul-Warrior 1. The party disappeared and the battleground changed.

Ownalis Tunnel

350 HP left the T-Rexaur but didn't kill him. The battleground returned to normal and the party reappeared. Jennifer used her turn.

Cure

She cured Karen back to full HP.

"Thanks."

"No problem."

The T-Rexaur rammed into Śohoob's stomach but it was a miss. Karen summoned Soul-Warrior 2. The party vanished and the battleground changed.

Diamond Shower

Another 270 HP left the T-Rexaur but it didn't kill him. Śohoob's turn was wise and successful. He used his turn to try and turn the T-Rexaur into a card and he succeeded, to his outmost pleasure. The card went into him, adding a new card to his collection. The party did their finishing phase, ending the battle in victory.

"Forget about what I said. I'm not going to beat you up... How could I anyways?"

Karen blinked, staring at Śohoob.

"We've wasted enough time, to Sewiril's Nest."

"We certainly have."

Śohoob continued on his way through the forest without any new encounters towards Sewiril Nest.

Śohoob came up with a plan and passed Soul-Warrior 1 over to Jennifer.

"Why?"

"So you can use it."

They reached the nest and climbed into it. Sewiril was there alright and he was ready for them. They entered the battle instantly.

The first to go was Jennifer and Soul-Warrior 1 was summoned. She lifted her head upwards, with her eyes staring towards the sky and she cracked her whip in front of her with both of her arms. The party vanished. Sewiril was flapping his wings gently, taller than any of them and flying gently in midair in front of them. The battlefield turned into the swirling wormhole.

Ownalis Tunnel

The energy blasted through Sewiril but Sewiril was taller than the blast. 375 left Sewiril. It was Sewiril's turn.

Cura

The bastard cured himself with Cura back to full HP. Karen attacked him normally. 17 left Sewiril. Karen sweat-dropped, withdrawing back into position. Śohoob had a fair smart mind. He spiraled his blade vertically, faster and faster. He does that when he unleashes magic, offensive or defensive.

Shell

Śohoob protected himself from incoming magic spells. Jennifer used her turn to check out how strong Sewiril was. His strength was legendary and those who tried to face him in the past failed miserably. Would this party fail as well? Jennifer shook her head.

'Not as long as Śohoob is with us. By putting himself in a shell, which would be long.'

Scan

Sewiril's full HP was 1150. With the attack Karen did, 1133 was still there. Would Sewiril cure himself once more or go on the offensive?

Reflect

Sewiril used his turn to cast reflect on himself. The party sweat-dropped. It took two and a half minutes for defensive spells to fade away. The same went for Śohoob's shell. It was Karen's turn once more. Karen cast aura onto Śohoob, leaving herself vulnerable.

Squall had taught Śohoob his techniques in blade combat, including his limit breaks. Śohoob used his turn in that advantage. He spiraled his sword blurring vertically to his right and charged Sewiril.

Renzokuken

330 HP left Sewiril. Śohoob withdrew back into his position. Jennifer's turn and heated the attack on. She summoned Soul-Warrior 1. The party vanished and a new battleground appeared.

Ownalis Tunnel

375 left Sewiril. The battleground changed back to normal and the party appeared. Sewiril flew towards Śohoob and slapped him twice with his wings, withdrawing back into his position. 35 left Śohoob. Karen continued on with the attack. Using the chance that Sewiril didn't cure himself, she summoned Soul-Warrior 2. The party vanished and the battleground changed.

Diamond Shower

450 left Sewiril. The battleground changed back to normal and the party appeared.

"Well, you defeated me. Your party was fair enough."

Sewiril stayed flapping in midair and the party did their victory-finishing phases.

The new guardian force was added. Śohoob changed Sewiril's name to Soul-Warrior 3. Sewiril card was gained and it was all over. Śohoob put Soul-Warrior 3 with him. Śohoob went up a level; Karen went up a level and Jennifer went up a level.

"We did it!"

"He's mine!"

"We need to head back now."

"Pity."

"We'll have fun this time since we can face as many battles as we want on our way back."

"What are we waiting for then? Back to Twinkle Garden!"

Śohoob; Karen and Jennifer all tracked back their way to Twinkle Garden in triumph.