Prelude- Distress Call
Golbez ran on his way to find the Lunar Whale II, passing blazing fires and screaming Lunarians in the process.
Right when I found something to do…
A month ago, it was decided that using the information FuSoYa and Golbez had collected during their stay on the Blue Planet that the Lunarians would live among the humans at last, but still they moved the Red Moon farther away in fear that the Crystal Wars would happen all over again. Their problem had been that they had no way to take all the Lunarians to the Blue Planet. Therefore, Golbez and a few others decided to work on the Lunar Whale II, a bigger copy of KluYa's Lunar Whale. Now Golbez had no choice but to take the prototype to the Blue Planet to ask for help.
He slammed open the door to the holding room of the Lunar Whale II. In front of him stood the surreal airship he had been working on for a month. It looked exactly like the original Lunar Whale had done, only bigger, since it was made to fit about a thousand people per flight. The dirigible gleamed in all its splendor.
Golbez shot up the Whale's stairs into the control room and made his way towards the Control Crystal in the middle of the metallic room. The huge crystal shone all the colors of the rainbow, and many more. The crystal radiated with an unknown, but very strong power. It did worry Golbez a bit that the crystal was so powerful, but he was sure the crystal was made in the same as the original. It had taken an entire week of searching to find the material for the crystal. Colstal was a rare type of magical material found only in the deepest parts of the Lunar Core. The monsters there were very powerful and ruthless, but somehow, after much toiling, Golbez was able to retrieve it.
If this doesn't work…well, it has to work!
He put his hand on the crystal, and started mumbling an incantation in Lunarian. The Control Crystal's light grew brighter, and the Lunar Whale II started rising.
The Lunar Whale II had been stored in the Crystal Palace, and no one had bothered to carve out a passageway for the airship. No one had intended to use it until it had been inspected for any possible problems. When the Lunar Whale II hit the solid crystal of the wall, it made a huge grating noise. Golbez winced uncomfortably when he heard the ear piercing sound. He mumbled more Lunarian and the Lunar Whale II again started rising slowly. The grating noise grew louder, and then the dirigible stopped. A huge bang like metal hitting metal could be heard. Golbez rushed to the window to see what could have caused such a sound.
"Oh no…" was all he could mutter.
One of those cursed dragon winged people was banging away at the airship, anger obvious in his wild swings. The man had swiped off a piece of the hull, and he was getting closer the control room as Golbez watched. Golbez mumbled in Lunarian again, but the Lunar Whale II didn't move.
Golbez heard a huge screeching noise from the floor a yard away from him. It was the dragon-winged man trying to claw his way in. It was time for drastic measures. He stood near the spot where the man could be heard trying to enter, and pointed his sword at it. The sword glowed faintly, and the banging stopped. A moment later, Golbez heard an inevitable thud. He looked out the window and saw the dragon winged man sprawled on the ground, unconscious. This was one of the many powers he had acquired from his training under Zemus and the experiments done on him. It was not a favorite ability of his, however, because it stood as a constant reminder of his dark past. Even without his memory of his time under Zemus, he knew that his powers were unnatural, not meant to be used. Golbez sighed and turned back to the crystal.
The airship slowly started rising again, and soon it was past the layers of crystal and on the surface of the Red Moon. For miles, all that could be seen was a desert of rock. Golbez muttered yet another Lunarian incantation to the crystal, and the Lunar Whale II launched itself on its journey to the Blue Planet.
How will I find Baron?
He glanced at his sword, which had long ago, actually been KluYa's sword. It had a beautiful hilt carved with symbols in Lunarian. On the pommel, a misty jewel shone. Golbez gazed into the jewel's depths sadly and sighed in remembrance.
If father was here, he would know what to do…
The Lunarians told stories of KluYa, as though he was a legend, and how he'd chosen to leave for the Blue Planet after a huge argument with FuSoYa.
"We never really understood each other, even though we were brothers," FuSoYa had said.
KluYa had stormed off and somehow found a way to the Blue Planet with the Lunar Whale. Once there, he had spent most of his time traveling, and mapped out the planet. He had soon settled near Mysidia and fell in love with a Court Sage.
One of those maps would surely help me right now…
Golbez gently touched the jewel on the pommel of the sword, deep in thought. He pulled back his hand as the jewel started glowing.
"What in the name of Ramuh!" Golbez shouted, surprised. He dropped the sword and backed up. The light rose from the jewel and hovered a few feet from the sword in mid-air. It opened into a three dimensional hologram.
The Blue Planet!
The hologram was indeed a map of the Blue Planet. It was very detailed with cities, and forests, even the smallest islands were mapped clearly. He couldn't help but smile.
My father had a lot of time…
Golbez picked up the sword and inspected the hologram for Baron. He found it a few miles from a large mountain range.
The Lunar Whale II was getting closer to the Blue Planet, and according to the map, it looked as if Golbez would be landing near Agart. Golbez carefully piloted the dirigible as it neared the ground, growling as he nearly landed on a tree.
It was almost night on the planet, but Golbez didn't care. Lunarians have eyes adapted to darkness from living in the dark of the Red Moon. Still, the darkness didn't help Golbez's dilemma at all, as he tried to determine which way to go. No one had bothered to install a compass and he hadn't bothered to take his own, so, as far as directions went, he was on his own.
After approximately five minutes of figuring out north and south, Golbez set trail for Baron, the city unbeknownst to him, where hell was soon to break loose.
I don't own FFIV and all of it's characters, just my own.
Thanks and a million hugs to my beta-reader, Sorceress Ash!