Love is unexpected Chapter 7: A Bad Dream and The Crown City Falls, a final fantasy xv fanfic

Scarlet's P.O.V.

" The crown prince of Lucis bounty-hunting in his fancy car. Surely you didn't think it'd go unnoticed-at least not by this reporter?" Dino asked in a mocking tone. When I looked at the others and could tell that they felt idiots for not thinking about covering their tracks.

" Lucky for you, this reporter has integrity. If you wanna remain incognito, I'll respect your wish in exchange for a favor." He said and Scarlet shook her head and crossed her arms.

" Of course you do." I said under enough my breath as I crossed my arms and glared at him.

" What do you want?" Noctis asked as he crossed his arms as well and eyeing him in a serious manner. From what I could see from his face is that he didn't like reporters and I wouldn't blame him either.

" Hey, I knew you'd come around." Dino said with a bright smile on his face, which I just wanted to smack it fight off his face.

" Great for you." I muttered as I just looked away from him and looks towards the ocean.

" Lemme see your map." Dino said still smiling at us since he didn't even hear my comment. Noctis pulled out the map from his back pocket and handed it to him and once Dino opened it and place the mark on the map of where it was and handed it back to Noctis, and he puts it back in his pocket.

" Marked where you need to go on your map. All you gotta do is find me some rough gemstones-like this one." Dino said as he showed us a white stone that was in hand.

" Do this, and your ship'll come in. Don't, and the papers'll run you outta of town. Capisce?" Dino asked with narrowed eyes before he got up and left the pier.

" He's really got your number, Noct." Prompto said as he scratched the back of his head.

" I really don't like him. I hate people that blackmail other people to do their dirty work." I said as I watched him walk away.

" Yea, but not like we made much effort to keep it secret." Gladio said with a grin on his face as he looked at us.

" Even if we had, the press always finds a way. We needn't befriend him but we'd best not make him our enemy." Ignis advised as he fixed his glasses in the process.

" I agree with Ignis, even if Dino was a jerk." I said as we started towards the car. As I followed behind the others I felt a hand touching my shoulder and I turn my head to see who it was a first but there was no one there. When I turned back to look forward I stopped in my tracks to see that Ignis stopped along with the others waiting for me. I looked behind me once more to see if I could see anyone that touched my shoulder but there wasn't anyone. But I couldn't let go of the feeling that I was being watched and not in a good way. I turned towards my friends who was still waiting and I made my way towards them.

" You okay there short-stuff?" Gladio asked as he crossed his arms and I could see concern in his eyes and he wasn't the only one with that look.

" Yea. I just thought someone touched my shoulder, that's why I stopped walking but I it was only my imagination." I said even though I knew it wasn't.

" Are you sure? It looked like it got you scared?" Prompto asked me as he looked back at his friends then back to me.

" Yea. I'm fine. Let's go and find this stone, so we can get lover boy to his bride." I said as I placed a fake smile on my face, hoping that they wouldn't ask me anymore question on the subject and it looked like it worked cause Noct and Prompto raced towards the car to see who would win.

" Just make sure that nothing happens to them from here to the car, Gladio?" I heard Ignis ask Gladio and I saw him nod his head and went after them and I looked to my left and saw Ignis walking right next to me and I started to blush quickly and I looked back forward and hid my blush from him.

Thank god that he didn't, once the blush went away I looked over to him, " So is there a reason as to why you are walking with me to the car?" I asked as I looked at him and then back in front of me and noticed that Noct had won the race and Prompto was pouting about losing and Gladio was laughing with Noctis.

" I thought that you might like to have some company. And also I know that smile that you gave us was fake. Noctis did that smile a lot as he grow up when he was trying to hide something that he didn't want his friends to know." Ignis said as he looked over at me. My eyes went wide that he was able to see through that and I lowered my head so he wouldn't see how embarrassed I was about that.

I took his hand and shook it, I closed my eyes and gave him a smile that I knew that he would never forget. Then I let go of his hand and started to the car again with him behind me.

Ignis's P.O.V

When she smiled at us, I could see through it was that told me that she was faking it, just like Noctis did as he was growing up. When she started to walk towards the car and I walked right next to her while Noct and Prompto raced towards the car.

" Just make sure that nothing happens to them from here to the car, Gladio?" I asked him and he nodded his head and headed out towards them. I noticed that she looked over at me but she quickly looked back forward and I wondered why but I didn't ask her questions.

" So is there a reason as to why you are walking with me to the car?" She asked as she looked at me but then back at what was going on a few feet away from us. Noct had won the race and Prompto was upset that he lost while Gladio was laughing at him with Noct.

" I thought that you might like to have some company. And also I know that smile that you gave us was fake. Noctis did that smile a lot as he grow up when he was trying to hide something that he didn't want his friends to know." I said as I looked over at her to see her eyes go wide that I found out her lie and she immediately looked back down to the ground to hide her face again.

" I won't make you tell me the reason of why you did what you did. But just to let you know that you don't have to worry about anything ever happening to you. Me, Noctis, Gladio and Prompto will make sure that you are safe. I promise." I said as I stopped walking along with her and I held out my hand towards her and she looked at my hand with a questionable look on her face at first till she realized what I was doing and I chuckled to myself with how she had to think about it for a moment. As she took my hand and shook it and that was when the promise was made and that was when she gave me a smile that was real and I was a little shocked about it and that was when she let go off my hand and headed towards the car with me following behind her.

Normal P.O.V

As They got to car, Ignis started it to up as everyone was steeled into their seats and headed towards where Dino had placed a mark on the map. Prompto turned around towards Scarlet, " I wanted to ask you something?" Prompto asked.

" Depends on what the question is, Prompto?" Scarlet said as she crossed her arms and looked at him.

" I was wondering, if you don't mind that is. If you would sing a song for us?" Prompto asked as he shrugged his shoulders to her.

Scarlet looked at him for a while she thought about it but she shook her head no, " Sorry, Prompto. But I don't feel like singing right now. But Maybe next time okay." She said as she looked at him with a sorry look on her face.

" It fine maybe next time." Prompto said as he nodded his head and then turned back into his seat and then he pulled out his camera and started to take pictures.

After a while of driving they stopped the car and they got out of the car and Scarlet looked at the map that Noct had out, " Is this the right place?" She asked.

" Well the X marks the spot." Noctis said as he closed the map and places it back in his pocket.

" But there is nothing here." Prompto exclaimed as he took a picture of the area and his friends.

" The stone that we are looking is probably going to be rough. Like it's going to be in the of no where, but he really needs this, so let's go." Scarlet said as she looked around for the stone.

She looked up a head of them and started to walk towards that way, " Maybe it's up here somewhere. Let me see real quick." she said as she started to climb up the hill and then she stopped once she saw a path.

" There's a path up here. We should take this path." Scarlet said as the others followed up to where she was but she had a confused look on her face.

" Are you sure about this path." Gladio asked as he looks at her and then back at the path in front of them.

" Not really but we need to start looking around somewhere. Usually gems are found in caves or in rivers. And hopefully there is a cave up here." Scarlet said as she looks back at them waiting for them to answer.

" That sounds like a plan. Which I definitely support." Ignis said as he turns towards everyone and looks at Noct who was looking at me, " What do you think Noct?" Ignis asked him as he waited for Noctis to answer.

" Let's do it." Noctis said as he head towards Scarlet who started to head up the path along with everyone following behind.

" I wonder what he wants the gemstones for?" Prompto asked

" It's none of our concern. We only came to retrieve the item." Ignis said as he followed Scarlet.

" And once we do we sail." Gladio said with a grin on his face.

" I just want to get this gem and give it to Dino and hopefully never have to deal with him again." Scarlet said as she turned to them, " There is one thing that doesn't make since. Why have us go to this place when it could be dangerous, right?" She asked them as she looks at them.

" If it was, we won't go down without a fight." Gladio said as he looked at her.

" But..." She stopped talking and she looked down to the ground as she continued to walk ahead of them and Ignis could tell that she was worried about them but the look on her face.

" That doesn't mean we should be reckless." Ignis said as he looked over to her and she mouthed ' Thank you.' and he nodded his head to her.

" We won't." Noctis said as they reached the cave which turned into a passage through the hill.

" Who wants to go first?" Scarlet asked as she looked at them.

" We really don't have many options at the moment. I say that we proceed with the search to the area and hope that we find it." Ignis said as everyone looked at him and then at each other and nodded their heads.

" Noct, Scarlet, lead the way." He said and Scarlet and Noct nodded their heads and started to lead the way.

When they got to through side of the of the passage Noct stopped in place and raised his arm to stop Scarlet from walking any further. She looked at him for a moment and wondered what was wrong and that was when she looked up to see what Noct was seeing along with the others. It was a giant-bird-creature that the guys had to her about and they weren't joking that it was huge.

" Oh em gee." Prompto whispered in fear and Scarlet remembered this part of the game and it scared the crap out of her, so she understood how he felt about the bird. The creature was asleep so it didn't seem to notice them which was a good thing.

" That's a huge bird." Scarlet whispered as she started to shake in fear at the sight of the bird and slowly backed away a little bit.

" We're supposed to get near that thing?" Prompto asked as he got a little loud then instead of him whispering.

" Pip down before you wake it up." Gladio said as he went over to Prompto and smacks him in the back of his head.

" We need to find a way to get past it and find the stone." Scarlet whispered as she looked to the others.

" Ignis, What do we do?" Noct asked him as he looked at him.

" We have to make sure that the stone is really here? Can anyone see it?" Ignis asked as he started to look around for it.

Scarlet started to look for it like the others started to as well. She looked passed the bird and that was when she noticed that there was a rock not too far from them and when she saw the light from the sun came upon it. It sparkled a little bit, " Hey guys, I found it. It's right over there." She whispered as she pointed at where it was.

" So, how are we going to past it without waking it up?" Gladio asked as he looked at them.

" It would be wise if only one went. The chances of waking it would be less." Ignis suggested to everyone.

" I don't think that would be a great idea, it's too risky. We all have to go, not just one of us." Gladio said as he crossed his arms across his chest.

" Looks like there's no choice, Noct?" Scarlet said as she looked at him.

" Apparently." Noct said as he crouched down and started to head towards the bird with Scarlet right behind him along with the others but they kept their distance from the bird from waking it up. As Scarlet was right behind Noctis, Ignis was right behind her along with Gladio and Prompto at the rear. Suddenly, the bird started to move it's head slightly and everyone stopped in place.

" I-it moved!" Prompto stuttered whispering as he looked at the bird creature.

"Really, Prompto? Really?" Scarlet whispered to him and he shut his mouth. They kept looking at the bird and noticed that the bird calmed down and they started to move once again. The stone was right beside the tail but it was a good distance away from the rock.

As they got over to the rock, Gladio looked over at his shoulder at the bird and then back towards the others, " Grab the stone and let's get out of here." He said.

Scarlet nodded her head and she pulled out one of her knives and goes over to it the rock and got the stone out of the rock and then she places the stone in her pocket, " Alright, let's go." She said as she turned to the others and started to head back with the others towards the cave.

As they crawled slowly passed the bird trying not to make any noise. But out of no where they heard a noise and they looked up to see where the noise came from and they looked up to see the bird wide awake and was growling loudly at them which made all of them tense up as they looked at the bird with a shocked look on their face. Prompto was the first one to scream when the bird spread open it's wings. It was not one pair of wings, it was three pairs of wings, each smaller then the other, but as Scarlet looked the bird's eyes and they were all the same.

It started to growl again and Scarlet couldn't move her body since she was froze in fear till someone grabbed her arm and pulled her right behind the person and when she looked to see who it was, it was Ignis and Noctis was right in front of her protecting her and she looked over her shoulder to noticed the cliff behind them and she looked back at the the guys, " We need to get out of here, like now." She said as she looked at this bird in fear.

" Ah!" Prompto exclaimed as he fell over in fear as he kept his eyes on the bird and they all stood their ground but as it started to flap it's wings and a powerful wind came from them and it started to push them a little but for Scarlet she was the one close to the cliff and that was right when her foot slipped and she started to fall off the cliff, " AAAHHH!"

She closed her eyes waiting for the ground to hit her but then she felt a hand grab her arm and she looked up to see who grabbed her and it was Noct and he started to fall with her and he wrapped his arm around her and he wrapped his sword into his hand and threw it up back to the cliff and he wrapped both of them back to the others and landed on the ground as the bird flew away.

" There it goes." Noct said as he watched it fly off till it disappeared from their sight. Scarlet fell to the ground on her knees thanks to the fear after she almost falling off the cliff. Ignis goes over them to check them. Noct nodded his head letting him know that he was okay as he started to get back on his feet. Ignis looked over at Scarlet as she was shaking in fear after what happened to her, Ignis goes over to her and kneels down to the ground and places his hand on her shoulder. She looks up at him and he could still see the fear in her eyes but it went away once she took a few deep breaths , " It's okay. I'm good now Ignis." She said as she looks up at him and nods her head.

Ignis nodded his head back to her and he offers his hand to her and she takes it, " I'm just glad that we mad it alive." Scarlet said as she placed her hands on her knees and taking a deep breath to calm her fast beating heart.

" Just barely!" Prompto yelled as he fell on the ground, " I seriously thought that was the end of our journey." He said as he was trying to catch his breath.

" At least everyone is safe." Gladio said as he turned to look at the others and he placed his hands on hips.

" J...Just glad that is o...over with." Scarlet said as she final caught her breath as she straightened herself.

" You okay, Scarlet?" Prompto asked as he looked over at her once he noticed that she was a little pale and he was worried about her.

" Yea, after almost falling to my death. I'm alright just give me a few minutes." Scarlet said with a smile on her face.

" Are you sure your okay?" Gladio asked as he looked over at her.

" Yea, I'm fine." She said she puts her hand in her pocket and she pulls out the stone from her pocket and holds it up to the sun to get a good look at it.

" I think it's time to head back and give Dino stone." Ignis said as he looks over at her.

" I totally agree. Let's go give Dino what he asked for." Scarlet said as she placed the stone back in her pocket. And Noct nodded his head and started to head towards the car.

" But that feat..." Gladio started and everyone looked over at him. He was looking in the direction that the big bird flew. " Was fit for a king." He said as he looked back at them with a big smile on his face.

" Indeed." Ignis agreed with a smile as they made it back to the car. Ignis started the car and they went back towards Galdin Quay, by the time they got back the sun was setting. As they got out of the Scarlet started to head towards the docks to meet up with Dino with the others following right behind her.

" So? Did you have what I asked for?" Dino asked as he looked up to see Scarlet and the guys in front of him.

" Yes we have it. Even though we almost died." Scarlet said as she crossed her arms and glared at him.

" I wasn't talking to you sweetheart. I was talking to the prince." Dino said as he looked at her and then looked back at Noct. Noct turned towards her and she pulled out the stone from her pocket and handed it over to him and he placed the stone in Dino's hands.

Dino looked at the stone and then he started to smile in delight at the sight of the stone, " Nice work, kid! Sorry for giving you such a hard time. I just had to get me hands on this, even if it meant blackmail and even being a little rude to you miss. You understand don't ya." Dino said as he looked at them.

Scarlet rolled her eyes at what he said, " So what do you plan on doing with the stone? Sell it?" She asked him.

" No way. Not for this baby." Dino said as he turned and looked at Noct, " Y'see, I am a reporter by the day, and an amateur jeweler at night. This elusive little beauty's gonna become a master piece." He explained.

" That would make since." Scarlet said under her breath.

" To make it up to you, I'll share a little scoop. That special coin you got-it commemorates the Oracle's ascension. that guy was tossing 'em up back in Niflheim." Dino said.

When Scarlet heard what he said, she knew who he was talking about and she started to have a chill going down her spin and she looks to see if anyone has noticed but no one did, which she was very happy about, " Really?" Scarlet asked as she looked down to the floor not feeling comfortable about that.

" And speaking of freebies, here is one from me. Come back if you wanna buy more." Dino said as he was handed Noct a similar coin that was given to Scarlet which she still had. Dino, then took out his phone and put it to his ear.

" I doubt a souvenir like that could make it's way into the hands of an ordinary citizen." Ignis said in suspicion.

" You have no idea." Scarlet whispered no wanting anyone to hear her.

" Well, it's our pocket change now!" Prompto said as he crossed his arm with a goofy smile on his face.

" Let's learn from history and book a place this time." Gladio said as he stretched his body a little bit.

She could tell that everyone was tried along with her as well, she turns back to Dino, " Hey are you still going to arrange a ship to come and get us?" Scarlet asked as she looked at him while Dino placed his phone back in his pocket.

" As promised, I'm in the process of securing your ferry tickets right now. Told ya. I'm a man of integrity. Should be smooth sailing from here, so lemme know when you're ready to ship out." Dino said just before he got up and walked away that was when his phone started to ring again and he pulled out his phone and answered it.

" I admit I didn't expect Dino to secure us a ship." Ignis said with his arm crossed.

" I'll believe it when I see it." Scarlet said as she watched Dino leaving while he was on his phone talking to someone. Then he hung up his phone and came back to us as he was placing his phone back in his pocket.

" Well, must be pretty connected if he can pull some strings around an imperial embargo." Gladio said as he looked at the others.

" Yeah, that guy's one artful artisan." Prompto said impressed.

Once he finally got back to them, " You guys ready to set sail?" He asked them.

" Yeah." Noct said as he placed his hand on his hip.

" The ship won't arrive 'till' tomorrow! How 'bout you find a place to spend the night?" Dino suggested before he walked off and this time he actually left them alone.

" It's bedtime." Noct said with a yawn and as he stretched his body.

" So are we going camping again?" Scarlet asked as she looks over at the guys.

" I don't mind sleeping outside." Gladio answered her question as he walked over to her and placed his arm on his shoulder.

" Can't we sleep on a bed tonight?" Prompto asked with a whining tone in his voice.

" I admit it. It has been a long day. We should have a proper night rest." Ignis said as he turned towards Noct, " Noct?" He asked as he was waiting for an answer.

" Bed does sound good." He said to Ignis and he nodded his head to him.

" Then a hotel room it is." Ignis said as he looked at the others.

" Yeah!" Prompto cheered as he jumped up and down in happiness. Scarlet smiled at how childish Prompto was.

As they rented a room, they immediately told Scarlet that she was going to get one of the rooms, at first she was trying to tell them that she was fine with sleeping on the coach but they wasn't going to hear hit. So she just gave up and took the room that was next door to Ignis while there was another door that lead towards another set of rooms which Noct and Prompto took and Gladio took the coach. Scarlet felt bad that he was going to sleep on the coach but he told her that he was with it.

She goes over to the sliding door and opened it to the balcony and she shuts the door behind her and she goes over to the rails and leans on them and she lowered her head and closed her eyes.

" I know what's about to happen next and I fell so bad for them. I hate that I know what happens to both Noct's father and Gladio's father. How am I going to keep it together when it happens?" She asked herself as she reopens her eyes and looks up to the stars.

She heard the sliding door open but she kept looking straight and heard the person walked over to her and stood right next to her and leaned on the rails as well and from the corner of her eye she could tell that it was Ignis, " Ignis?" She asked him as she kept her eyes up at the stars.

" Yes?" He answered her as he looked over at her with a small surprise look on his face.

" Do you ever get the feeling that something bad is going to happen?" She asked as she lowered her head back to the ocean.

' Even though I already know.' Scarlet thought to herself as she looks over at Ignis waiting for an answer.

" I sometimes do, but they were never right. Why do you ask?" He asked as he watched her look back up at the sky and took a deep breath.

" I don't know. It's just that I have this feeling that won't go away, no matter what I do." Scarlet said as she looked back over to him.

She looked away from him and then looked back up at the stars. A few minutes of silence was enough for her to move off the railings and walked towards the sliding door, but she stops in her tracks and looks back at Ignis, " I really appreciated that you came out here to check on me." She said as he turned his head to her and she gave him a small smile. She starts walking again and opens the sliding door and right as she was about to close the sliding door she heard Ignis say, " Your Welcome, Scarlet."

She looks at the others and told them that she was going to bed and they told her that they will see her in the morning and she goes over to her room and closes the door and takes her shoes off and climbs into the bed and pulls the cover over her shoulder and closes her eyes for the night.

* Dream ( But Everything in this dream really happened) *

" Mmm..." Scarlet moaned as she started to open her eyes to noticed that she wasn't in her bed anymore but on solid ground. She started to slowly get up from the floor and she starts to look around.

" How...in..." She said as she looked around her and she was somehow in Insomnia and she looked up at the big screen that was on with everyone cheering and that was when she realized what she was looking at.

" The signing of the Treaty." She said as she watched the screen till she heard an explosion from above her and she looks up to see the shield that was protecting the city starting to break apart. Then there was more explosions going off all around her and she covered her head and started to run like everyone else in the city. She kept running till she ended up somewhere else that she didn't recognized at first till she turned behind him to noticed that she was in the room with King Regis and his followers and Iedolas Aldercapt and his followers and that was when everything single weapon appeared in front of each other.

" Please... stop." She said as she looked back and forth at everyone that was in there and then back at King Regis which she could tell that he didn't want to do this but his hands was tide and that was when the fight started.

One by one everyone started to fall to the ground dead except King Regis and Gladio's father Clarus Amicitia. Iedolas Aldercapt was already gone and no where to be seen, A man that was completely armored which Scarlet knew who that was thanks to her watching Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. It was Titus Drautos as he started to attack the king but Clarus got in front of his majesty and attacked with he had to protect his king but he ended up getting stabbed by Titus blade.

The scenery changed around her again and once again she didn't know where she was till she realized that there was a ice wall in front of her and she looked to her left to see Lady Lunafreya and Nyx Ulric who is one of the Kingsglaive and she turned to see King Regis standing front of them with his back turned to them she saw Titus coming towards him. She looked over at Lunafreya and she could see the sorrow in her eyes as she tried to break the ice with her hands trying to get back to the king.

She looked back the King Regis as Titus started to come closer to him as King Regis tried to stop him with thunder attack but Titus ceased the attack and Titus turned King Regis to face both Luna and her and then he raised his sword and stabs King Regis through the back and he pulls out his sword out from his and he fell to the ground.

" Nooooooo!" Scarlet screamed as everything faded to black.

* End Of Dream*

" Nooooooo!" Scarlet screamed as she shot up from the bed, breathing very hard as she looks around her to notice that she was back in her room. She pulled up her legs and she laid her head on top of them as she tried to calm herself.

She heard her door open and she looks up from her legs to see Noctis at the door with the others looking in on her as well.

" Scarlet, are you okay? We heard you screaming and came to check on you?" Noctis asked as he walked over to her with a worried look on his face.

What he wasn't expecting was that she leaped from where she was sitting on the bed into his arms holding onto him tightly and her body was shaking cause she was crying. At first he didn't know what to do at first but from what he could see was that she was scared of something and maybe it was what she probably saw, so he wrapped his arms around her to confront her hopefully that would calm her down. Which she did start to calm down and she did loosen the tightness around him and her breathing was back to normal and her crying was only a small amount.

Both her and Noct let go of each other and he placed his hands on her shoulders, " Scarlet?"

Tears was still going down her face from the corners of her eyes, ' What was that? Was that a dream? No that couldn't have been a dream when it felt so real.' She thought to herself.

" Scarlet, are you okay?" Noct asked he watched the tears go down her face and she shook her head no and he wrapped his arms around her again in hoping that this would help her calm down more. After a few minutes she looks up at him, " Can you please take me to the bathroom?"

" Sure." Noct said as he took her hand and Gladio and Prompto moved out of the way for Noct and walked over to the bathroom and opened the door for her as she walked in. She turns on the sink and starts to wash her face with water and once she was done with that she turned off the water and she placed both of her hands on the on the sink and closed her eyes as she took a deep breath in through her nose and then released through her mouth. She opened her eyes and looked at herself from the mirror and then looks over at Noct who was waiting for her. He moved out of the way for her to leave the bathroom and into the living room and she sat down on one of the coaches in there relaxing her body.

" You okay now?" Noct asked as he came over to her and sat down right next to her.

" I'm okay now. Thank you." She said as she looked over to him with a small smile on her face.

" Are you sure, cause when you screamed it sounded like someone was in that room hurting you." Gladio said as he crossed his arms and looked at her.

" I'm fine now. It was just a very very bad dream is all." She said as she lowered her head as she placed her hands on the back of her neck.

" How bad was the dream?" Prompto asked as he came over to her and placed his hand on her back.

" It was really bad. It felt like I was really there, it felt so real." Scarlet said as she looked at the others and that was when she noticed that Ignis wasn't here.

" Where's Ignis?' She asked as she looked at the others.

" Like I already told Noct. He should be back any minute now." Gladio said as he walked over and leaned his back against the wall by the door with his arms crossed over his chest and Noct got up from the coach and walked around the room.

" You sure your alright?" Prompto asked as he came over to her and sat down next her and all she did was node her head yes. He pulls out his camera and wraps his arm around her shoulder and he hoped that she would take a picture with him. Which she does and smiles for the picture and he takes it.

Their door open and they all looked to see who it was and it was Ignis. He walked in the room, holding a newspaper and Scarlet's smile falls when she saw the look on his face.

He looks over at Noct with sympathy, " What's with that look?" Noct asked him as he could tell that something was wrong.

Gladio gets off the wall and walks over to Ignis who gave him the newspaper," It's in all the papers." He said as he walked away a little bit and Prompto gets up from the coach and goes over to Gladio to see what was going on.

" Insomnia...falls?" Prompto read out loud as he saw the title on the article.

" Gasp!" Noct looked over at Scarlet who placed her hand over her mouth in shock.

" What?" Noct asked in shock, " This your idea of a joke?" He asked again as he was losing his calm.

' It was a I saw in my dream and from the game! You've got to be kidding me!' Scarlet thought to herself as she watched Noct.

" I need you to calm down so I can explain." Ignis said as he walked over to Noct.

" I'm as calm as I am gonna get!" Noct said as he got up in Ignis's face.

" There was an attack. The imperial army has taken the Crown City." Ignis said as he looked straight at Noct.

" As treaty room tempers flared, blasts lit the night sky. When the smoke that was in the Citadel had cleared, the King was found...dead." Gladio said as he read the article.

" No wait, hold on." Noct said as he was trying to process what he just heard.

" That the signing was last night, that Insomnia-" Ignis tried to explain but was cut off by Noct.

" But the wedding! Altissia!" Noct said as he reminded Ignis.

" I know that was the plan! Yet the reports of the invasion are at the same. How could every headline in the kingdom be wrong?" Ignis asked him as he looked at him

" Lies." Noct said in a whisper as he walked over to where Scarlet was sitting at and sat down as Scarlet placed her hand on his back trying to confront him.

" If only..." Prompto said as he looked at everyone.

" What else do we know?" Gladio asked but Ignis shook his head to him know that is all he knew.

" Then we can't be sure until we see it with our own eyes." Ignis said as he looked at everyone one by one till his eyes landed on Scarlet who had a worried look on her face.

" And that means we go back to Insomnia!" Prompto stated though it sounded like a question to Scarlet as she looked over at him.

" Might not be safe for us there." Ignis reasoned.

" Might not be safe for us here." Prompto pointed out as he looked at everyone.

" We have to go see if it's true, that's the only way." Scarlet said as she stood up to her feet as everyone looks at her and she offered her hand to Noct and he took it and she pulled him up to his feet.

" Turn back?" Gladio asked Noct as he looked over at him.

" Yeah." Noct said in a whisper as he walked over to the door and opens it with everyone following behind him out the room.

Sorry for taking so long in get the chapter up. A lot of things have been going on and also I've been on a writers block for the longest time and it was so annoying but I glade to say that it is finally up and the next chapter is going to be better then this one. I hope you like this one and let me know what you think about it and I'll see ya'll next time.