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I, however, own this fanfic and every single piece of fictional dialogue that I add to this fan fiction (take note that there will be some dialogue on my fan fiction taken from the actual game).

Chapter IV: Motionless - (Luneth)

'Ok Luneth, you have to keep your cool. Ingus has collapsed, Refia and Arc are losing it, if I lose my cool, then I am already dooming our future as Light Warriors…' I thought to myself.

As I watched my friends drowning in despair, I felt my own despair growing…

'No! No! I mustn't lose my mind! I have to stay strong even in this ever-growing darkness.'

"All right guys, pull yourselves together! Ingus is probably just exhausted from using his magic, this darkness seemed to drain his powers fast, and he'll just need time to rest." I said, trying to sound like I wasn't going insane.

I noticed both Arc and Refia held their heads down in shame.

"You're right… We shouldn't be freaking out like this… I'm sorry." said Refia.

"But… What are we going to do now?" said Arc with a worried tone.

"Well," I started to speak softly. "Ingus said that he saw two islands while he was concentrating on his spell. I think he said the second island was a little bit to the north from the first one. Now, Arc, go to the bow to look out for the other island and Refia, take the helm and steer straight towards north. I'll stay here with Ingus and try to cast a Cure spell to bring him back to consciousness." I ordered to my teammates. I secretly felt like a leader at that moment.

I tried to bring Ingus back to consciousness for over an hour, my lack of experience of using magical spells started to show, but I was determined to keep helping Ingus. Arc and Refia started to show signs of fatigue, I kept encouraging them that they're doing good, I felt that it was my responsibility to keep the team intact.

"Keep going you guys! I have a feeling we're close to that other island! Don't lose hope!" I shouted to keep the morale up in the party.

They both nodded their heads, then showed renewed determination to go on.

A few minutes later…

"Land ho!" shouted Arc, while jumping up and down.

"All right!" commented the reddish blonde.

We had docked the Enterprise right beside an opening in the mountain. I had a feeling that this was the only place we could dock on this island surrounded by mountains. While Arc lowered the plank onto the land, I placed Ingus over my shoulders. When we started getting off our ship…

"Oh my goodness! Finally! Land!" Refia exclaimed. She had practically collapsed and kissing the ground.

"I was getting worried that we'd never land." Said the freckled boy. "How are you doing Luneth? Is Ingus too heavy for you to carry on your back? You already have heavy armor on you…"

"I'm fine," I replied. "Thanks for worrying Arc."

"No problem!" my best friend smiled, he was blushing a little.

I pondered for the next few seconds on our next move.

"We should find someplace to camp so that Ingus can rest."

"But it's too damm foggy here! I can barely see you guys!" complained Refia. Immediately after her complaining, Arc seemed to have an idea.

"Let's form a chain, so we don't get lost in the fog." Suggested Arc.

We then held hands together to form a chain. Arc took the lead, and Refia, the rear.

We walked for a few minutes, when Arc came to a stop.

"Hey Arc, why did you stop?" I said when I noticed Arc stopping.

"Look over there! Trees!" shouted Arc.

"Looks like a forest. Maybe we could camp over there?" Refia pointed out.

"Good idea," I complimented that reddish-blonde. "I hope Ingus will feel better soon."

We linked together once again and headed for the fog-covered forest.

"Hmmm." Refia started pondering.

"What is it Refia?" I asked her.

"I find it bizarre that we haven't been attacked once since we've left our continent, I had realized it when we were on the Enterprise looking for a place to land." She explained.

"Yeah, that is some weird…" Then I noticed something from the corner of my eye. "What's that?!" I exclaimed.

There was a figure ahead of us. We stared at it for a few moments and concluded that is was in fact, a goblin just standing still, motionless.

"Let's surprise it." Whispered Arc.

"No, wait!…" I called out to him.

His initiative caught me by surprise. He immediately started casting Geomancy, a form of magic that is restricted to Geomancers only. Just before we had left the floating continent, Arc had his practice with this new form of magic; it had various effects depending on the type of terrain he was standing on.

Once he finished concentrating he raised his arms in the air to release Geomancy.

'Nothing...?' I thought to myself.

"Huh? Nothing happened." Said Refia.

"W-What's wrong? My magic won't work…" said Arc with a disappointed look.

"Ugh… Uh… I… I think it's because this world has been too much… ugh… Influenced by the darkness that it hinders our magic abilities…" said a familiar voice.

"Ingus!" Arc, Refia and I shouted.

"Uh… I see that you three are doing well…" said Ingus, he was still very exhausted.

"Yeah, I suppose we are, hehehe…" I replied with a nervous tone.

"If magic won't work here, then we'll just have to use brute force! Hyah!" Refia charged at the goblin with her metal knuckles in her hands. She landed a very painful looking strike to the backside of the monster's head, another on the backbone. From our distance, Arc, Ingus and I noticed that the goblin did not budge an inch after being hit twice.

"What the…?" shrieked the karate-girl. "The blood splatters! They're floating? No wait, they're in the air but not moving at all! This is really creepy!"

"Bring me closer Luneth…" I brought Ingus, who I was still carrying on my back, closer to the goblin. "Interesting… The goblin isn't petrified, but it is still standing there with no movement at all… I don't think it sees us either… cough… ugh…" and Ingus passed out on my shoulder.

'Poor Ingus, even though he's in exhaustion, he'll still give it his all to help the party in any way he can… I just hope I can be like that someday…' I was lost in my thoughts until Arc and Refia told me to look to where they were pointing.

What I saw was a clearing in the woods and in the center of it there was a building. It looks like a temple. Somehow the fog seemed to not revolve around the temple. I could see the sky, it was a very dark blue sky, and not like the sky I usually see on a sunny day. In any case, I told Arc and Refia to follow me towards the temple; we might find some people there to help us or just camp there for the night. Come to think of it, we haven't slept for almost twenty-four hours.

We entered the temple…

To be continued…

Author's Note:

Oh my goodness! I know I said expect the fourth chapter to be posted within 3 days, but it has been 10 days. I have worked on other projects, my RPG Maker 2000 game, my version of Chrono Break/Brake (possible title for a 3rd Chrono Trigger game that fans DESPERATELY WANT! You hear that SquareEnix?!) and got recently hooked on the TV Show Smallville :D. I ask for forgiveness… Anyhow thank you mort de rire for your review. :) Your reviews play a big part in inspiring me to update. I have some of chapter 5 written because I realized that chapter 4 was getting too long so I had to cut it at the part before the party enters the temple. Thanks for reading and please post more comments on the review section. Until my next update!

-FiresealFFXI