"Molly? Molly, wake up."

She sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes trying to accustom to the darkness. "Wizard?" What happened? What time is it?" she inquired tiredly. "It's 6 AM. You were out for a while, so we went to sleep, but I couldn't quite" he answered calmly. "Why is it so dark? Are we still in the cave?" she inquired once again. "Oh, sorry", he apologized and flicked his wrist in an attempt to regain his light, but instead of a small light in his hand, several small lights appeared around the rucksacks walls, flickering on one by one. "It isn't quite what I wanted, but I think it'll do", he told himself, a little proud of himself. "Where are we? Is this…is this my rucksack?" she queried.

"Do you not remember?"

"Sort of; everything that happened after swallowing the gas is a little vague…"

"Yes, I enlarged your rucksack so you could have a comfortable place to rest. I wasn't sure what else to do, besides seeing if I could remove the material in you", he explained. "I see…" She crawled towards him, sat down next to him, and placed her hand on his shoulder. "Thank you. I'm sorry you had to worry about me. Normally, when I mine, I wouldn't let that happen."

"It's not your fault. I distracted you."

"You said you didn't get a lot of sleep. What do you mean?"

"Well, I tried to sleep when you did, but it was mostly restless. I'm not used to a lot of sleep, but I think the cave made it worse. I just sat outside the bag and looked at stars around 4 AM."

"We're in a cave."

"I know."

"If you're magic is weird, how were you able to see it?"

"I wish I knew. The cave uncovered itself for me and the sky was limitless. I watched the sunrise for the first time in a while. Usually, I'm asleep at around 4 AM."

She shrugged and told him, "We should keep going." He nodded in agreement and pushed the bag top open, letting her leave first. He looked towards it, a little unsure of how to handle her rucksack's size. "What's the matter? Aren't you going to shrink my rucksack?" He looked at her and answered, "Well, I would, but…I'm not sure…how to…" She snapped, "You blew up my rucksack and now you can't get it back?!" He felt his face burning and beseeched "Please don't be angry. I just really don't want to destroy your rucksack by accident."

She calmed down a little and countered with a forced gentleness, "Well, it'll be useless either way." He sighed and looked towards the bag, waving his hand downward to make it come back down. He felt like this was a feeble attempt before she shouted "You can do this. You've been a good wizard so far, so don't let some rocks get in your way." He breathed in deeply, trying again and again until finally, it started shrink until it became the normal rucksack she was used to. She walked towards it and placed it on her back once again. "Good job. We should move forward." She went for her hammer before Wizard intervened. "You know, you were really hurt yesterday…maybe I should hammer until we reach the top." She continued to it and picked it up, explaining, "Don't worry. I've dealt with poison gas before. Once I get rest, I can go back to service. Now, let's move."

He recreated the light he was used to and moved forward, following alongside as once again, she crushed each rock with the same determination that kept the operation moving. After what seemed like an hour, they finally made it to some light. They walked out the doorway and looked down the mountain.

He remembers this mountain, and this view. It was always magnificent, but the stairs always made him nervous. He was sort of taken aback by how easily Molly could just run up the stairs as he stayed behind, climbing up each stair calmly. He was relieved to see some fiery hair and his booming voice saying "Ah, Molly, it has been a while. Why do you come to me?" Once he finally made it to the top, he looked at the Harvest King in the eyes and told him telepathically…

"Ignis, it's been a long time."