Final Fantasy XIII Novelization

by The Fantasy Man

After thirteen days of fates intertwined, the battle began. The story of six people trying to change their fates and save the world. Lightning and Snow trying to save their sister and fiancee respectively, Hope a young boy with vengeance on his mind, Sazh seeking a way to save his son and Fang and Vanille two Pulsians trying to solve their focus and return home. Part 1/3

5. Chapter 3

Final Fantasy XIII

Part One: The Hanging Edge

Chapter 3: Another Rebellion

Summary: The peaceful citizens of Cocoon live in constant fear of invasion by the forces of Pulse-the world below and supposed home of terrors unknown.

Were even a single Pulsian agent to be discovered on Cocoon, panic and civil unrest would be sure to follow, threatening the very fabric of society. To prevent such a calamity, the Sanctum (Cocoon's governing body) initiates the 'Purge'-a government initiative officially entailing the deportation of all those who may have come into contact with corrupting Pulsian influences.

However, the Sanctum army is now brutally slaughtering the civilians they were supposed to be deporting.

Realising that the Purge is nothing more than a massacre in disguise, Snow leads the young freedom fighters of NORA in an effort to protect the Purge 'deportees' from the Sanctum soldiers.

"On behalf of Cocoon's citizens, …I would like to thank our brave Pulse pioneers… …and express our best wishes for a successful relocation. Your noble and selfless sacrifice… … ensures the continued safety and peace of our society. Were it not for this remarkable gesture… …every resident of Cocoon… …your family, your friends, your neighbours… …would be exposed to the dangers of the world below. By choosing to leave Cocoon… …and participating in this migration-."

The Sanctum Primarch's voice was cut off as a foot came crashing down on the radio that his voice was emanating from. The person that the foot belonged to was Snow Villiers, the leader of a group known as NORA which was based in the seaside city of Bodhum and was fiancée to someone of that very city but she was taken from him and he was on a mission to get her back and save everyone who had been swept up into the massacre that was disguised as the Purge. He was a hero after all.

" 'Migration'? More like 'extermination.'" Yuj said. Yuj was another member of Snow's group, Nora. Nora was comprised of five members and Yuj was one of the lower ranked members. Snow cut him off and said "Yuj. You stay here." Yuj nodded and said "Sorry. I didn't mean to-," Snow shook his head and clenched his fist and passionately said "These people need heroes!" Snow grabbed the gun in Yuj's hand and brought his hand up to his chest and said "Here. Youk keep your cool, and they will too. You got it?" Yuj nodded and said "Got it." Snow started to walk off but then turned around and said "What's our motto?" Yuj quickly replied "The army's no match for NORA!" Snow gave him the thumbs up and said "Attaboy." Snow then climbed over the mound of rocks to find the other members of NORA and assist them in stopping the Sanctum.

Once on the other side of the rocks, Snow found a treasure sphere and opened it to reveal 50 Gil which he put in his pocket and continued down the pathway. Snow passed several people scared for the lives, worrying about what would happen if the army broke through and started killing them. Snow didn't say anything to them but in his head he vowed to never let any of the soldiers to hurt them. That's what a hero does.

Snow then came across to a second pile of rocks and started to climb over them to reach the point where his comrades and his other group members of NORA were fighting. Meanwhile, on the other side of the rocks the other members of NORA were fighting against several Sanctum soldiers trying to prevent them from hurting the civilians behind the pile of rocks behind them. "Aw, this is crazy!" Maqui complained. Maqui was the youngest member of NORA and was the lowest ranking member, he was loyal to Snow but wasn't relied on to make huge decisions.

"Then take a nap." Gadot said. Gadot was the second in command of NORA and was Snow's right hand man, whenever Snow isn't around, Gadot takes charge of NORA. "Really? Can I?" Maqui said, his face lightening up and the prospect of taking a nap and relaxing for a few minutes. "Sure! And when we're taking a dirt nap, you can save 'em all." Gadot said. Maqui dropped down to the ground and groaned saying "Aw, that's even worse!" Snow then jumped down next to Maqui and said "No dirt naps today! We're all in this together. Our enemy's the Cocoon Sanctum! Their dreaded PSICOM, no less." "What's to dread? PSICOM's nothing but a whole bunch of bluster and bullying. They've got nothing on NORA." Lebreau said. Lebreau was third in command of NORA and occasionally cooked for the group, she was great at giving advice and always looked out for everyone. "Well, we are the heroes after all." Gadot said in reply to Lebreau. "Let's prove it!" Snow said which got a shout of "Yeah!" from everyone.

The group of four charged at the first enemy, two PSICOM Enforcers. Snow quickly ran in and punched the two of them and winded them whilst Gadot and Lebreau shot them with several bullets from their machine guns, killing them instantly. The group continued on and ran into three more soldiers, two PSICOM Wardens and a PSICOM Enforcer. Snow threw a hand grenade from his belt which exploded on impact killing one of the Wardens and the Enforcer and Maqui shot the second Warden whilst he couldn't see because of the cloud of smoke created by the grenade.

As the quadruplet continued on, Maqui groaned once again and said "No more…" Lebreau sighed and said "There are soldiers everywhere." Gadot turned to Snow and said "Yo, Boss. What's the plan?" "Charge in, guns blazing." Snow replied. "Hey! That's not a plan!" Maqui commented which caused Lebreau to say "Real heroes don't need plans."

The group continued onwards, battling three Pantheron's and two PSICOM Enforcers and one PSICOM Warden. The battle was as easy as the rest. Snow's hand grenade took out one Pantheron, one Enforcer and the only Warden and Gadot and Lebreau took out the Pantheron's, whilst Maqui dealt with the remaining Enforcer allowing them to move forward.

The NORA members moved forward again taking out a group of three PSICOM Wardens and a Pantheron with the gun men and women taking out the soldiers and Snow throwing the Pantheron over the edge of the platform. Next, they battled a group of three PSICOM Wardens and three Enforcers which they had to come up with a strategy to actually beat. Snow threw a grenade and once it reached the middle of all the soldiers Gadot shot it causing the grenade to explode taking out four of the soldiers and Lebreau and Maqui shot the remaining two soldiers, whom where the last soldiers in their way.

At last, they had made it to where some of the Purge deportees were being held captive. Snow walked in front of all them and said "You all okay?" They all looked up to see who had saved them from PSICOM and the rest of the military. Maqui walked over to the crowd and then tripped sending all the guns in his hands flying. Snow turned to face him and with a stern look on his face said "Hey, careful with those." Maqui let out a carefree laugh and Snow turned to the crowd and said "Don't worry, no one's moving to Pulse today. We'll clear you a path out of here, so be ready to-," Snow said but was then interrupted by one man saying "Wait! Let me fight with you!" and then another man saying "Yeah, you can't expect us to just sit here!"

Snow turned to Gadot and said "Could help." Gadot nodded and said "Yep." The first man said "Please. Let use help." Snow nodded and said "Okay then. Volunteers front and centre." Several people rose from the ground and began to collect weapons from Maqui so that they could help fight against the Sanctum and make their way out of the Hanging Edge.

A woman then rose from the ground, known as Nora Estheim and started to make her way over. Her son, Hope looked up and said "Mum." She looked back and said "Don't worry." She picked up a gun and walked over to Snow who looked at her and said "You sure?" She nodded and said "Yeah. Mums are tough." Snow said "Right," and she walked off to join the volunteers and Gadot said "It's the last one, Boss." Snow walked back to the crowd and said "All right, last one. Somebody take it." Snow offered the gun to Hope who moved away and said "No… I can't." However, the girl next to him didn't mind and said "Here." Snow passed the gun to the girl named Vanille and said "Push comes to shove, keep 'em safe." Snow then winked at her and she pretened to shoot Snow, whom pretended to be hurt. 'First impression of Snow? All talk.'

Snow then said "All right, lay low and you'll be fine. We'll clear out the area. We're going home together." Snow said. Lebreau then said "Come on! Everybody up!" Everyone slowly began to rise from the ground and Gadot said "Right. New recruits-on me!" Gadot and the new recruits par Nora ran off and then Snow tapped Nora on the shoulder and said "Come on." Nora said "Right," and then began to follow Gadot and the new recruits as they started the warpath home.

Author's Note: That's Chapter 3 out of 6 or 7 chapters in part one done. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review if you like it or want to criticise as I don't mind and I will take it all onboard to improve my writing. Till Next Time, The Fantasy Man.