A.N. Thanks again for the reviews Shadow Knight1121 I do appreciate it, And to the rest of the people reading my story, reviews keep me going as they let me know my work is appreciated... anyway...
?: Wait! You forgot about the disclaimers!
Me: Oh yeah, I don't suppose...
?: ...I want a cookie for it this time...
Me: Fair deal,
?: owns nothing in this story except Himself, and any plot changes, now where's my cookie!
Me: Here you go, *Flips a cookie over to the spirit*
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Me: Okay... anyway enjoy the next chapter of FFIX: The Dark Knight...
Chapter 4
We reached a small cavern with freezing winds blowing out from it. "This seems like the place," I said out loud, "Bloody freezing though," I muttered, rubbing my arms in a futile effort to keep warm.
"U-um..." Vivi said to get the attention of the rest of the group,
"What's up Vivi" Zidane asked,
"Have you ever heard of the Ice Cavern?" Vivi asked the group
"Sure... is this the place?" Zidane asked the young mage,
"I think so... its supposed to be near Evil Forest," Vivi explained,
"If the temperature is anything to judge by then this would be it," I muttered, still rubbing my arms, "I have heard it looks beautiful but I would rather not become an ice cube."
Everyone smiled at that comment before Vivi continued, "My grandpa told me about this place. He said the cavern takes travellers to the top of the Mist."
"Bravo!" Steiner suddenly burst out, "Master Vivi's grandfather must be quite a scholar! We must thank him upon escaping the mist!"
"My grandpa used to teach me lots of things, but he passed away..." Vivi said while twirling his thumbs,
We all look down awkwardly at this, after a few seconds Steiner states, "Oh... forgive my indiscretion."
"Don't worry about it," Vivi replied
"Well... why don't we go inside?" Zidane asked the group,
"Do we have to?" I asked him, "I'm cold enough already,"
"If we want to escape the mist then yes, we have to." Zidane stated,
"Damn..." I muttered,
A.N. Guys I'm gonna skip ahead a bit to the crossroads since you should know what happens in ice cavern and I never liked this part in the storyline,
We arrived at a crossroads in the cavern, and Zidane turned around to ask, "Ok so which way do we go guys?"
I look at both of the caves, both being equally light but the right one as I was looking at it had a blizzard blowing out of it, "Left" I state with no tone to argue in my voice,
"And your reasoning behind that is..?" Zidane asked me,
"Not wanting to become an ice cube." I stated as I walked towards the left cave opening, Besides there is supposed to be a moogle in here, I thought to myself,
Inside the left fork of the cave:
As we entered the cave we saw that it was a small area with an altar in the centre towards the back of the cave with frozen plants surrounding it, everyone here was surprised at the beautiful sight, but what surprised me was the fact that there was a black sword stabbed into the altar instead of a frozen moogle, "What the..." I said in a hushed tone of voice,
Everyone looked at me oddly until they noticed the black sword. "Hey inst that the same type of sword you use Akio?" Zidane asked me,
"Yeah but..." I hesitated before talking about the moogle who was clearly not here, "Shouldn't it be in a treasure chest like your Mage Masher was?"
"Now that I think about it..." Zidane muttered,
"It must be... Yes it has to be!" Steiner suddenly shouted,
"You know something Rusty?" Zidane asked him,
"Quiet you ignorant monkey! Sir Akio, I want you to slowly approach the sword, if I'm right then a small black flame should appear in front of it" Steiner explained to me
I nodded and approached the blade, as soon as I was in the centre of the room, a small black flame appeared, stating, "Stop," in a voice that made it obvious it was once a she, The voice seemed to echo out from the flame,
Everyone except me and Steiner are startled by the fact that the flame can talk, "Erm... did that f-fire just talk..." Vivi stuttered out,
"Yes young black mage I did," The spirit said, "I am the Spirit inhabiting this sword,"
"May I know your name?" I asked politely,
"Angela," She replied, "I was once a Dark Knight that served under the Burmecian flag,"
"I am Akio," I replied while bowing, "Currently unbound, and I am not certain who I once served due to amnesia,"
"... I sense another in you, yet I can tell there is only one, can you explain this for me?" Angela asked me,
"The other spirit and I are one in the same, albeit from different worlds," I explained, "We are literally the same personality and mentality, although he cant remember anything as well, apart from one thing."
"Oh?" Angela asked a tone of curiosity in her voice,
"That this body and his soul was the last of the Dark Knights and served under the flag of Alexandria til he left," I replied hearing to distinctly different gasps of surprise from both Steiner and Garnet,
"I see, and now I must test you before you may wield me," Angela replied,
"And what will this test include?" I asked her with the apprehension clear in my voice,
"A riddle, nothing more, nothing less," She replied,
"Then this shouldn't be too bad," I replied, "At least my life isn't on the line,"
"Then here is the riddle:
Mom and Dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
So what is the answer young Dark Knight?"
Hmm, well...
Typical Angela...The spirits voice laughed in my head
What do you mean? I asked it,
I mean that she has always been obsessed by riddles,
Heh, I'm guessing that I'm supposed to do this since Its my body now?
Bingo
Right well... there is two parents and four daughters, each having a brother... if you were to take it as a question instead of a riddle you would say 10 but that is clearly not the answer... hang on... there's only one brother! Which means the answer is...
"7" I answered, "There are 7 in the family"
Angela chuckled "Well done Akio, now take my blade and be infused with me!"
"Thanks, Angela, oh and that other guy in there?" I said with a raised eyebrow,
"Yeah?" Angela asked,
"It seems he knows you as he said something about you being obsessed with Riddles," I told her while smirking,
"What! The only Dark Knight I knew that served under Alexandria was..." she then gasped at the end of the sentence and disappeared before saying, "Hurry up and get my sword, I want to meet him again!"
I smiled slightly before walking forward,
Once my hand touched the handle dark energy started swirling round the blade and enveloped it.
My eyes widen in surprise as the sword suddenly became a lot lighter in my hand, as the dark energy started to dispel I saw why. The sword had turned into a dagger, Is this supposed to happen?I asked myself,
'Yes it is,' the voice I recognised as Angela replied, 'The fact that the sword has transformed into its true form shows that I have acknowledged you as my new wielder'
So you meet the other guy? I asked her,
'For some reason no,' She replied, 'I cant seem to see him...'
Strange, he's usually there... I replied in a perplexed tone of thought, (A.N. How are you supposed to say that? Tone of thought doesn't seem right...) Yo you in here! I thought out loud to try and get his attention.
Yeah I'm here, He replied,
'That voice! Cecil!' Angela exclaimed
Yeah its me Angela, Its good to hear you again, The voice who is named Cecil replied,
Dude your called Cecil? And your a Dark Knight? I asked him,
Yeah that's why I didn't introduce myself, your memories of FF4 made it awkward.
Anyway we need to get moving so can you guys catch up without me listening in? I asked them
'Yeah we should be able to.' Angela replied,
Good, I thought as I turned around to see everyone's faces looking at me in perplexity which is when I realised, Oh shit... I revealed I'm from another world didn't I...
A.N. So what do you guys think? Oh and so you don't get confused here are who is talking in the mind and when:
Akio
Cecil
'Angela'
So please R+R, and I really want to know what you guys think...