Me: Ok, I've got two flashbacks up and more to go, but this isn't a flashback.
Lloyd: really?
Me: When did you get back?
Lloyd: I don't know, a while ago.
Me: (sigh) ok, then you can read the disclaimer.
Lloyd: Fine, Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, only Tiamatt and the Oblivion Blade.
Wow! Look at all the people! Do you think they'll play with me? I looked at the paragriff perched comfortably on my shoulder and gently stroked his feathered head.
"Cloud, this is a time to be serious. We have a mission to complete." I told the pied.
Then will you play with me? Cloud looked at me with the big baby eyes he always used to get what he wanted.
"I guess I will." I sighed. Lloyd gave me an odd look as I talked to the creature perched happily on my shoulders. "What?"
"It's kinda strange. I know your talking to Cloud but it looks like your talking to yourself." Lloyd commented.
"Humph! Anyone that doesn't talk to themselves are in denial and the truly insane." I pouted. Everyone let out a small laugh but suddenly became serious as Dorr's mansion came into view.
We entered the large building and found the main chamber empty.
"I think I hear something down stairs." Colette said, pointing towards a stair well.
"I don't hear anything." Genis complained. Sighing, the "elf" followed everyone down stairs.
"Please this is all I have." Someone pleaded.
"Humph, I guess will have to do." A desian sneered.
"Please, when will my wife, Clara, be healed?" Dorr asked the Desian. Kilia, Dorr's daughter stood silently by his side.
"It should be soon. We just need a little more money." The desian told Dorr.
"More money, but… there's more places to squeeze from!" Dorr replied.
"Humph, not my problem. Just get the money and I'm sure Lord Magnius will remove the demon seed soon." The Desian said before leaving.
"You… you've been working with the desians all along!" Lloyd cried. Dorr turned and looked at him in shock.
"You heard all that?" the governor asked.
"How could you betray the citizens of Palmacosta like that!" Colette shouted angrily.
"You must understand, it all for my wife!" Dorr said, trying to defend himself.
"I thought your wife was dead." Genis chimed in.
"No, she's not dead. She's… well, look for yourself." Dorr moved towards a covered cell and removed the cloth hiding its contents. Everyone gasped in shock at the sight of the Exbula. "You see, Magnius did this as a warning but said he would remove the demon seed if we paid him."
"Humph, your too proud of your title to give it up to help your own wife." Lloyd sneered.
"Lloyd!" Colette cried in shock.
"No, he's right I should hav… uh!" Dorr slumped forward and fell to the ground. Behind, Kilia held a bloody knife.
"How could you do that to your father?" Colette asked, eyes wide in shock.
"Father? Hahaha! Like someone like me could have a fool of a father like that!" Kilia jeered. "The fool didn't even realize his own daughter was dead because he was to busy looking for a cure that doesn't exist to save his monster wife! Mwahahaha!"
"Kilia…" Colette said sadly.
"Colette, don't be fooled. This is a desian." I snarled, eyes once again slits.
"Correct. I am the servant of Pronyma, leader of the Desian Grand Cardinals!" Kilia cried, transforming into her evil little gremlin looking stage. Kilia launched herself at us but I was not in the mood for a long fight and stepped forward.
"Firaga!" Kilia's screams filled the small room as blue flames suddenly enveloped her. She leapt free from the flames and attempted to swipe at me with her claws, but I merely teleported away. The desian looked around frantically, only to end up screaming in pain once more as Firaga hit its mark.
"How… how could I lose to an inferior being?" Kilia shrieked.
"Inferior being? Who are you to call anyone inferior!" I snarled and kicked the desian.
"Lady Pronyma… avenge my death." Kilia begged and fell in a heap on the floor. The desian now out of the way, I walked over to Clara's cell and tore the lock off.
"Come on out Clara. You're free." Stepping back from the cell, the Exbula rushed past me and out of town. Neil came running down the stairs and gasped at the sight of Dorr's body.
"What happened?" He gasped.
After filling him in, Neil thanked us and gave us a pass to us to get through Hakonesia Peak. Soon we left the mansion and after restocking on supplies, left the town. I fell to my knees, slamming my fist into the ground as I weeped.
"I hate them. I hate them all!" I cried. Cloud jumped down from my shoulders and rubbed his soft feathers against my cheeks.
"Tiamatt…" Kratos started.
"We all hate the Desians Tiamatt." Lloyd said, putting a hand on my shoulder.
"They cause so much pain. It's as if Shinra was draining the Lifestream once again. They cause Sylvarant so much pain." I mummered.
"What do you mean?" Raine asked.
" You know how you can sense mana?" I asked, teary-eyed. Raine and Genis both nodded. " Well I can too but my people are bonded to the planet. We hear the planet itself."
"What? Like how? What does it say?" Colette asked.
"The planet… it screams." I sobbed. Kratos' eyes widened as he recognized those words as the words I had said after the first seal.
"You said that the night the Chosen first collapsed" Kratos recalled. I nodded simply and tried to force the sound of the cry from my mind.
"Please let us talk no more of this." I said, standing up. "We need to get to Asgard so we can release the next seal."
"Yes, let us be going." Kratos said coolly. The group nodded and we started towards Hakonesia Peak. The next day we stopped at the House of Salvation where we ran into Sheena. After introducing herself and saying her usual threat, she disappeared. We then stayed the night at the small post and continued our journey the next day.
Me: Yeah! It's officially winter break now!
Lloyd: Huh?
Me: Lloyd, you idiot, it means no school for two weeks!
Lloyd: Really? Two weeks? Yeah!!!
Me: Better not let Raine let you hear you say that.
Lloyd: yeah better not.
Me: OMG! Today was great! North always has something called the No Talent Show the last day before Winter Break. It consists of the teachers humiliating themselves in front of 1200+ students. It was so great. Mr. Schmidt doing White and Nerdy. Mr. Baughman and Mrs. Gogerty will always haunt me now after watching them dance and sing to Sexy Back (shudders).
Lloyd: Huh?
Me: Don't worry about it. Anyways, please read and review! I know that more then 5 people have been reading the story so REVIEW!!!!