1Me: Ok ok. I know I just typed a chapter but I want to do another so... yeah. On with the story!
Lloyd: Jen Rem doesn't own ToS or FF, only Tiamatt, The Oblivion Blade and Ash.
"This is amazing!" Kratos gasped as he peered into the craters core. He looked back over at me and gave me a puzzled look. "Are you cold?"
"No not really. I just don't want to worry the others with the stigma." I answered, shaking my head and causing some of the hair tucked behind my ear to fall in front of my eyes. I pushed the hair out of my left eye and left the right covered, hoping it would cover most of the signs of Geostigma. "I guess it's time." I sighed, taking a step towards a worn path that made its way down into the crater.
"You're going in there?" Kratos went wide eyed when I nodded. "I'm coming with you."
"No. Watch Cloud. I'll be back. I promise." I told the Seraphim, placing the paragriff in his arms. I turned around and walked to the begining of the path, shuddering as memories flooded my mind.
"Tiamatt, this place..." Kratos started, voice full of sympathy. I looked back at him and then a t Cloud, who had allowed the swordsman to see my memories of the planetary scar. "I'm going with you."
"..."
Please! Cloud begged.
"...fine. But you'll have to wait at the cave ledge once we get down there." I sighed, to tired from my fight with the stigma to argue. "Be careful though. This path is thousands of years old."
"Fine." The Seraphim mocked as he followed me down the worn path.
"You don't have to mock me." I scolded. "It shouldn't take long to get to the ledge but...its been years since I've been here and though the Lifestream is actually healing this wound on the planet, this path has weakened."
As if to prove my point, the path gave way beneath me and I began to fall. Kratos' eyes widened and he rushed to grab me but I pushed off the slab of earth beneath me and jumped to safety on the other side of the path.
"Are you ok?" Kratos asked, landing beside me and looking at me in concern.
"You don't need to worry over me so much." I scolded. "Even though I can't transform or anything doesn't mean I'm completely helpless."
"I'm sorry."
"Quit apologizing and let's keep going." I said shaking my head as I walked down the path.
After about ten minutes, we reached the small cave where I had spent many years of my life protecting the remains of Jenova and the Black Materia from the outside world. I looked into the core of the pillar of Lifestream and could see the remains of the materia cage that had once protected the cursed orb which was now in a safer location.
"Wait here with Cloud." I told Kratos as I took a step towards the edge of the ledge. I turned and watched the mana split, revealing a small pathway to the very center of the crater but before I could step under the archway of energy, Kratos came up behind me and spun me around. The next thing I knew, our lips were locked together as he held me close. Finally he let me go, looking at me with concern and love as I wore an expression of pure shock and joy.
"Be careful." Kratos said softly. I nodded, slightly dumbfounded by the event but quickly shook it off and turned back towards the core.
I smiled at the Seraphim and the paragriff as I stood and looked at them for a few seconds longer before making my way across the bridge. I walked down the pathway, carefully timing when to avoid the slicing winds and burning lightening. Finally, I reached the calm core where I knelt down and placed my hand on the smooth cold rocks of the core.
You've come Cetran child. The voice was one, yet many, full of wisdom, and yet none at all. This was the voice of the planet. Or at least of Earth.
"Planet, what is wrong?"
Monsters, giant monsters! This had to be the voice of Sylvarant/Teth'ella. It was full of panic.
Weapons. The first said .
"Weapons?" I was shocked. "They're here?"
Yes child. Find them. Have them destroy the Remnants.
"What do you mean?"
Monsters similair to the dark one have appeared. The second said.
"More?"
Yes Cetra. Destroy them and complete your duty.
"I will." I promised as I stood up.
Then I thanked the planet and turned around to return to the ledge where Kratos was waiting. As I crossed the final set of winds, I felt a strange yet strong surge in the mana and turned to see a young girl come flying at me, knocking me off the narrow ledge and into Lifestream. I looked at Kratos whose eyes were full of fear and worry and I promised him that I would return. The Lifestream splashed up around me and the girl as we fell into the pool of energy. It was warm and comforting as I sunk into it, but the further down I went, the more hazy my senses became till finally, I blacked out.
Third Person POV
Kratos watched as the Cetran tumbled from the path down into the river of mana, the girl that had caused the fall next to her.
"Tiamatt!" Kratos ran to the edge of the ledge and peered into the energy, waiting for the Sorceress to surface but he couldn't see anything other than the green glow of the energy.
She'll be ok. Cloud said, trying to reassure the Seraphim, though he did not know for sure if his owner was alive or not.
"Dammit." Kratos cursed, continuing to look for any sign of either two girls. "I shouldn't have let her go or at least have gone with her."
Kratos, she'll be ok. Cloud said. Use this as an oppertunity to help her. Tell Yggdrasil that she is dead and he may release her powers.
"What?" Kratos seemed shocked at the idea. "But what if she really is..."
Mommy is a sorceress, she can't die till she chooses someone to inherit her powers.
"Are you sure?" The Seraphim asked, the griff who nodded. "...ok. Hopefully he'll believe me."
I'm going with you. Cloud chirped. You're the only other one who can hear me and I can help you.
"Ok." Kratos sighed. "Let us go then."
Tiamatt POV 11 days later...
I had drifted in the warm river of lenergy for over a week, slipping in and out of conciousness , not truely feeling or seeing anything other then the blurry form of the girl that had caused this perdicament. Being in my current state, I couldn't make her features out but she seemed somewhat familair. Who was she?
The sudden sensation of cold and pressure snapped me back to concsiousness as the Lifestream burst from the crust into the cold dark ocean of Teth'ella. On instinct, I thought of an aquatic transformation and was shocked as gills formed along my neck and my hands and feet became webbed. A sharp triangular tail sprouted from my spine and propelled me through the water as my lungs were replaced with gill filament. I did a partial transformation so that I could grab the unconscious girl.
I grabbed her carefully and tried to control my ascent so that I didn't damage her sinises or lungs as we returned to the surface. Once I had reached about 600 feet, I noticed an odd glowing light and a low growl. This had to be Emerald Weapon. It wouldn't stay there long but it could wait. I had to take care of the girl first.
When I broke the surface, I was in my human/cetra form and hauled the girl to shore. As soon as air hit her face, she went into an immediate coughing fit, clearing the water from her lungs. I sat down, exhausted as her senses cleared.
"Thank you for saving me." she said weakly.
"Yeah, well, I should have left you down there for knocking me in in the first place. Just be relieved you don't have Mako Poisoning." I coughed, ringing the water out of my hair.
"You... you're Tiamatt right?" The girl stammered. I looked at her in confusion.
"And what if I am?" I asked.
"You were in the Apocolyptic wars!" She replied excidily. I flinched at the name as memories came once again. "Sorry."
"You're obviously from the original Tiamatt's dimension. What's your name? Which species?" I asked her.
"My name...it's Eria. According to Excious, I'm a Remnant."
"A Remnant? You don't seem to show any mutations." I stated looking the girl over. Eria sighed and revealed two large blue and white feathered wings that erupted form her shoulders. "Wings, well that is a common mutation in Remnants. I'm guessing that you're one of the Remnants immune to Jenova's will and are still able to harness her powers correct?"
"I guess." Eria shrugged. I couldn't help but feel that she was lying and hiding something.
I laughed as she rubbed her neck and I took a moment to examine the newcomer. Eria looked about 12 or 13 with long light brown hair with messy bangs and red eyes. She wore a yellow three quarters sleeve jacket with green on the shoulders and down the zipper . Eria also wore black shorts with a green waist cape or whatever the hell its called and black leather gloves with small metal spikes on the knuckles. I couldn't help but feel that she looked really familair but why?
'We should get moving." I said suddenly, standing up only to fall back down as my Geostigma began to throb.
"Are you ok?" Eria asked, wide eyed.
"Yeah, just...ugh!...go ahead." I cringed and pointed to the northeast. "I can smell people in that direction. See if they can help you." Eria nodded and took off in that direction.
Once she had disappeared from view, I ripped my hoodie off and looked at my arm. The bandage was now red with blood and plasma. I pulled the first aid kit out again and took the old bandages off to replace with new ones. That situation now taken care of, I tested to see if my powers were truly back.
"Thank you Kratos." I whispered, watching Firaga die away in the wind. I suddenly head yells in the distance and raced off in the direction Eria had went...
Up in the mountains
"Sister is near." a strange four armed, four winged creature said, waving his flaming tail carelessly. He looked at the woman run towards the small village with green slitted eyes. A number II was visable on his shoulder.
"When can we retrieve her?" a griffin asked, the number XI tattooed on his shoulder too.
"Wait." A man with flaming wings replied. "Let us see what she is doing. If she is still fit to be the vessel."
Me: There another chapter done.
Lloyd: Who is that Eria girl?
ME; I'm not telling. Why don't the readers try to guess first and then I'll tell everyone. (Evil grin)
Lloyd: ...
Me: Read and Review EVERYONE!!!!