Sorry about the delay in updating. I had bad Writer's Block or Writer's Laziness but I think I'm finally pulling out of it. Sorry if the chapter is not the best but like I said, I'm just pulling out of Writer's Block. Hope you enjoy it!

"Aren't they the cutest?!" Tiamatt asked, Eria in her arms as Hiro held Terrance. Kratos stood beside his wife, smiling proudly at the sight of his two children.

Hiro laughed at the woman's question and nodded. "Yeah Tia. They're the best."

Tiamatt smiled before turning towards Jo, who was flying the Ragnorok north towards the Sleeping forest. "How far are we from the Forbidden City?"

"We're here." Jo answered, a slight bump signalling the landing. "I suggest we rest at your house and then leave for the city tomarrow morning."

Kratos nodded in agreement. "Yes that might be for the best. Especially since we brought Eria and Terrance with us."

"They are half Cetra, Kratos. This city is part of their hertiage." Tiamatt sighed as Kratos took his son back from Hiro. "I just thought that while we're here, Eria and Terrance could come too."

"Tia's got a good point." Marth agreed. "You guys are staying here in these worlds but anything that has to do with the Cetra will have to return to Earth."

Kratos nodded, following everyone off the ship, and towards the house. "I understand and I agree. I guess I sometimes forget that Tiamatt is not human."

"But you still love me don't you?" Tiamatt asked, walking indoors and sitting down on the couch, Kratos sitting beside her as Hiro, Nightfire, Marth, and Jo made theirselves at home and went to get something to eat. "Well, you do, don't you?"

Kratos smiled as he put an arm around her shoulder and kissed her. "Of course I do Tiamatt. I don't think I'd be here right now if I didn't nor would I be holding my beautiful new son and daughter."

Tiamatt grinned and kissed him again. "You really are turning into a suck up, Kratos, but I love you too."

"Hey Tia, " The woman turned to look at Hiro as he sat down in the recliner with a plate of food in his hands. "Are you going to try to keep the house in reunited worlds? I would think it'd be a pain to completely move and all and the house is plenty big."

"True. Kratos, you wouldn't mind would you?" Tiamatt asked. The Seraph shook his head. "Almight. But Hiro, what about you? I highly doubt you're gonna want to live with your sister and her husband."

"Don't worry. I'll manage." Hiro reassured her with a grin. "Hey Kratos, you said your Cruxis Crystal is was made you an angel right?"

Kratos nodded. "Yes but for a price. I am no longer required to eat or sleep. For some, like Colette, they lose more then that."

"What do you mean?" Marth asked, taking a seat on the second couch.

This time, Tiamatt spoke up. "Colette is or rather was, the Chosen of Regeneration, sent to release the mana seals and return the world of Sylvarant to its flourishing state. But, with each seal released, Colette lost a piece of what made her human. True, her senses of sight and hearing increased but she was no longer hungry and food tasted bland. She lost the ability to feel pain or differences in temperature. She couldn't sleep and by the time the Seal of Light was released, she could no longer speak."

"Then Colette was delivered to the Tower of Salvation to finish her transformation into an angel. In the end, Colette lost her heart." Kratos' voice was filled with shame for the role he had played in Colette's fate.

"Wait, you are talking about the same Colette we know. Blonde hair, blue eyes, white clothing?" Nightfire gasped.Tiamatt and Kratos both nodded. "But she seems fine now."

"Thats only because of the key crest Lloyd and Altessa made. Without it, Colette would still be an emotionless shell." Tiamatt sighed, looking at Eria. The infant yawned, causing her mother to smile before turning to Kratos. "Colette would still be like that had you not helped. We're all grateful for that."

"None of that would have happened if I stayed away from Cruxis like I originally planned." Kratos muttered quietly, looking away for a moment before looking at Terrance. "But if I had continued to run from Cruxis, I wouldn't have the family I have now."

"Yes and your family needs to go to bed." Tiamatt said, standing up and carefully taking Terrance from Kratos before turning to face the others again. "I recommend that you all get some rest. We're leaving early for the Forgotten City."

"Alright Tia. We'll keep that in mind."Hiro nodded. Tiamatt smiled and nodded back before starting to walk to her room only to pause and laugh. "What are your laughing at?"

"Its nothing. I was just thinking, after so many years alone. It'll odd to be more then just me or you here. Of course it still feels odd that I'm now a married and have my own children." Tiamatt laughed, looking at Eria and Terrance before looking back at Kratos. The Seraph smiled back at her before she turned back towards her room. "Anyways, good night."

The others nodded as she disappeared into the room before turning back to the center of the room.

"She's right. It is all pretty odd." Marth agreed after a moment of silence. "Coming here, to this world...its turned everything we knew upside down."

Jo, who had been silent the entire time, nodded. "Yes. A friend who we believed was dead, we found alive."

"Not only that but," Nightfire paused and looked at Kratos. "I don't think any of us expected Tiamatt to move on."

"I suppose it was quite I shock when you found out that I was with her." Kratos said, leaning back against the back of the couch. "Hiro, explain to me exactly what Tiamatt is planning to do here in the City."

"She wants to bring back an old friend of our, Aya. Her spirit, for some reason, was locked into Spiritus and years ago, we summoned Aya in the Forbidden City." Hiro explained. He sighed and shook his head. "But she died. Both Tiamatt and I were there when it happened. How can Aya be back in Spiritus?"

"I'm not sure but Tiamatt seems to believe it'll work. Then again, she is Cetra. She can contact spirits much easier then we could." Jo noted. Marth and Nightfire nodded in agreement. "It is quite possible that she felt Aya's spirit in the staff."

"Yeah...I guess." Hiro sighed, standing up. "I guess we'll find out tomorrow. Good night."

Once Hiro disappeared into the room, the others made their way to their own rooms. Tiamatt was still awake, watching the two infants sleep in the crib she had brought from Garden through the Rotator.

"Shouldn't you be asleep?" Kratos, wrapping his arms around his wife's waist as he came to stand behind her. "If I remember correctly, it was you who said we all needed to get our rest."

"Yes, I know. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"Well, everything." Tiamatt sighed, turning slightly so she could look at the angel. "My old life back home, my human life, my friends, the journey to reunite the worlds, our children, us, everything...so much has changed. But I'm glad its turned out this way."

Kratos smiled before kissing her. "I am too, but now I think we should get our rest." Tiamatt nodded and lay down on the bed while Kratos looked at the sleeping infants once more before joining his wife, who was already starting to drift off. The Seraph couldn't repress a chuckle when the Cetra scooted closer to him till she was snug against him and sighed in content. "Good night Tiamatt." Tiamatt only responded by attempting to bury her face into his chest as he held her close, causing Kratos to chuckle once more before closing his own eyes...

"Tia are you sure about this?" Hiro asked, following the Cetra along the path into the city. "What if it doesn't work?"

Tiamatt looked back at him, Terrance in her arms and Kratos and Eria beside her. "It'll work. I promise."

"Hmm..."

Marth looked over at Jo. "What are you thinking about?"

"I know what you are attempting to do Tiamatt but I'm curious as to how you came upon such a weapon." Jo said, looking at Tiamatt. The woman sighed and motioned over towards Hiro with her head. "Does the staff have something to do with you?"

"Oh yeah. Spiritus used to belong to my mother. I gave it to Tia along time ago." Hiro explained as they reached the entrance to the Forbidden City and began walking down the center path. "I'm curious as how my mother was able to create the staff."

Tiamatt nodded in agreement. "I'm interested in that too. To beable to create a weapon that can hold and pull forth a spirit, its amazing! Its almost as if the staff was acting as a medium, channeling Aya's spirit. I wonder if- " Tiamatt sudenly fell silent, lowering her head slightly in embarassment. "Sorry, Madison is obessed with ghost and paranormal activties and since her mind is combined with my own..."

Nightfire, Jo, and Marth laughed as Kratos gave his wife an amused look and Hiro nodded. "That's alright. To be honest, I'd like to meet your so called creator."

"Uh huh. Just don't give her sugar." Tiamatt warned before giving an annoyed sigh. "Great, now she's already trying to seperate our minds and won't quiet talking about all the places she wanted to go because they were supposedly haunted..." The others laughed again, this time even Kratos chuckled. "Why anyone would want to go to a place where 63000 people died is beyond me."

"63000?" Nightfire gasped, looking shocked. Tiamatt just nodded.

"Her world must be much different then ours." Jo noted causing Tiamatt to nodded once more as the crystal clear lake in the middle of the city finally came into view.

"It is but she can tell you that herself. Let's get Aya back then maybe you can meet Madison." Tiamatt explained, handing Terrance back to Kratos for a moment as she retrieved Spiritus from the rotator and handed the staff to Hiro. "I was unconscious the first time Aya was summoned. You do it Hiro."

Hiro's face turned red as Tiamatt stepped back . "B-but Tia..."

"I don't know what to do Hiro but you do." the Cetra told him, pulling out a blanket "Just close your eyes."

Hiro looked nervous as he slowly took a couple steps into the water and Kratos gave his wife a curious look. "What do you mean?"

Tiamatt stood closer to the angel, kissing him quickly before whispering something to him as she took Terrance back into her arms. "Even think of eying her and you'll be sleeping on the floor."

Kratos gave her a questioning look but nodded. The woman smirked, leaning foward once more to whisper something else into her husband's ear causing a small smile to cross over the auburn haired man's face. Tiamatt's face on the other hand, turned slightly red causing the others to look at them curiously before deciding they'd rather not know what the couple was whispering about. Finally Tiamatt kissed Kratos' cheek and turned back towards the others, her face still slightly red as she nodded at Hiro to go ahead.

Hiro shook his head, sighing before he took another step further into the water and held Spiritus in front of him. "Hope this works." He muttered, taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. Kratos turned his attention towards his sleeping daughter as Jo also closed his eyes and Marth and Nightfire just exchanged curious looks. "Unlock power of Spiritus!"

The staff glowed bright, illuminating the entire area. The glow soon faded from Spiritus itself but the water continued to shine, the light brightening till it seemed to explode and fade away completly. In the center of the lake stood a young woman with shoulder length teal colored hair and light blue eyes, wearing nothing but simple undergarments. Marth and Nightfire went wide eyed as Aya walked on the surface of the water towards the shore before they turned around and Tiamatt handed the blanket to the strange girl.

"Welcome back Aya." Tiamatt smiled as Aya wrapped the blanket tightly around herself and looked around. "You guys can look now."

Hiro lookied at Aya but quickly dropped his gaze to the ground. Aya on the other hand, blushed and turned her head so that she could look at the others. "What happened? the last thing I remember was Void charging at me and a weird glowing light. Why am I here?"

"Well Aya, you were...killed by Void...I'm sorry." Hiro said quietly, looking up slightly at her. "I should have been able to protect you."

Aya just shook her head and looked back at him. "Hiro...I folllowed you."

Tiamatt sighed. "I should have known this would be brought up but Aya is right. Her death was not your fault. She followed us to the final battle on her own free will. And not every disaster can be avoided. We all know that." Everyone nodded as Hiro looked at Tiamatt and gave her a small smile.

"Ok but still...I'm sorry." Hiro said quietly. Aya giggled as Tiamatt sighed and shook her head.

"So who are these people?" Aya asked looking at Marth, Nightfire, Jo, and Kratos.Her eyes brightened when she saw Eria and Terrance. "Tiamatt is this your child?"

Tiamatt smiled, stepping closer to Kratos. "Actually, both Eria and Terrance are mine and this is my husband, Kratos." Tiamatt then began to point to the others. "The red head is Nightfire. The guy with the silver eyes is Marth and the last one is Jo."

"Its a pleasure to meet you all!" Aya said cheerfully. The three stooges nodded politely towards her.

"Tia," Tiamatt looked at Kratos. "Prehaps we should return home and allow Aya to get some proper clothing." Tiamatt nodded in agreement and turned towards the path out of the City.

"Aw! Can't you just teleport us back?" Nightfire moaned as they all started walking out of the Forbidden City. Aya looked confused and Hiro tried to explain but Aya only looked more confused as Nightfire continued to complain. "Why do we have to walk all the way back?"

"One, I will not use my sorceress powers unless nessacary and two, walking is good excercise. If you don't want to walk then fly." Tiamatt answered, causing Nightfire to moan in annoyance before transforming to his full phoenix form and taking to the air. "What is he so impatient?"

"W-what is he?" Aya gasped, shocked by Nightfire's sudden change and grabbed Hiro's arm. the blonde looked at her in surprise but didn't pull his arm away. "How did he do that?"

"Aya, a lot has changed since you died. Humans and some animals have evolved to take each others forms. The Lifestream has spilt so that the eight other planets of the Solar System can support life. Mercury is home to phoenixes like Nightfire. Venus is home to giant serpents. Earth still mostly inhabited by humans. Mars is owned by the wolves. Jupitar to the griffins. Saturn is home to the dragons. Neptune is home to the sea serpents. Uranus to the cat like Yerias and finally Pluto is the home to the bear like Geios." Tiamatt explained. Aya nodded but she still looked confused.

"Ok. Um, I have another question." Everyone was silent, waiting for her next question. "Whats wrong with the sky?"

Everyone looked up at the sky where the swirling purple mass that was mana rich comet of Derris Kharlan. Kratos turned to where the Tower of Salvation had once stood and sighed. "It seems that when the Tower collapsed in Theth'ella, the Tower also disappeared from Sylvarant. It appears that the system that disguised Derris Kharlan from the worlds has failed."

"Derris Kharlan?"

"Its a giant comet that the elves supposed lived on before they came here. It contains a huge amount of Lifestream or mana depending on what you want to call it." Tiamatt added as they enetered the Sleeping Forest. "When I first came to these worlds, my arrival opened rifts. The rifts caused places from our world to mix with those of the other worlds. The forest and the city are just one of the places."

Aya nodded but she still seemed confused. "Um, ok. I think I get it." Her eyes suddenly widened as the Ragnorok became visible through the trees. "What is that?"

"Its an aerospace ship. It can go into orbit above the planet." Marth explained, causing Aya's eyes to widen even more. "have you never seen one before?"

"No. Only airships." Aya said quietly as they entered the main clearing and the ship came into full view. "Its amazing!"

Tiamatt grinned. "Of course it is! The Ragnorok is one of a kind!" The others sighed as the woman began to ramble on about the ship and how she still wanted to study the dimensional transfer system that was installed into the ship.

"Tia..." Kratos sighed, shifting Eria so that he held her in one arm as he put his free hand on his wife's shoulder. Tiamatt fell silent and gave a small embarrassed smile.

"Let's get inside and then we can explain what all has happened and plan what to do next." Hiro laughed, walking towards the house where Nightfire was waiting.

"Took you long enough!" the phoenix scoffed, leaning back in the recliner. "Let me guess, dog breath saw a squirrel and had to chase it?"

"What?!" Marth snapped. "Thats tough talk coming from a turkey!" Nigthfire growled angerily and leapt to his feet, fist clenched.

"Marth! Nightfire!" Tiamatt scolded, causing the two to lower their heads as Eria and Terrance sobbed from the mini agruement.

Marth and Nightfire muttered a quiet 'sorry' as Tiamatt mummered softly to Terrance till the child had calmed down and Kratos tried to quiet Eria. Tiamatt couldn't help but give a small laugh at the sight of Kratos trying to calm his infant daughter. The Seraph smiled down at the child, whispering quietly to her, revealing a side of Kratos that was mostly hidden away, only slowly being brought out.

Kratos must have realized the looks he was getting from the others because he looked up and gave a stern glare towards Tiamatt. "Is it wrong for me to act this way around my children?"

Tiamatt smiled as she moved closer to him and the others took a seat around the room. "Of course not Kratos." The man seemed to relax and smiled.

"Um, I'd still like to know everything that has happened and what is going on." Aya reminded. The others nodded and soon began to long task of telling the strange girl everything they knew about what had happened since her death and the current situation of the two worlds. By the end, Aya was shocked and a little confused but none the less, understood the situation better. "Wow...so much has happened." The others only nodded.

"Yeah." Tiamatt nodded, turning slightly to look out the window. "Maybe we should return to Garden before it gets any later. Then we can decide what to do next. I definately want to return to Des Moines though."

"Thats understandable." Hiro said. "Then I guess we should go ahead and go then?" Tiamatt nodded and disappeared into her room for a moment to return the crib to the rotator before returning heading for the door.

"Let's go."

Again, sorry for the delay in writing. It literally took me two weeks to write this, though most of this was just written. Damn Writer's Block...again, sorry if its not the best. Please read and review!