Hello to all the readers of my fanfic...I just wanted to say for the next few chapters there will be something different going on. Instead of focusing on Rinoa, Zell and Tifa the next chapters will be focused around two other Final Fantasy characters. These sub-chapters will take place the same time as Rinoa, Zell and Tifa's stay in Agrabah. This is something new and I thought I might give it a try and see what happens. Please R&R and let me know what you think...thanks!
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A small red gummi ship carrying two people took off from Monstropolis. The two people aboard the ship were there looking for friends of theirs but with no luck. This had marked the thirteenth world they've visited and not a single clue as to where their friends were. Since their world was destroyed and the two of them had found each other, they both decided to find the rest of their group. One was a male, with long brown hair put into a pony tail and blue eyes wearing a black cowboy hat. He had his hat pulled down and his feet propped up asleep in a light nap. A shotgun leaned against the left side of his a chair, showing that he always kept it by his side. Next to him was a woman in pink with long blonde hair and blue eyes. With her hands firmly on the controls, she steered the ship in the direction of its next course.
The two had just come from Monstropolis, an odd city that was home to very odd people. In their short visit there they had made new friends, but also new enemies recalling a fight with a monster named Randall. Over the course of the worlds they visited, they had only run into bad luck. They sometimes were greeted badly and weren't welcomed, sometimes they made more enemies then friends and sometimes heartless popped up. However, they continued on in hopes of eventually finding their friends. Their next stop, which they were now approaching, was a world called Gaia. From what was known, this world had not been affected by the heartless yet. It made sense since this world was far off from all the others; in fact it had taken them several weeks to get here and travelling at the fastest speed.
"Irvine, we're here." Quistis said, turning to now awake man.
"Already, I was hoping to get in more beauty sleep." the man joked.
He sat up and yawned fixing his hat and looking out the window. There he saw what seemed to be the largest world they have encountered so far. It looked like a huge blue and green marble, much like his world although a bit bigger. The gummi ship slowly began its descent into the atmosphere as the tiny landscape under them grew bigger and bigger until they were finally able to make out the details such as trees and large hills. Quistis looked to her left and saw a large town built around a grey palace. Hoping to get information from there she set the gummi ship down a couple miles from the town and turned off the controls.
"It's raining and it looks cold outside, so you might want to put on something a bit warmer." she added.
"Heheh, you should worry about yourself more than me sweets." Irvine laughed.
Quistis shook her head from Irvine's reference to her as sweets and picked up a large brown coat wrapping it around her. Opening the hatch door she stepped out into the rain and into a flat, plain field with Irvine following behind. She looked up at the dark and gray storm clouds that rained down on them, then straight at the large town that was about a mile away. She and Irvine quickly began their walk over to the town; both knew that covering every inch of this world would take a long time. This world was big and probably home to billions and billions of people, but being a huge world also meant that there was a higher chance of finding their friends here as well. After a long walk that seemed to take forever, they approached the entrance to the town. Quistis looked over to a large plate on the entry gate and read "Burmecia" as she entered to find a completely empty town.
"This place looks deserted." she mumbled.
Irvine shrugged and continued on inward, looking around for any signs of life. No matter where they looked though, through the streets, in homes and shops and down alleyways there was no one around. The last place to look was a large castle at the top of the town itself, as they began their climb up a large flight of stairs. Finally making it to the top, they entered in the large wooden doors and into an empty room. Everything looked gray and dark, the walls rusted and the roof collapsing in. They looked around and spotted no one, assuming this town was an old and deserted place.
"Lets leave and see where the closet town or village is, maybe we'll get lucky and find a kingdom." Irvine said.
Quistis nodded in agreement and they both began their way out when they heard a voice call out to them. They stopped and turned around to see a female wearing all red and carrying a large lance in her hands. Her face was white and covered in fur with long white hair flowing down on both sides of her face. From what they could tell she wasn't human, but they weren't the least bit surprised considering the many people they have met already.
"Not many visitors come around here and if they do, they are just travelers seeking shelter for the night." she spoke, "Who may you be?"
"We may ask you the same thing, seems impolite to ask a stranger their name without giving out yours first." Irvine responded.
"I guess you're right, pardon my rudeness." she said, "I am Freya, Freya Crescent."
"Irvine Kinneas." Irvine said.
"I'm Quistis Trepe, we are travelers from a different world." she explained, "We've come here looking for our friends, perhaps you could tell us the nearest heavy populated kingdom."
"Outsiders from another world, doesn't surprise me since the whole incident with Kuja and Garland several years ago." Freya muttered, "I can't say that I have met anyone from another world so far, but that doesn't mean those you are searching for are not here. If they would be anywhere, they would be in Alexandria. It is a huge kingdom that lies east of here, though it will take you several weeks by foot to get there."
"Oh we have a gummi ship, so it should only take us a few days." Quistis said, "Thank you for your help."
"Hey, why is this place so gloomy?" Irvine asked, looking around at the dark and wet palace.
Freya turned her attention to the male who asked her an uncommon question. Her thoughts trailed back to the day when she was still with Zidane's group fighting off Kuja to protect the world. She remembered the many friends that had passed and then her memories returned her to both Burmecia and Cleyra and their destruction. Much of her race was gone now and the very few that had survived those attacks many years ago were scattered about the world. She then paid her attention back to the stranger and his question, as the question now didn't seem so weird to her.
"Burmecia was attacked a long time ago and its citizens fled, since then the rain has not stopped, even for a second and this once great town has fallen and now is forgotten. However, this use to be my home so I come by here every once and awhile." Freya answered.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Quistis responded, "War can be an ugly thing."
"Yes it can." Freya said.
Freya's eyes then shifted to a shadow in the corner. It was still but she saw it move for a second, probably a person concealing their identity with some kind of magic. Perhaps these so called travelers were actually thieves and were hoping to distract her while another knocked her out. Yet these two travelers seemed to be normal outsiders and nothing seemed suspicious, but she kept an eye on the shadow as she marched down the stairs.
"It should still take about a day if you go buy airship." Freya said, approaching Quistis and Irvine, "The people there are very kind and helpful, if you need anything they would be willing to help."
Quistis went to respond when she noticed a white figure suddenly jump from the baloney and towards them. Without hesitation, Freya turned around and with her lance sliced the creature in two. The creature disappeared into the air as soon as it was hit, as Freya lowered her lance and pointed it at the Quistis and Irvine.
"You try to trick me, tell me who you really are?" she asked, anger in her voice, "Are you really who you are as you say, or are you petty thieves looking for a fight."
"We're not thieves and we're not trying to attack you, we don't know what that was but it wasn't with us." Quistis quickly responded, "We don't want any hostility, we're just looking for our friends like we said."
Freya stared at the girl's face for a moment before lowering her lance. From the look on her face, she could tell that the woman was telling the truth. That creature though surprised her since she had never seen anything like it before. Hopefully, these travelers didn't bring any unwanted guests with them without their noticing. She went to apologize, but was quickly greeted by the same white creature. This time several of them had formed in back of her and started to shake around as they neared closer to the three of them. Freya backed off quickly, her lance pointed directly at them if they dare attack her with warning. Irvine quickly loaded his gun and pointed it at the now groups of white creatures the shook back and forth in front of them, as Quistis analyzed them trying to determine if they were heartless.
"Well?" Irvine asked, slowly starting to back up.
"They're definitely not heatless, but they are real similar?" Quistis answered.
"These things are not from my world, what are they?" Freya asked, backing up along with them.
"If you've never seen this creature before, then they must be heartless or connected to them." Quistis said, "Either way we should leave, it'll be too dangerous if we stay. You are more than welcome to come along, if these things are what I think they are you'll have a difficult time fighting them off by yourself."
"Very well." Freya answered, as she followed the two quickly out of the castle.
The three ran out and down the stairs, the white figures multiplying and giving chase after them. Irvine looked back and took several shots hitting an enemy with each shot, and continued on after Quistis and Freya down the streets. They finally came to the exit and quickly hurried out of Burmecia, as the enemy's number growing larger and larger by the second. Quistis spotted the ship appearing closer and closer as they neared it. Unfortunately, the enemy was also gaining closer and closer on them and Irvine's shots were enough to hold them back. Making it to the ship, they climbed aboard and Quistis started up the controls as Irvine continued to fend off the unknown creatures. The ship lifted off the ground not a minute to soon and took off before the creatures below had a chance to overrun the ship. Sitting back, Irvine took in a deep breath as he closed the hatch door.
"What were those things?" Irvine muttered, out of breath.
"I don't know, but I have a bad feeling they're connected to heartless somehow." Quistis answered, steering the ship in the direction Freya had stated.
"What are these heartless you keep mentioning?" Freya asked, taking a seat and trying to catch her breath.
"They are creatures that appear in all worlds and steal the hearts of people. Like their name suggests, they have no heart and that's why they target others. They are creatures that live in the darkness and are the darkness, it's what the dark part of everyone looks like if it were to take form. Several years ago, the heartless invaded our world and consumed it into darkness killing and destroying everyone and everything. We managed to escape and we're hoping that our friends had gotten away too. That's why we are here, to find our friends as I said earlier." Quistis explained, "Now they weren't heartless, but they were very similar in appearance which has me worried."
"What does this mean for my world, are you telling me this creatures will overrun my world too." Freya asked.
"I still can't say anything because I don't know what they were. So far your world has been unaffected by the heartless, but they have ways of getting to every world." Quistis said, "If they are related to heartless, then we have a major problem."
"Great" Irvine mumbled.
The ship continued on its course to Alexandria, as the creatures known as nobodies watched from below before slowly disappearing. Irvine and Quistis had come here looking for their friends, but instead they would get something much worse.