Heheh okay so apparently I just have no life, SO I decided oh why not I'll just update this now! Well I'm glad to know that there are people reading this, it really does mean a lot to me so thank y'all :) Oh and to answer someone's question...

LadyZaidey - Well my plan is to follow the game's storyline, but I'm just tweaking it a little to fit Adeline into it. But I'm definitely going to try and stick to the main thing.

Oh! And you did bring up a good question that people are probably wondering what Adeline looks like and stuff.

Well her appearance will be mentioned whenever I can find a good way to squeeze it in, but in case you really want to know I'll put up a little description on my profile, or you all can check out my oneshot where her appearance is briefly described there :)

So y'all enjoy chapter 2 :)

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I've Got You

Chapter 2: Snakes

So we're walking, we're walking, ...we're walking. And, um, yeah that's pretty much what we've been doing for the past two and a half hours around this place that's been completely crystalized. Lake Bresha I believe is the name? Yeah, I've heard about this place before. My family and I were planning to go here one day. Well, of course it never happened because....well just forget about it.

I then just suddenly realized something. Why am I following these people again? Ohh yeah because I was forcibly dragged by the not-so-innocent-as-she-looks Vanille. Not to mention I kind of owe it to Snow and Lightning for saving me, so I'll probably be safe if I stick with them. But...where are we headed to? Well no one's talking. No one has been for like the past two hours. Not even Vanille, now that's a shocker. I guess I might as well just start up a conversation....I guess.

"So uhh where exactly are we going?" I spoke up.

Snow was the first to speak up (no surprise there), "We're going to defeat Ragnarok, of course!"

"...Ragnarok?" Wait a second, the fal'Cie?

"Bingo! All of us. It's the reason we became l'Cie. To stop it-to keep Cocoon safe!"

"Yeah? Well why don't you give us one reason to believe that." Sazh pointed out.

"Serah." Snow simply said. Serah? "Who's Serah?" I asked.

He gave a happy smile. "My future-wife-to-be....and Lightning's sister." Ahh so that's why he keeps calling her "sis." "She was a l'Cie, and then she turned into crystal. That's proof right there that she completed her focus. Which means we have to save Cocoon."

"Here he goes again." mumbled Lightning.

Before Snow could talk again, Vanille took notice of something.

"Oh no...the train fell too. I wonder what else is down here." she said as we all saw the broken train. It seemed to make a bridge for us to get to the other side. Just our luck...I think? We just kept walking down, until Lightning stopped dead in her tracks, eyes wide. I look up to see what she was staring at. It was a girl. Every single part of her was crystalized.

"Serah...." Lightning whispered. So that's Serah... Completely crystal, yet she looks so peaceful. Is that what will happen to us? If we complete our focus, that is.

"Serah!" Yelled Snow as he rushed over to her. He took a moment to look at her and grabbed her cold hand. "I'll get you out of there." He said while reaching over for a sharp stick-like object on the ground and slammed it as hard as he could to break her free.

"We'll help! Won't we?" Vanille looked back at us with those big eyes that you couldn't possibly say no to. Sazh sighed, giving in as he picked up a stick and started helping Snow. That left just me, Hope, and Lightning. I looked at the other two. Both just standing there. Lightning was still looking at her sister...guess she's just in shock still, maybe? Hope...just stood there. Looking angrily a little at Snow. Hm, what happened between those two? Well, I guess he's not going to help. Which just left me. I looked back at Vanille still standing infront of me with two metal sticks in her hand. Guess I have no choice. I grabbed one from her as she smiled at me. We both went over, stabbing at the crystalized Serah, trying to break her free. It was no use, not even a single crack, but we still kept on trying.

"This is good-bye.." I heard Lightning say. Next thing I knew I heard footsteps walking the other way.

"Lightning? You're just going to leave her?" said Snow.

"PSICOM soldiers are going to be here soon. If they find us, we're all dead." She said simply.

"No one's going to die. Anything they throw at us, I can handle it. We'll be fine." he said rather confidently. What do you know...another Brice moment right there. "I'll protect Serah and Cocoon."

She stopped. Then walked straight up to Snow and gave him a good punch in the jaw. I could hear Vanille gasp as my own eyes widened. Lightning was pissed, and you could easily tell.

"Does she look protected to you?" she yelled. Yeah...she was furious right now.

"I can save her!" He said getting up, only to be punched back down again.

"What can you possibly do!?"

"Whatever it takes." He didn't get up this time. He was expecting her to just punch him for the third time.

But she didn't. Slowly her fist went down, not making any eye contact with anyone.

Sazh sighed. "You two are hopeless. You just can't admit it, but you want to stay just as much as he does." he said. Lightning said nothing. Snow said nothing. It was silent once again. Then we saw lights moving around back and forth until it landed on Sazh.

"Oh no...no! Not now." He groaned. The source of light was coming closer. The ground was rumbling. Then before I knew it. It jumped right infront of us. It was a giant, robot looking snake. Lightning grabbed her gun-blade and charged straight towards it with Snow and Sazh following behind her. I was just standing there, backing away slowly out of fear. Oh come on Adeline! You should go there and help them, it's no big! I kept on trying to tell myself, but let's face it. I couldn't stand snakes, especially huge giant robot ones that can kill you in one hit. Ughh....why must I be cursed with the fear of snakes....and drowning in water?

Vanille took notice of this and grabbed my wrist. "It's okay! Just leave it to me and the others!" she said while pushing me right into Hope. I was about to fall, but thankfully he caught me. Aww my hero...well kind of. He was just as terrified as I was. Actually, he's been kind of scared of pretty much everything so far. "You take care of her, okay?" she said directing her question (more of an order) to him. He nodded. She gave us a quick smile as she ran off to the snake thing, pulling out this weird rod looking thing.

We both just stood there as we watched the others fight. I felt...kind of guilty. I could be out there helping them, but I choose to let my fear get the best of me. Not even noticing, my body was beginning to shake a little. I guess I was really scared. I closed my eyes, not wanting to watch them get hurt. I then felt something grab my hand. I opened my eyes. It was Hope's gloved hand holding mine. I looked up at him, but he was just looking the other way. I blushed a little bit. How sweet...

"Thanks, Hope." I said quietly, not really knowing what else to say.

He looked back at me. "Y-you're welcome." he said quickly. He then looked back the other way slightly embarassed. I smiled. I stopped shaking, and for some reason, I wasn't scared anymore.

I looked up as I saw Lightning finish the giant snake with one final blow from her gun-blade. The snake fell down to the ground. It was finished. Lightning took a step forward and continued to walk until Snow stopped right infront of her.

"You're leaving?" he asked in disbelief.

"We want to help Serah too." Sazh spoke up. "But without tools...we could be digging for days. The army's on our trail, so for now, we've got to keep moving." he tried reasoning with Snow.

"So you're saying we should just leave her here?" Snow said, his voice rising after every word.

"What about completing your Focus? So now you want to forget about it all and die right here." Lightning spat out. Snow looked down, saying nothing.

Lightning grunted, looking at him like he was the most pathetic thing on this world. "Snow...you're nothing but talk." she said, walking straight past him.

"Lightning..." he started to speak. She stopped, not taking a single look back. "I'll do whatever it takes. I'm going to finish this Focus and keep Serah safe....that's my promise."

Still not looking back, she spoke, "Great job so far." She continued to walk straight ahead. Sazh was next to follow, giving Snow a small pat on the shoulder telling him to stay out of trouble. He then took a look at me, Hope, and Vanille. "Go on, get going." he said gesturing to follow Sazh and Lightning. Vanille went ahead. I followed, but then stopped and looked at Snow. I didn't want to leave him just like I left Brice....

"You're sure you'll be alright?" I asked, trying to hide my worried tone.

He gave me a wide smile. "I'm positive."

I smiled back and walked. I kept walking until I realized that Hope was still behind. I looked back to see Snow telling him something while patting him on the back. He started walking, leaving Snow behind as he went back to trying to get Serah out of her crystal form.

He looked up at me surprised I was standing there waiting for him. That doesn't make me look like a stalker...does it? No! No it does not....hopefully he doesn't think that!

"Uhh...we better go and catch up with the rest." I said.

He nodded. "Yeah...let's go." he said walking as I followed him. He seemed...a little down. Like downer than usual. Did something happen between him and Snow just a few minutes ago? His head was down. Hmm...I was never good a making people feel better. So I just...did the same thing he did to make me feel better. Slowly I reached for his hand and grabbed it. I heard him give out a small gasp. Oh great maybe I shouldn't have done that. Just as I was about to let go his fingers intertwined with mine. I blushed...again. Keep it cool, Adeline.

We continued to talk, and he was still holding my hand. It was really...nice.

Hm, this day just got better.

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Whoop whoop chapter 2 complete! Ehh not my best, but hey I was bored and had nothing else to do! I'll make the next one a lot better, pinky swear :) Unfortunately my next update will probably be Thursday because of school -___- But hey you never know! If I have free time I'll try and make an update!