A second chapter today?! What madness is this?! Lol. I was just in a writing mood today. ^_^
Dissidia and Final Fantasy characters (C) Square-Enix
Plotline (C) Disney

Scott arrived at the castle walls a moment to soon after Cosmos called them. Looking for Firion, he noticed the king and Kain walking towards them to greet. The two talked before the dragoon spotted Cecil running to him.

"What happened?" Kain asked, which got Cecil to look at him funny. "It has something to do with Light, isn't it?"

"Yea, I can't find him. Maybe he ran off somewhere."

"What?" Cid asked, which got Scott noticed as well. "What do you mean Light's gone?!"

"Is a young boy with a ponytail with him?" Scott asked with a curious look.

"I believe I spotted a young boy with him. Blue sleeveless shirt with a outfit similar to your kind is what I saw." Cecil answered to Scott, who nodded in disappointment.

"That was Firion. He was adopted into the group a few years ago. I believe this year is his fifth year being with us. Maria and Leon are in the same boat. Soon they developed a close friendship and became brothers and sisters in arms. I haven't seen those three in a while. Firion only mastered the dagger class and the others are still learning. And he's been acting strange...like magical kind of strange."

"Pardon? Does anyone in your group know magic?" Cid asked to the leader.

"Two people. Minwu and Hilda. Both know white magic rather than black magic. So in our cases, we got healers. Maybe your guards and my warriors can find the prince and Firion together. Sounds like a plan?"

"Sort of, but we need to do some works as well. I don't know where they are heading."

"I think I know where their going." Garland said, which spooked the king and the leader.

"Where dear brother?!"

"The lands of discord. Light told me that Firion's friends are there. I did told him it was too dangerous to go there, but he didn't listen. I think their heading there. If not well, we're wasting our time."

Scott and Cid gathered their weapons and armor to find the two kids. Kain, however jumped off the castle roof at high speed. Looking around, he noticed two silver haired kids heading to the land of discord two miles east. Landing behind them, he slowly creep up to Light's side before getting caught by Cecil.

"Kain!" Cecil shouted, getting that look from his friend. "Thank goodness you found them. Come now Light, you two need to return home."

"But I made a promise to Firion!" Light answered to Cecil's sentence. "And I'm keeping that promise. Until we find Maria and Leon, I'm not leaving Firion's side!"

Cecil was shocked to hear those words out of the prince's mouth. Keeping a promise to a friend is a step of trust in the back of the mind. Kain jumped off from his spot for a moment to soon after ten minutes of thinking.

"Found them?" Kain asked to see only Cecil. "I guess not."

"But they were right here near me!"

"Sure..." Kain sarcastically said before seeing Scott and Cid heading towards them. "Cecil said he had them, only to see it was an mirage, sir." Cecil gave him a scowl under his silver long hair.

"That's ok Sir Cecil." Cid said with a smile across his face. "Where do you think their heading, Scott?"

"Maybe across the north side of the lands." Scott answered thinking out of his memories from traveling. "Or to the south."

"We'll split up. Me and Kain will take the north while you and Cecil take the south. Deal?" Cid looked at Kain for a spilt second and nodded.

"Ok, Cecil...your with me."

Scott and Cecil ran off to the south at full speed. Cid and Kain ran off to the north of the lands. Firion and Light were hiding near a abounded house. Night has fallen before them. Light saw Firion getting his blanket from his bag he brought from his tent. The prince hasn't really had a true friend but Firion is his first true friend.

"Light." Firion spoke up, setting up some rabbit he cook for the two. "Want some food? It's getting cold."

Light grab a leg and start eating with the traveler. Soon they started to enjoy their small time together as friends. Firion noticed the prince shivering from the cold air entering the wooden building. He wrapped the ten feet blue cloth around them for warmth.

"Uh?" Light saw Firion huddled near him with the blanket around them. "Firion...your too nice for your own good."

"Come on. Your the prince. We don't want you to died due to the cold weather."

"Still...too nice for your own good."

Both slept soundly through the night before someone spotted them. Turns out the man is an image of the white mage of the Wild Rose, Minwu. He saw the two boys sleeping together. He spotted Firion smiling to listen Light's heartbeat. If he could just be a spirit for Firion after he dies, then their could be hope for the future.

Kain soon spotted a mage figure near the abandon house. A white turban like clothing with sandals as his foot wear. Golden braces were around the waist and a golden belt around the waist. A strain of brown hair was showing out from the turban with grey eyes looking at him.

"Who are you?" Kain asked before he saw a sword in the mage's hand. "What?"

"I'm Minwu." Minwu spoke, casting a small heal spell to the dragoon. "I'm happened to be Firion's 'guardian.'"

"Guardian? The boy doesn't have a family?"

"He was abandon to our little group. He's been my apprentice in the way of white magic. Cosmos took him under her wing to increase his knowledge. I'll miss him. Actual, I might see him more often since I'm living in the castle as the second White Mage for King Cid and Queen Cosmos."

Kain could feel Minwu's pain. Light has been like a son to him as well. Despite being Cid's bodyguard, he has to get used to Light becoming the next king. Both walked away from the house and returned to Cid.

"Any luck?" Cid asked before he saw Minwu. "I suppose your Minwu. If I'm correct?"

"Correct. I am the Wild Rose white mage. Hilda instructed me to find Firion and bring him back to the castle."

"But this mission is my job!" Scott entered the scene shouting to the mage. "Hilda can't do this to me. I'm the second leader!"

"I hate to use bad language today, but shut up Scott! Hilda asked me to bring Firion back home!"

"Enough you two!" Cid ordered the two warriors. "Our mission is the same regardless on who is saving who. These kids are the future. Light is the future king..."

"And Firion...is the next in line to be the Wild Rose leader." Scott gave the that heart breaking news to the group.

"Uh?! Firion? The new leader to the Wild Rose?"

"Yea, Hilda saw potential in the boy when we first found him. And so, we made him the new leader in case I and Hilda dies. I hope this don't change his future if he wants to be a guard for Light."

Scott sigh before Cecil and Kain left the four alone. Minwu and Cid return to the north to find Light and Firion. Scattered like flies, Scott had no choice but to go south. In the back of his mind he questioned Hilda's idea of Firion being the next leader to the group.

Again, I was in a writing mood today. Been working on this since this morning. I'll work on the fourth chapter tonight and post it up tomorrow evening after I get out of work. Hope you all like this fanfic. Leave a review and fav or follow. :P