A Second Chance by Walker of Nothing
A/N: These next chapters will follow some familiar characters from a familiar series, thanks for reading.
Fate: Judges of Magistrates
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"Lord Larsa, I am not familiar with this land, from all of my studies I've seen many places. However, I have never seen nor heard of a land such as this one," I was still struggling to recover from that blasted Venat and somehow the Lord and I ended up here.
"Perhaps, this Venat has transported us to a land of complete randomness, you can never know about such Immortals." His excellency pulled out a Potion and handed me one. "It won't do you any fortune to walk around wounded, and don't say you "don't deserve help" because everyone makes mistakes." Speechless all I could do was take the potion and nod.
I really didn't deserve Lord Larsa's help, but I knew how House Solidor was, they always put the needs of others before their own. He was the only besides Drace that I could call a "friend" if even that. I wasn't sure what I was going to do or where I was going, but I vowed to protect Lord Larsa to the very end.
The city we ended up in was strange to say the least, the sun was always setting as if it was sunset. I wasn't sure what kind of Mist could cause this, but Lord Larsa believed it wasn't Mist, just the natural state of this world. We must have appeared strange to the town's inhabitants as they couldn't help but gawk at my charge and myself.
However, the moment we attracted a crowd someone screamed and strange shadowy creatures pooled on the ground slowly climbing from the abyss. I had never seen such creatures before, they were different from any monster I had ever encountered. Long antennas, glowing yellow eyes and small in size, they appeared to be weak but they were many in size.
The crowd of people frantically tried to get away from the strange creatures indicating that were not to be taken lightly. I did my best to move through the frantic crowds, but untrained civilians had a way of making a situation that was already bad, even worse.
"Lord Larsa, what are these creatures? I've never seen such strange beasts before and in the middle of this town as well." Casting several magics to enhance defenses as the blue and green shields faded after their casting. I wasn't sure how strong these creatures were, but I took no chances as I continued casting spells such as Regenga and Hastega.
"I can't say for sure, whatever they are, they aren't very strong." striking at a monster slicing through with his Joyeuse as the black creature faded away.
Lord Larsa was right, as my Chaos Blade and Highway Star sliced through the insignificant creatures, they melted away into darkness. The rest of the creatures fled soon after seeing as they could overtake Lord Larsa and myself. Though they were gone for now, who was to say that they wouldn't come back to strike again. "Lord Larsa, the enemy have fled, but I fear they will come back for a second strike.
"Yes, I thought so too, I believe we need to find the source of the creatures and strike it down." Some of the people who had previously made it a priority to run away, had instead came back to see the creatures gone. Soon Lord Larsa and I were surrounded by a rather large group of people of all sorts, Humes and Moogle's...maybe this world wasn't much different from Ivalice...
After the recent events the people saw us as hero's and not strangers in this town of constant twilight. I didn't expect to be held so highly in the eyes of people, as I wasn't exactly "hero" material. I wasn't complaining, it was pleasant to spend a few moments in a town without being hated by others.
Walking through the streets looking for a nice place to rest for a second and possibly something to eat when I felt that someone was watching us. Instinctively I turned around to find no one there, but I could have sworn I saw someone...maybe that battle had caused more than just pain. Shaking the feeling away Lord Larsa and myself found a nice little Cafe to relax and find out exactly where we are and how to get out.
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Watching the interesting duo from afar I took note of their magically enhanced armor as well as their weapons. They completely destroyed the Heartless group that attacked, that in itself was impressive. Not to mention the armor clad one had an array of magical spells and didn't even seem fazed by the amount of energy needed to cast them.
"Excuse me, Mister?" A little girl tugged on my coat and turned to see she had a piece of paper in her hands.
"Yes?" Despite how deep my voice had grown, she didn't seem the least bit intimidated
"Do you think those brave hero's can help me with the monster that attacks us?" The little girl seemed highly distressed and I had no doubt in my mind that those two could help her.
"I am certain that they can help you, why don't you go ask them and then they can help you." The little girl smiled and skipped off towards the two town's proclaimed "hero's" and I smiled while melting back into the shadows.
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A little hume girl skipped over to our table and Larsa what appeared to be a bill, not just any ordinary bill, but a hunt. For such a young child her drawing and description of the creature were impressive. No doubt she wanted making slaying the creature as efficiently and safely as possible.
"Misters, I saw how you beat those monsters, and so I hope you can help with another one. It's been stealing our food and taking our stuff, I'm afraid it will start to get worse, so can you please kill it?" Taking a look at the bill, the creature was small in size, but that only made it that much more dangerous.
Name: Reaver
Description: Tall and skinny, resembles Neoshadows, has been known to make a quick getaway when caught stealing.
Known skills: The Reaver always comes accompanied with Neoshadow heartless and should be dealt with after it's minions are gone. The Reaver is unique enough in a sense to eat human food and gain energy unlike normal heartless.
Last seen: Can usually be found hanging around the Old Mansion through the forest, it is uncertain whether it's base is inside the Mansion in question.
Rewards: 500 Munny, Potion x 2 and Hi-Potion
Petitioner: Little Girl
Rank: I
An impressive collection of data, this girl must have been examining the creature for a long time now. All the more reason to hunt it down and eliminate the troublesome creature and hopefully halt the whole issue.
"We would be happy to rid you of your troubles, Gabranth and I will ensure that this monster never bothers you again." The two of us rising from our seats an made our way towards the forest, the little girl also noted that the entrance was actually a hole in the wall surrounding the city.
"Lord Larsa, I'm assuming that the creatures mentioned in the bill could be related to the one's we fought earlier?" I was almost certain that the creatures were of the same origin, it was not just a coincidence that they had similarities. I wasn't in charge of the exchanges and intervention of information for nothing. It was a gift of mine to find any relevance between more then just information. It extended to people, monsters, the very Scion's themselves. Everyone and everything has a connection and it was-and still is-my job to find it and exploit it.
"I don't have any doubts that these monsters are of this land's origin, but I have a feeling that there are other world's that have monsters such as these." The more I thought about it, the more I agreed with my charge, there were plenty of land's surrounding Ivalice with monsters galore. The question was, just how many worlds are there like this one?
Pushing those thoughts aside as the two of us made our way through the not so dense forest and eventually emerged to meet the gates of the Old Mansion. Someone had already been through them as the Gates were open and the padlock and chains were laying on the ground off to the side. Walking through cautiously, Lord Larsa and myself did not notice anything out of the ordinary when examining our surroundings.
"Gabranth, I can sense something off, something is disturbing the Mist, something big." Before I could respond, something darted out from behind one of the fallen walls and headed straight for Lord Larsa. Raising my sword's and striking at the monster before it could get to the Lord the Neoshadow-as described in the bill-faded away into nothing.
The young soon to be Emperor blocked several of the creatures with his Swordbreaker and while they tried to munch on it he flung them off sending them flailing into the wall. Hitting it with a loud crack, the unfortunate monsters faded away slowly, I unleashed one of my stronger attacks against the monsters.
Swords glowing as I slashed at the creatures around me, instead of my swords striking at the monsters, a shock wave of energy erupted and flew towards them like saucers. No Neoshadow was spared as they were all sliced to pieces by my attacks, the Reaver made it's appearance summoning more force's for assistance.
Gathering the Mist inside my body, I focused it on the most powerful attack in my arsenal, a quickening. Warping the battlefield and slowing down the binds of time to my favor, I unleashed my string of attacks that would certainly end the Reaver.
"Know this pain," dark energy surrounded my hands as the black and red darkness shot from my palms turning yellow and firing in a beam of concentrated energy that exploded. "Feel my wrath," my swords floating behind me as my enemy was momentarily phased into glass. My fists connecting to the now fragile creature as cracks ran down it in all direction's as I prepared for the inevitable. "Take your last breath," gathering the Mist as I summoned a dozen swords flashing red with a yellow tint and the weapons pierced the Reaver and exploded on impact. "Sink into Oblivion," a magical circle was summoned above my enemy as I brought untold destruction upon them. The darkness snaked out of the portal and pierced the creature through every part of it's body strangling the life out of it.
As if a switch was thrown, it was over, the Mist returned to normal and the creatures faded away. The Concurrence killed more then just the Reaver, but all the surrounding monsters as well. It caused untold destruction, everywhere there were you could see the creatures fading away, some instant, others not so fortunate.
"Gabranth, take it easy," tossing me a Hi-Ether I didn't waste any time drinking the sweet tasting item. I could feel the energy stirring inside me as the Mist slowly returned back to my body.
"Picking up some of the supplies that were still left Lord Larsa and myself carried whatever was still intact back to town to deliver to the Little Girl. Surprisingly she wasn't alone as the same crowd from before seemed to be back to see if we had really eliminated the bandits.
"I believe these belong to you, the Reaver is no more and the rest of the supplies are here safe and sound." The crowd cheered and the Little Girl payed us the reward she promised, 500 munny, 2 Potions and a Hi-Potion. Turns out she was one of the major importer's daughter, which explained the need to eliminate such a nuisance.
Finding a nearby Inn to stay at for the night as it was getting late, the company even covered our fees for the night saying it was the least they could do. Apparently it was a lot bigger problem that was solved then we realized, hopefully we would able to spend tomorrow without too many distractions.
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"Riku, do you think they could be of aid, they appear strong...but..." Riku understood my doubts about the mysterious duo, it wasn't that I couldn't trust them, it was just...I was never good with other people. Of course, now I was getting used to working around others when Etro found me, I guess it just takes time.
"Yes, I think we can trust them, by their appearance, I would say they are high up in whatever world they come from. The boy is problem a Prince or something of the sort, while the Knight is probably his protection." Riku glanced at the two from afar probably trying to read them, though it appeared he was having difficulty. "Though, by the looks of it, they are both a lot more powerful then they let on, that's for sure."
"Not to mention the overwhelming amount of power they displayed when fighting those Heartless, I don't how they can sustain such magical energy like they can." It was truly amazing, they were not even using the powers of Ediloms or even a god, just their own magical energy force.
"True, there's no telling how much power they have hidden inside them," removing his hood to reveal his tan skin, orange eyes and white hair. He had revealed to me that there was a being trapped inside of his heart, but conquering him Riku had sealed his influence. However, as a cost of doing so and the use of his powers had permanently changed his appearance. It was a sad fate, but to stop the Organization, sacrifices had to be made.
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"Status on my Keyblade Weilder?" The Lesser creatures before me had given am update and it seemed that there were more then just the Keyblade washed up in these worlds.
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eternal nothingness: Thanks and they come from James Patterson's famous series, Maximum Ride.
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Mr. Nine: Thank you for the story favorite.
A/N: Sorry for such a late update, but I hope you enjoyed the interesting twist to the tale.