Closed eyes. Left hand clenched into a fist and resting against the armrest of the throne in order to support the face of the sleeping young man. She could but smile, as she rested beside the prince…for all eternity.

There is nothing either good or bad,

but thinking makes it so…

— William Shakespeare

The loud and decisive sound of the piano resonates. A harmonic and at the same time melancholy melody echoed.

And there, he saw her for the first time, sitting close to long bushes filled with all kinds of Lucian roses. Her pale and pure skin, the red tips of her black hair and a red hood that will always follow the girl. All around the girl and the white dog, crimson rose petals flew around her, as if she were a goddess coming down to earth. The black dog suddenly barked, followed up by the white dog which made the girl raise her head to notice Noctis's presence.

Deus dormit

Wiping something off from her face, the girl stared at Noctis. "Who are…you?" She asked, innocence and sadness in her voice. Excluding Ignis, Noctis never saw any kind of children in the Citadel.

The child Prince of Lucis kneels down to the girl, before reaching a hand out to her. "I am Noctis. Who are you?"

"Noctis…" The girl muttered, before observing Noctis's hand, the girl slowly raised her hand before catching Noct's hand. "I am Ruby"

Et liberi ignem faciunt

Indeed this was a meeting set up by fate…or maybe something else.

Numquam extinguunt

"Noctis…"

"Prince Noctis…"

"Noct!"

The young man opened his eyes, and the blue met the rays of the sun. With a yawn, the Prince stretched one arm before his face fell over his fist once again. "What's wrong Iggy?"

Ne expergisci possit

"That's impressive, isn't it?" At the wheel of the Regalia, Ignis stated to the prince who was sitting in the back of the car, said prince glanced at the left only to notice the immense castle that was the Beacon Academy, several bullheads of other academies and atlesian warships were hovering around the campus.

"It's almost as if they were being invaded" Noctis commented before his sleepy and bored gaze returned, followed by a loud yawn.

"Ahah, Glynda!" Jumping out from the Regalia, Prompto raised his arms to prepare a hug to the woman. "How are—" Before he could proceed to hug the woman or continue to speak to her, Glynda stepped beside and let Prompto fall with a groan of pain, her forebrows twitching a lot as she glared at Noctis.

Omnia dividit

"You four are 2 hours and 23 minutes late, Your Highness. I have to remind you this is not Lucis' territory, so do not use your status as a Royal to present yourself at such a late hour" The woman said, crossing her arms and tapping her left index on the left arm before she resumed speaking as Ignis helped Prompto to get up. "Let alone come with your own vehicle instead of a Bullhead like all the common students" Then, she pointed at the left path of the courtyard. "All the students are soon going to meet up with the Headmaster at the Auditorium. You must haste. Now"

Knowing full well what Glynda was capable of doing, the Prince gulped as he started to walk with his friends. "Let's go, guys!"

"Miss Goodwitch" Ignis held his right hand to Glynda, which glanced at the Regalia's keys being held. Nodding, the woman accepted them as Ignis followed his three comrades.

Tragoedia coram

"...Can't believe it's not even the first day and we get scolded out" Noctis groaned as they walked.

"Told you we couldn't act like she was still at the Citadel" Gladio stretched his right arm.

"Your Highness" From behind, Glynda called Noctis who turned his head to her, noticing a small yet warm smile over the woman's face. "Welcome to Beacon"

At first a bit surprised by such a comment, Noctis shaked his head and then smiled, nodding to his future professor. "Thanks" He said before waving with one hand, resuming walking with his three retainers.

Seeing their backs walking away, Glynda couldn't pretend not to notice how the four looked like brothers, and not just simple friends. 'I just hope they don't make another heartbreak like the Brawnen twins…'

Amandum quae

Et nocte perpetua

With the Prince at gunpoint, it didn't take an order from the colonel nor from the mercenary to get the White Fang's grunts to pull the trigger. In just a mere seconds, a stream of countless bullets was fired, and all kinds of dust-related bullets were headed to Noctis, with the latter casually walking towards them, like he was taking a stroll at the beach...or rather, at the docks.

Yet, it didn't matter how many shots were fired, or how many magazines were emptied. Every single bullet fired from the grunts that came close to hitting Noctis seemed to self-destruct suddenly, as if something were between it and the prince. Then, Noctis raised his right hand before flapping it to the right.

In desperatione

Shining through the dark of the night, several blades appeared from nothing as if they were forged from thin air. Crystal-like particles shone around the Prince as he flapped his hand once again like he was ordering the blades to come to life. The weapons hovered around their wielder, starting to rotate around him to act like a shield from the bullets.

Auroram videre potest

Then, in the middle of the rotating weapons, Noctis grabbed the handle of a particular sword before he pulled it out from the circle. The roar of an engine echoed as Noctis drew the Engine Blade from his floating shield of weapons, his once blue eyes now were shining red were locked at his enemies.

Mane tempus expergiscendi.

FINAL FANTASY XV: Journey In Remnant

Volume 1 REMAKE coming soon….

Yup. We're still kicking the bucket boys and girls. Sorry if I broke my promise to release the Remake around February, but unfortunately I had problems irl which kept me from writing the Volume. Now I don't want to stir things up too much or make you all ride a hype train. What you see is a "teaser trailer" which, excluding two scenes, will most likely NOT have these scenes included in this Volume (Key word: This), because I honestly wanted to make it clear that this time Volume 1 will be quite different from what I wrote years ago.

I don't want to reveal how far I've reached nor give a proper ETA for the arrival of the chapter. However, with this teaser, I wanted to announce that from today onwards the release of this story will be a "Volumes" release, so I won't publish anything until I finish the entire Volume. This way, I'm sure I'll be able to work to my fullest without worrying about self-imposed deadlines of sorts regarding what is ultimately a hobby. When the Volume is ready, it's ready. But don't worry. When the Volume is almost ready, I will release a sort of "official trailer" to warn of the imminent arrival of the new chapters, while the "teaser trailer" will just show the "mood" of the Volume. Oh, and about that...

ANNOUNCING REMAKING OF VOLUME 2

Yup, Volume 2 (Or rather, what I've managed to publish about Volume 2 so far) will undergo the same remake treatment so as not to cause continuity problems and more (Versus XIII's outfits for the Paint the Town arc will still be there, don don't worry). I hope you will continue to follow this story, because I am of the opinion that what my partners and I have come up with is something incredible, so stay tuned for this story.

A FANTASY BASED ON REALITY...