Ms.Croft

As the ship landed, I ran out as fast as I could onto the street. "If that's the last time I fly that thing, I ain't complaining!!" I said looking behind me; waiting for Yuna and Auron. They were taking for what seemed like a millenium to get to where I was. I sighed and turned around, taking in the beauty of the huge city. "Wow...I've never stepped out of home, let alone come to a huge city!!" I muttered looking at the huge blitzball stadium. I ran across the pier and stopped at a moogle costume, "He he, cool!!" It moved suddenly, causing me to jump. I composed myself and then asked if I could have a sphere pic taken of me.

*3 hours earlier* I stared up at the stars, and allowed myself to take in the tranquility that the stars brought with them. I was peaceful, it was nice. "Enjoying yourself?" I turned around to the soft, cool albeit menacing voice. "Allow me to introduce myself," "Seymour Guado!" I said gasping standing up as soon as I could. "I said allow me!" He swept his hand forward and a gush of wind knocked me to the edge of the ship. I struggled to stand up and looked at him. My stick had landed ages away. My face turned to fear. I have to protect Yuna, no matter what the costs!! My face then turned to anger, and I agressively swept my arm towards him. A bolt of lightning hit him squarly in the head but all he did was flinch. "Hm," He started, "That tickled!" With that, he appeared right in front of me. His long, snake like hand grabbed my neck and lifted me upwards. I dangled there but did not show fear in my face...until he hung me over the edge of the roof. I looked below me and all I could see were endless clouds, and bits of sea peering through the gaps. "Pathetic!" Seymour said before he threw me behind him, so that I landed on the roof. "This is what a lightning bolt feels like!!!!" He raised his arms towards the heavens, "Thundara!" A few lightning bolts hit me on the leg, stomach and head. That was when I blacked out. *6am* My eyes awoke to the dawn of a new day. I was alive, but how? I looked to my spell stick, it was glowing. I crawled closer to it and found that the lightning bolt jewel was the source of the glow. "Did this protect me?" I had to tell Yuna about Seymour and this, so I ran towards the elevator, limping as I went.

A very big welcome to Lara Girl, Romy, and Amanda_rules!!! Enjoy your time here!! MsC

I watched whilst everyone went in their separate ways to get to sleep. I wanted to sleep, but I couldn't there was just something nagging me. I walked past everyone else and entered the elevator. I pressed the roof button and the elevator ascended. As the doors opened, I looked into the horizon. The sky was beautifully black, with stars flashing their mysterious light towards me. I smiled and sat in the centre of the platform, as far away from the edges as I could and stared towards the heavens. I could swear I could see a fayth shaped in the stars....are they back?

#1) I play FF on PS1/PS2 #2) Tell us about how you came across FF for the first time. I was 9 I think ad found FF7, I was rubbish at first, but I got loads better eventually! #3) FF7 was the first FF game I played. #4) FF7 was the first FF game I passed. #5) Name your top 3 favorite FF games: Final Fantasy X Final Fantasy VII Final Fantasy VIII #6) Which FF game was your least favorite? Why? Probably FFX-2, but I really enjoyed it, just not as much as the others. I think it was because of Active control, it left little thinking time. #7) FF7 was the easiest for me because I gained my skills with it. #8) FFX-2 was a challenge for me because of Active time battling. #9) How often did you have to use a walkthrough/strategy guide? Only after I finished each game once, then I got one for secrets #10) Were you always doing sidequests in FF games? Yeah! #11) Cloud or Tidus: Cloud!! #12) FFX was the creepiest and often made me jump. (This is because I first played it in a dark room and the first time the glass broke made me jump) #13) Which FF game was the one that you enjoyed playing the most? Why? FFX, because it had such a great storyline and characters! #14) The hardest boss in FF7 was Sephiroth because ..... I'm lying, I loved him! One attack and he died! #15) The hardest boss in FF8 was Rinoa, because Adel kept dying!!! #16) The hardest boss in FF9 was Lich because I had to speed through this game. #17) The hardest boss in FFX was Penance because without auto-ability's you are toast!!! #18) The hardest boss in FFX-2 was Vegnagun because he was the only boss I found challenging!

Thanks a lot Gia, and Tom!!! Interestingly enough though, I've noticed it's gone up to 16+ as an age rating! Me thinks there's gonna be more blood!! MsC

"Luca?!" I said staring at Sir Auron as the Celsius descended just outside the temple. "Why there? I mean, Besaid's cloister was working, right?" My mind trailed off as the cogs in my head began working, "Ah, but you wanna compare, right? With ya Auron!" I placed my thumb up as I ran off towards the celsius. I approached Cid as he stood next to the SphereMap, "Destination Luca Cid, and make it choppy!"

"Yuna!" I said catching her attention. "Just what are you doing!?" I marched up to her, "We're meant to be your guardians, right? Why are you entering the Cloisters by yourself? We don't know what might have changed in the 2 years. Maybe they've made it more dangerous since Sin died since they aren't needed anymore...you know, Artefact type thing. Why would you go there by yourself in the first place?"

I was left at the pier alone with my thoughts. I smiled towards the heavens and let out a sigh; I could finally move on, once and for all. I looked around and spotted Sir Auron, "Well then Sir, I guess we can go and get that second Aeon!!" My face lit up as I ran past him and towards the direction of the forest. I approached the gates. "Hi, Tetsuna, a part of Yuna's pilgr...party!" I decided not to tell the people of Spira about the pilgrimage, I didn't want to strike any fear or worry into their hearts, "May I go through?" The guard laughed at me. "No you cannot go through, everyone says they are part of Yuna's party to get to the Temple.." "But-but I--" "Tell it to Yevon lady!" The guard stood there firmly.

I was surprised by Yuna; she had argued back at me! Although I was shocked, I was also kind of happy. It was nice to see that she had grown in the last 2 years. I watched as she walked on top of the water and performed her dance. My yearning for my father was the largest it had ever been, but I wasn't getting my hopes up. As Yuna performed the dance, pyreflies began to form in front of her. They took the shape of a human and eventually someone appeared. He became solid. The man took Yuna's hand and floated just above the water as he approached me. My eyes began to fill with fluid as his face came into view. "Grandpa?" I said as I stared at my Father's Father. He was as young as he looked when he died, so Yuna could have made an easy mistake. I had only seen his face in pictures, but he was just like my Father, only with a beard. "Yes Tetsuna, it is I. How are you?" I looked at his eyes as best I could. "How do you think I am? I lost my father two years ago, and he won't even come through to talk to me." My Grandfather raised his right arm and placed it under my chin. I couldn't feel his touch, but I knew his presence was there. "He wanted to Tetsuna, he really did," "Don't lie!" I interrupted advancing towards the spirit. "Tetsuna! He tried! He just can't!" I lowered my head to the side as a teardrop fell from my eye. "Why...?" "Because seeing him keeps him alive for you...and he's not." My heart sunk as he said those final words, and my body sunk with it. I collapsed on the floor and cried, finally letting it go one last time. "Good Tetsuna," I hear through my crying, "Let it out, and let it go. Without this holding you back you'll be able to fulfill your mission and fully protect the High Summoner." I looked to my Grandfather and smiled through my tears. He was startled by something and began to glow. "Tetsuna," He said looking at his arms, "It's time for me to go. Remember: Don't grieve your father, remember him and he'll be there." As the pyreflies separated from his body, I stood up and straightened myself out. "Thank you Grandpa, I won't forget you either." He smiled at me, before disappearing one final time.

"That means you...sent my father that day, right?" Yuna nodded in response. I sighed and looked at her dead in the eye, "Bring him back!" Her face was of pure shock. "Bring....him....back..." I was beginning to become angry, I was no longer sad or upset. "Do it now! Don't tell me you can't! You can send them, so you can bring them back..now bring my father back, I want to see my father! You can summon Fayth, so summon him! NOW!" Yuna was making no attempt to move. My hair had become as static as lightning, my eyes like fire, my tears like water, and my heart like a blizzard. The 4 elements were raging inside me. I was angry at Yuna now, she sent my father to that place, she took him away from me, she left me and my mother alone without him. With that I screamed at her, and pushed her towards the water.

I noticed Yuna looking at a spot that looked very...calming. "Wow, that place is.." I looked to Yuna, she again looked sad. "Is that where you sent.." She nodded and said nothing else. I put my arm through hers and we walked towards the spot. We stood just short of the water and I turned to Yuna. "Please...tell me more of this place."

I held one of the railings as tight as I could, I definitely was not going to fall again. The celsius eventually touched down just at the pier of Kilika. I looked over the railing at the beautiful water. "Come on!" I said to Yuna as I removed myself from the edge. "Let's go..."

I frantically grabbed Yuna's arms and struggled to clamber up the glass. They were slipping but I managed to grip on long enough to clamber up the side and onto the deck. I turned to Yuna as we both lay on the floor. "Thanks! Oh no!" I suddenly got up and looked over the edge. My stick had landed in Kilika or the see, I couldn't differentiate because of the strong winds. "My sticks gone....my Mom is gonna be so hurt!!"

I watched as Yuna walked off. Auron had gotten into the elevator early and Yuna was waiting for it to come back up. She asked me whether I was coming with her. "Sure..." My voice trailed off, as I looked to through the clouds. There was Kilika through the clouds, I was going to my Father's death bed. I turned back to Yuna, "Ok, Let's go!" I went to walk towards her, before the Celsius took a sharp turn to land. I ended up tripping over myself, losing my stick over the edge of the celsius, along with my feet. I clambered to stay on. "Help!"

I opened my eyes, and fixed them on something that would sooth me. I noticed Yuna staring at me from the wing of the Celsius. I smiled, and tried to forget about the height. I walked towards Yuna and removed my spell stick from my back. It was attatched to a semi-circular cylinder, which clicked the stick into position. When I looked at Yuna, she appeared to be very subdued, almost sad looking. Oddly, I had a sudden urge to cheer her up. With that thought in mind, I spun the stick around my head creating bits of static from the lightning element. The clouds we were passing through stuck to the stick and collected as I spun it around. Eventually, I had created a candy-floss cloud and presented it to Yuna, smiling.

I woke up and looked out of the window in front of us. It was darker now. How long does it take to get to Kilika by plane? I thought as I tried to avoid the prospect of being hundreds of feet above land. I undid my seat belt and walked towards the elevator. The elevator arrived at my level automaticall and opened. "Odd.." I said, as I entered the elevator. I went to press the cabin button, but ended up moving upwards, past the cabin. I noticed a button lit up, "NO! I don't wanna go towards the deck!" The elevator rose higher and higher. I crouched on the floor and placed my arms over my head, until I heard the ping of the elevator.

Do you mean Sony are stopping the rights on making PS2 games for all companies, or that Sony are going to stop making PS2 games, because they may allow Eidos, Square etc make games for PS2 still? MsC

I hummed and closed my eyes as we flew through the air towards Kilika. I really didn't want to go to Kilika at the time, it was the last place I could have thought of, but we needed to get that aeon. I'd never been to Kilika, and yet I really wanted to go there, to see the place where my father last stood. With those thoughts in my mind, I fell asleep.

I looked down at the village as we began to ascend. My Mom was becoming a blur, I waved to her hysterically, "I love ya Mom!" Then I realised the height at which I was. I quickly spun around screaming towards the port, running with my arms swinging everywhere. I screamed until I reached the pilot room. I composed myself and sat in a chair strapping myself as much as I could. Everyone was giving me odd looks. "He he...just excited..."

"Ok..." Did I want to tell her whether I had a fear of flying. "Right...um...let's go...I guess." I trembled, trying to hide the fear in my voice and eyes. I looked out of the door as I stared at that huge flying contraption in the air. "Ohhhh my God..." I turned to Yuna. "Ok, ready..."

I listened to Auron, but was totally confused. "Seymour...a bad man...it can't be...." I looked over the beach waters towards the direction of Kilika. I shuddered just thinking of Kilika, I never wanted to go there, but I knew we'd have to. "So, I guess we can use the ship," Auron looked at me as if to wonder which ship I was on about. "The one my father owned, being a Healer had it's payoffs," I giggled smiling. "It's called the S.S Kika, named after my Father's last name. I'll go get Yuna!" I said running off in the direction of her house. Yuna had just finished her conversation on a CommSphere. She was watching a sphere. On it, there was her and a blonde boy on the balcony at Luca. They were both laughing hysterically, it switched to Yuna performing a dance....a dance at Kilika. In the images, I could see various caskets and spirits floating around her body. One of them was my father's. I refrained myself from crying, and knocked on her door. "Hey Yuna, we have a ship ready to take us to Kilika. Whenever your ready, just say!"

Yuna lifted me up with her hand, and then went to aid some children. "Did she just say I could come with her on the pilgrimage again?" I stood there dumbfounded for a while. Eventually, a tiny smile began to find its way to my lips. I brought my arm down and leapt into the air, thrusting my arm towards the sky, "Yippee!!" I ran up to Yuna; she had just finished with the children. "Hey! I'm really excited about joining you...but I have a few questions. Will it really be neccesary to summon the final aeon to beat Seymour, I mean he's not Sin, we don't really need it..how strong can the Maester be?"

Valefor brought its wings back, and swung them at me. The wind blast knocked me to my feet. With the extra added time, Valefor performed the attack again, and again, and again. I flew through the air on the final attack and lost my stick in the process. It hit the ground the same time as me, I was beaten, and I wasn't going to be joining Yuna. I lay on the floor staring at my stick just out of reach of my hands. "No..." Was all I managed to say as I closed my eyes, relaxing, and composing my strength. "..Good job Yuna, it's nice to see that you're still as good as you used to be..." I muttered, unsure as to whether she could hear me.

I screamed as the attack hit me, luckily, I had cast protect on myself before the battle had started. I was major weak after that attack hit, and protect had lost its effects. I kneeled down but kept on fighting. I was not going to lose this. I stood myself up and smacked my stick on the floor. The jewels glowed in the light, and as they did, I spun the stick around and the jewels immited light. The lights combined. I stopped my stick again and watched the lights combine into one big piece of energy. "Elements!" I screamed as the combined force of 4 elements careened at Valefor. I collapsed to the floor again, staring at Yuna. "Like my new attack?" I said smiling at her.