Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Life of Erin Tribal ❯ Chapter 26

The Life of Erin Tribal Chapter 26

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A/N: Woohoo! A long chapter! Probably because I just couldn't stop writing long enough to find a good stopping point for this one!

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As they traveled to Zozo, they still ran into the usual battles, and they defeated the monsters. They managed to make it to Zozo before the night was over.

"Woah, you were right Locke," Erin commented, realizing that there was no lightning. She sighed as this fact and ran to catch up with them.

The group headed into the inn after they heard some of the town folk mumbling something about a broken clock that needs the time set to get a certain time. They also mentioned something like how the hour isn't 2, 12, 10, 4, or 8. They also said something about how the seconds can't be divided by 20.

"I'm going to try and figure out this clock!" Edgar exclaimed, and started to work on it.

About ten minutes later, there was a click, and they all watched as part of the wall slid away to reveal a treasure chest.

"Edgar, you figured it out, you get it," Locke stated, pointing to the chest.

"Very well then," Edgar said, and went to open it.

He picked up the item and smiled. "Hey, this is exactly what I wanted! A chain saw!"

"Well, let's go find Terra!" Erin exclaimed, heading out to leave the room.

They all followed Erin out, and found that she had stopped in front of a very tall building.

"This is probably the most obvious place for her to be. Shall we head in to find her?" Erin asked the group.

"Let's do it!" Celes exclaimed, and they headed in.

The group started to run into monsters, but they were dispatched of quickly. After awhile, they had climbed at least two floors of the building but...

"It's a dead end," Sabin said.

"Is there any other way to get up?" Locke asked, looking around.

Erin looked around and saw a crane next toe the building.

"What about the crane thing? We could use it to jump over to the next building to get up," Erin suggested.

"Good idea, let's go," Cyan said.

The group went over one-by-one, with Erin being carried over so that she didn't fall. When they made it over to the next building, they continued upwards, eventually reaching a dead end. They did the same thing as before, and continued upward that way, finally reaching the top after an hour of climbing.

"Uh guys, something is blocking our way," Erin stated, pointing towards a huge human like monster in their way.

"Well, we'll just have to defeat it, won't we?" Locke said sarcastically, drawing out his daggers.

So, the fight began. Edgar was the first to attack, using his newly acquired Chain Saw. Erin and Celes attacked second, followed up by Cyan, and then finally Sabin. The fight lasted for at least 30 minutes before Sabin finally delivered the final blow.

"Come on! I'm sure that guy was guarding Terra!" Erin said, running into the room.

Everyone ran in after Erin and found that she was right. Terra was here.

"Terra!" Erin yelled.

"Excuse me miss?" said a man.

Celes finally caught up with Erin and stopped her. "Excuse me, who are you?" Celes asked.

"My name is Ramuh. This young lady here, Terra you say? She is very weak. Terra here as an Esper. I also have some Magicites that you might helpful for your adventure," Ramuh explained, walking over to the group, and handing some magicites to them.

"Ramuh, Kirin, Siren, and Stray..." Celes commented.

"Correct. Now, could you please leave? Terra needs to rest," Ramuh said, escorting them out of the room.

Erin looked back as he closed the door and sighed. `At least she's safe for now.'

"So now what?" Locke asked.

"Let's head back to Jidoor," Celes replied and started down the path they had taken just a bit earlier.

They all sighed, knowing it was going to be a long trip back, and it had to be almost seven at night by now. The group took the half hour trip back down, and was out of the town in another ten minutes. They next took the eight hour long trip back to Jidoor, which they knew they would half to speed up if they wanted to make it back before more monsters came out on a nightly hunt.

By about ten that night, they had somehow made it back to Jidoor. The group, too tired to do anything else, headed into the inn and checked into the room they had had the night before.

The night, Erin tried to block out whatever was causing the nightmares she had been having. But instead, she ended up having one again.

This time, she was sitting in a tube, and she was about 2-years-old. She also had her necklace around her neck. That was the only way she knew it was her.

She saw someone come into the room and walk over to where she was sitting.

"I heard Garland renamed you poor thing. I don't even want to say what they are. Can you say my name?" the man asked. He looked a lot like Kuja, only younger.

The younger Erin shook her head as if she couldn't talk.

"Say Ku-ja young one," Kuja said, finally revealing himself.

"Say!" Erin exclaimed.

"Why are you learning so much slower than Relm and Harry, who I've already taken from here? Why oh why? What did Garland do to you?" Kuja asked himself, not realizing that Erin was listening.

"Why!" Erin exclaimed.

"No worries, I've got it all planned out. I will take you from here tonight," Kuja stated, walking away from Erin.

The young girl started to cry and he ran back.

"What's wrong, Erin?" he asked, getting worried.

"I...I...I'm...s...s...scared," the girl managed to say.

"I promise, I will come back Erin. I promise," he said, walking away from the girl again.

She stopped crying and watched him go. Suddenly she felt shaking and snapped awake.

"Erin? Erin? What's wrong girl? What happened?" Locke asked, seeing that she was finally awake.

Everyone was looking at her worried.

"Nothing! It's nothing! I promise. Just a bad dream, that's all," Erin practically yelled.

She walked into the bathroom and shut the door. As she did so, she felt eyes following her. When the door shut, she was glad to get away. If only it was for a little bit of time.

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A/N: What'd I say? It's longer than previous ones! Anyways, no babbling this time, straight to the point...:

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