Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Life of Erin Tribal ❯ Chapter 38

The Life of Erin Tribal Chapter 38

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A/N: One review!

Andromeda Highwind: To answer your question: My Relm is different from their, especially in the fact that she's four years younger than their Relm. But I have kept several of the same aspects in her, such as her drawings coming to life.

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Disclaimer: Square owns all things FF. I own original ideas.

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About 3 weeks later, Erin was lying in her bed back at Alexandria. Erin slowly opened her eyes for the first time in 3 weeks.

The first thing she saw was Doctor Tot hovering above her. The first thing she felt now that she was awake, was immediate pain.

"The princess is awake! Beatrix, go inform her majesty that Princess Shiva has awoken!" announced Doctor Tot.

`Shiva? I haven't been called that for a long time. How long have I been asleep?' thoughts started to flood into her. The next thing she thought of was… `Relm! Where is she! And Harry! Are they safe? Why do I feel so weak right now? Why…'

Before she could finish the thought, the Queen came rushing in.

"Shiva, your awake! At last!" Brahne stated.

"M-mother?" Erin stuttered, suddenly realizing the dryness of her throat.

Garnet rushed in, wondering what all the commotion was about. She looked at the bed that Erin as laying on a gasped silently to herself.

"E…Shiva! I've been so worried about you!" exclaimed Garnet.

"Water…" Erin said.

"Get her some water now! Oh Shiva, what happened to you?" Garnet stated, rushing to Erin's side.

Beatrix soon came in with a glass of water, and Erin drank it thankfully. She breathed deeply as she felt the dryness in her throat disappear.

"I… I… I want to speak with Garnet alone," Erin stated, trying to find the right words.

"Could you please leave us alone?" Garnet asked.

Everyone else in the room nodded and left. Garnet looked back at her sister, and sighed as if a heavy burden had just been lifted from her.

"I missed you so much. Erin, what happened?" Garnet asked.

Erin felt a slight twinge of pain in her left arm. "I don't know. It's all a blur. I just remember falling… And then… it felt as if my body was being transported somewhere… I found myself here as suddenly as I had found myself falling, and then I had impact with the ground. After that… Everything is a blur."

"You hit your head. We found you lying on the ground near the back of the castle. Sorry, but while you where out, I snuck your bag out of here and read what has happened to you up til just three weeks ago," Garnet explained.

"The last thing I remember is that I was falling, and then suddenly hit the ground, and I'm guessing it was here, like I said before."

"Yes, we saw you hit the ground, and we all rushed out to find you unconscious. You have several broken bones that still need to heal."

"I figured as much. Was there anyone with me?" Erin asked, mind wandering to Relm and Harry.

"You were alone. I've been here by your side for the past three weeks. I've also been putting your progress in the journal, if you want to read it."

Erin sat up and leaned against the back of her bed and held out her hand for her journal.

"I see you made a lot of friends in the month you were gone," Garnet commented.

"Yeah I did," Erin said, fingers wrapping around her journal.

She brought it in front of her, and opened it, flipping it back to the entry she made right before heading to the floating continent.

`February 17, 1995

This is your sister, Garnet. I don't know when you'll wake up, none of us do. We found out outside Alexandria, and Beatrix brought you in. Mother seemed really upset that you were back, and so did that man that's been hanging out around here.

Garnet til Alexandros 17th'

"Hey Erin, what happened to your neck?" Garnet asked.

"I don't think you even want to know," Erin replied, turning to the next entry.

`March 1, 1995

I haven't been able to write for the past days because Mother's been keeping an annoyingly close watch on me. She finally left, giving me another chance to write. You haven't made much progress, except that your bones are slowly starting to sleep.

We've unhooked your tail to let it heal, as we noticed it was slightly broken.

Garnet'

Erin finally noticed that her tail was, in fact, free of her holder. She noticed the holder she'd been using setting on her bedside table.

During the following months, not much happened. Erin was bedridden for all those months. The next January, her seventh birthday was nearing, which meant trouble for the young girl.

"Erin! Come on! You're going to be late!" Garnet complained through the door.

"I'm coming!" Erin called back as she took one last look in the mirror.

By now, her hair had grown almost down to her waist. She brought the brush through her long, blonde hairs one last time, and finally walked out. Erin was wearing a tank top blue dress that reached down to the ground. Her hair was straight this time, now too long for one of her favorite styles.

"We're to go to the dining room. All the nobles in Alexandria are here," Garnet explained, as they exited their room.

`Oh great,' Erin thought.

"Do they know about what happened last February?" Erin asked.

"I hope not. If they do, we'll have a problem I think. Can I tell you something I heard the other day?" Garnet asked.

"What?" Erin asked, leaning against the wall, brushing back a few stray strands of hair.

"I heard that they are going to find a way to make you go away again," Garnet started crying.

Erin felt tears welling up in her eyes, but pushed them away. "I might be able to figure out that transportation spell that happened to me and get back there before that. Did you hear where?"

"To some military academy."

"Yeah, I'll definitely try to figure out that spell."

The two girls finally walked into the dining hall and took their seats next to their mother. Erin saw Kuja out of the corner of her eye, leaning against a wall.

The two girls didn't talk much during the whole dinner, and asked to be excused when they were done. They headed back to their room, and Erin changed back into her regular clothes.

"Are you going to try the spell?" Garnet asked as she watched Erin gather the stuff that had been in her bag previously. Finally, she attached it to her belt. The only thing different about her outfit this time was that she was wearing knee-long skirt instead.

"Yeah I am."

Erin went over to her bed, sat down, closed her eyes and started to focus on the spell. She imagined herself being wherever her mom was. She opened her eyes again when she felt the spell starting.

"Goodbye," were the last words she said to her sister before she was completely transported away.

The next thing she knew, she was sitting outside of a small shack, lying on the ground. When she felt the effects of the spell wear off, she got up and walked into the shack.

Lying on a bed there was Celes, and next to her, that man in a yellow raincoat she had seen so many days before.

"Hello?" Erin asked.

The man looked up and gasped in surprise.

"I've seen you before..." Erin stated, "What's your name?"

"My name is Cid. I used to work for the empire, but lately, I've been taking care of Celes here. The day the world changed, I found her on the beach, nearly dead."

`Sounds like me.'

The now seven-year-old walked over to Celes side and placed her hand on Celes' forehead.

"Cura," she whispered the words of a spell she'd been practicing during the past year.

Celes' eyes slowly opened, just as there was a cough in the background.

"Mom!" Erin whispered loud enough for Celes to hear.

Celes looked over at Erin and a smiled appeared on her face.

"How... how long have I been out? You've grown so much since I remember seeing you last," Celes whispered.

"A little under a year. Today's the twenty-seventh of January. It's my seventh birthday today."

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A/N: Yay! She's made the trip back. Now, next chapter is hopefully going to be the trying to help cure Cid, and then a little surprise from Celes! (If you've played FF6, then you'll know what the surprise is!)

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