Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Life of Erin Tribal ❯ Chapter 39

The Life of Erin Tribal Chapter 39

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A/N: I've decided to try and do a chapter a day. Oh yeah! I forgot a review in the last chapter, so I'm putting it here!

DarkHolyKnight: Once again, thanks!

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"Woah. Cid? Are you okay?" Celes asked, vaguely remembering the mans name.

"Oh yes, of course," he coughed.

"No you aren't! Lay down on the bed please!"

"Fine, fine."

"What can we do to help you?"

"There's fish swimming out at the beach. Catch a fast swimming one, and bring it back to me."

"Okay!"

The two girls left the house and headed for the beach. They saw several fish swimming. Celes apparently spotted a couple of fast ones, as she pointed one out to Erin. Erin ran to catch it. They had two of them in hand.

"So Erin, how'd you get here?" Celes asked, as they carried the fish back to the shack.

"Okay, you know when the Blackjack was breaking apart? Well, somehow I transported myself back home. I was recovering there for the past year. Then just today, my sister told me that they were going to send me somewhere other than here, so after my pathetic dinner party, we went back to our room and I was able to transport myself right outside the shack," Erin explained.

They reentered the shack, and Cid ate the now dead fish raw. He seemed to be a little better, but the two girls went to go grab some more. After feeding him several more fast swimming fish, he wasn't doing to good. They tried to feed him some more, but he just kept on getting worse and worse. Sadly enough, he eventually died.

"I'm...all alone..." Celes mumbled, forgetting all about Erin.

Erin watched as Celes ran out of the shack. Erin looked back at the now dead body of Cid, and noticed a note on the desk.

`To Celes,

There is a raft down in the basement. Take it to find your friends.

Cid'

Erin sighed, hoping that Celes wasn't going to do what was running through her mind. Finally, it hit her. Erin ran out of the shack and started to run to the top of the island and found a small cliff, and on top of it, Celes.

She watched as her very first friend her jumped off the cliff. Erin cried out, and ran back to the shack. She ran on to the beach and started to cry.

There was a sound of a bird singing in the background. Erin looked up to see the mangled body of Celes lying on the beach. She used a Cura spell on her, and Celes regained consciousness. Erin finally noticed two birds sitting there, each oddly enough wearing a very familiar piece of clothing.

Erin untied one of them, and gasped as she really remembered now.

`Relm! This is her painted cap! Does that mean she's still alive?' Erin thought, getting excited as she felt the fabric of the cap in her hand.

Celes untied the clothing off of the other bird, and gasped in shock.

"Mom... that's Locke's bandana!" Erin concluded.

Celes just merely nodded, and the two stood up and looked into the breeze.

"That means they must be alive somewhere!" Celes exclaimed.

It was Erin's turn to nod, and then remembered the note.

"Mom! There's a note from Cid in the shack. He said that there is a raft in the basement that we can use!" Erin remembered.

"Then, let's go find it," Celes said with a new energy in her.

The two walked into the shack. Erin stuffed the cap into her bag, and felt the gift Locke had given her last year. She pulled it out and stared at it.

"Where did you get that?" Celes asked, noticing what Erin was holding.

"Locke... he gave it to me last year."

Celes nodded her head as she found the stairs that lead down to the small basement. As the note said, a raft was sitting there. The two drug the raft to the beach. They got on and pushed off. They let the raft guide them, and they soon found themselves in Albrook.

"Everything's so different now," Erin commented, "Let's ask around."

"Excuse me, what can you tell us about what's been going on?" Celes asked one of the citizens.

"Well, there was a painter who recently sold a painting of Emperor Gestahl to Owzer is Jidoor. There have also been several legendary beasts unleashed. There are also eight dragons somewhere out in the world that are supposed to be guarding this legendary esper," the citizen explained.

"Have there been any unusual people passing through?" Erin asked.

"Yes, now that you mention it, I do remember seeing a man that looked like a bodybuilder head for Tzen."

The two girls thanked the citizen, and headed out of the town.

"Bodybuilder," Erin whispered, "That HAS to be Sabin!"

"Yeah, let's head for Tzen," Celes said.

So, the two girls started out for where they hoped Tzen was. They ran into several monsters, but ran from them. They saw the sun setting in the distance.

Erin yawned. All the traveling had made her tired, but they knew better than to sleep out in the open. Especially now that the world had been changed.

"Let's try to find a town to rest for the night," Celes suggestion, realizing how tired Erin was becoming.

"Fine by me," Erin replied, yawning again.

As if on cue, a town appeared in the distance. The two sped up their pace, and reached the town in no less than 20 minutes.

"Help!" cried a woman.

The two continued the same pace they had used to reach there to get to the woman. Celes looked over at a crumbling building and gasped.

"Sabin!" she exclaimed.

"Celes, I can't move or else this building will collapse. There's still someone inside!" he stated.

"Mom, let's go get the person! Sabin, how long can you hold on?" Erin asked, facing the older man.

"I don't know, but not much longer. Probably about 5 minutes," he replied.

Erin dashed in, totally forgetting her tiredness. Celes ran after her to find that Erin was fighting a monster right in the entranceway.

"Erin, there's no time! We need to find the person! Forget about fighting for now!" Celes shouted to Erin.

Erin sheathed her sword and pushed her way past the monster. Celes ran past it also.

They ran into countless monsters along the way, but ran from all of them. They came to a staircase, and ran down in.

"Any idea how much time we have left from what Sabin said?" Erin asked as they got to the bottom of the stairs.

"I don't know, but I figure about 3 minutes," Celes said.

"I think this is the bottom floor, so the person should be down her. Let's split up, run from any monsters you find!" Erin stated as she headed to the back of the house.

Erin stopped suddenly. She saw a wall in front of her. `Great, now what!' she thought to herself as she looked around for another option. The only option she hadn't taken yet was up a short set of stairs. She took this option and started looking around the elevated floor.

A cry. Erin looked at the direction it came from. Then there was another cry. Erin ran there, hoping that this was what they were looking for.

There sat a small boy about 4 years old. "Hey, I'm here to help you. We need to get out of here," Erin stated as she stopped in front of him, "Here, let me give you a boost."

`This had better not be a mistake. He looks to be about 3 years younger than me, so that also means he's smaller…" Erin thought to herself, her thoughts trailing off as she pulled the boy onto her back.

Erin ran back the way she had just come, and as she got to the stairs leading to the first floor, she stopped.

"Mom! I found him! Let's get out of here!" Erin shouted through the room.

A few seconds later, there came Celes, completely exhausted. The two headed up the stairs, Erin still carrying the boy, and rushed out. As they ran out the door, Sabin moved from where he was standing. They watched the house collapse.

Erin set down the boy. He ran to his mother and she hugged him.

"Thank you so much!" she exclaimed.

"Hey Sabin, we've been looking for you! But let's not talk right now, I'm tired!" Erin stated as she yawned for the first time since entering the town.

They headed towards the local inn and payed the fee for a room. As they headed back, Erin felt sleep overcoming her and fell back right into Celes' arms.

"Sleep. You deserve it," Celes whispered as she picked up the now sleeping Erin.

Celes set Erin down on a bed as soon as they reached their room, being sure to take off her sword.

"So Sabin, what have you been up to since we last met?" Celes asked, turning her attention to him.

"Been looking for all of you guys. I don't know how any of us survived after the Blackjack fell apart. Have you seen anyone else?" Sabin asked after answering Celes' question.

"Well, I was unconscious since that day, and only woke up today. Erin was there, along with Cid. Cid was extremely sick, so I helped take care of him. Our efforts didn't pay off, and he died," Celes replied.

"What about Erin, what did she do while you were taking care of Cid?" Sabin asked, sitting down on one of the beds.

Celes walked over to the one across from Sabin.

"Erin helped me. Sabin, what I am about to tell you is an absolute secret. I'm the only one Erin's ever told out of everyone she's met here. She hasn't even told Terra," Celes stated.

"What's that? Don't worry, I promise not to tell a soul," he replied.

"Erin is actually not from this planet. Plus, she's a princess with a horrible mother. She told me that for the past year or so, she's been at her regular home and recovered there. She has an older sister who is there to support her. She's also told me that she has this slight idea that that is not her actual home. When I woke up, I could tell she was down. You know how close her and Relm were, don't you?" Celes asked, giving Sabin a chance to speak.

"Of course I do. You never saw them apart!" Sabin replied.

"I have a feeling that she misses Relm. Also, I think she might miss Harry. You know, Setzer's partner? The one that was with him when we first met?" Celes asked Sabin.

"Yeah. That's interesting. She told you all this?" Sabin asked, questioningly.

"Well, some of it. Most of this information I have is from my own observations. Ok, so maybe she did tell me a little bit, like the fact that she has an older sister, and what I said she told me. I've actually met her mother, and I hate her. She… she hurt Erin, along with this man," Celes stated, her voice trailing off.

There was a few minutes silence as they just sat there, Sabin going over everything that Celes had just told him.

"Well, I guess we had better get to bed or else we'll never get up!" Sabin stated, the last part more or less a joke.

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