Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Life of Erin Tribal ❯ Chapter 42

The Life of Erin Tribal Chapter 42

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A/N: This chapter isn't as long, but it's VERY vital for this story!

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Disclaimer: You know the drill!

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This night, she was sitting in front of Garland and he was yelling something at her. But for some reason, she couldn't hear him. Instead, all she could hear were these voices in her head.

`Harry can't stay with us, Zidane! We have to find someone to take care of him until he's older!' yelled a male voice.

`But, you can't just leave him! He has a tail just like mine! If you take him somewhere, they may hurt him!' yelled what was apparently the voice of Zidane.

"Angelrin! Pay attention!" Garland shouted at her, which Erin was able to hear.

When Garland started up again, she couldn't hear him once again.

`Clyde, please come back and take care of your daughter. She may be different because of her tail, but it doesn't matter. She is still your daughter!' yelled a voice that sounded like Strago's.

She heard a crying which was probably this child.

`Oh Relm dearest, don't cry," Strago cooed to the child.

"Erin!" came a voice from the doorway.

"Get out of here, Kuja!" Garland shouted.

"Not without Erin!" Kuja challenged.

"I said OUT!" Garland roared, holding a hand out at Kuja and aiming some magic at him.

Erin cried out for the man. But, the door slammed closed again, and Garland once again started shouting at her.

"Now I have to use the spell that will take away whatever he's taught you!" she heard him say.

The following words she couldn't hear as some more voices rang through her head.

`Who the hell are you?' came a voice that sounded like Setzer.

`That's not important. I want you to take care of this child, and when he's almost six years old, tell him that he needs to visit a town called Lindblum in the world of Gaia,' explained the older voice she'd heard before.

"Pay attention girl!" Garland shouted at her

Erin saw him start to fade away and she wondered what was happening. She soon found out when a different picture showed in front of her.

"Grandpa!" cried a four-year-old voice.

"Coming Relm!" Strago replied, heading up the stairs, leaving the door open behind him.

Erin followed him up and saw a four-year-old Relm lying in a bed with a bag of ice on her head.

"How are you feeling, dear?" Strago asked calmly.

"Sick!" Relm replied. "What's today, gwandpa?"

"The tenth of December, Relm."

`December tenth? If she's four, than this can't be!" Erin thought as the picture faded away again.

"Mother, is Erin going to be alright?" what sounded like Garnet asked.

Erin looked around from her position and saw a scene she knew all too well before her.

"Of course, dear."

`Mother!'

"Garnet... what's today?" asked a tired voice of a younger Erin.

"It's the tenth of December, 1994," her sister replied.

The older Erin finally looked at the younger version of herself and gasped. She realized she looked almost exactly like the younger Relm had. She was very pale, and had a bag of ice on her forehead to cool her temperature.

Once again, the picture faded and then showed a scene in a house.

"Setzer!" cried a young male voice.

"I'm coming Harry!" Setzer replied.

Setzer headed up some stairs, leaving the door open behind him just as Strago had.

"How are you feeling, Harry?" Setzer asked the boy.

A four-year-old boy laid on a bed, very pale, a tail off the side, and an ice pack on his head.

"Sick!" Harry replied just as Relm had.

Setzer sighed. "You've been sick for ten days now! It's already December tenth!"

"Am I going to die?" Harry asked.

"Of course not, my boy! You are going to make a full recovery and make a lot more friends than me in your life! You are also going to live a full life!" Setzer exclaimed.

`That's almost what happened with me!' Erin thought as there were footsteps on stairs.

"Setzer? How's the boy doing?" asked a female voice, who walked into the room.

Everyone turned to look at the doorway, including Erin, whom nobody could see.

"Daryl, dear! He's not doing so well..." Setzer replied.

`So, this is Daryl?' Erin thought as she examined the woman.

Daryl had long flowing blonde hair, and what had to be woman's gambler clothes.

"How long has it been now?" she asked, walking past Erin and Setzer and going over to Harry's side.

"It's been ten days..." Harry replied, sounding very tired.

The picture once again faded away and Erin once again found herself in Relm's room in Thamasa.

"Strago, how long has it been?" asked a man.

"It's been twenty days now. She's been like this the whole time. Is she going to be okay?" Strago panicked.

"Relm will be fine," the man replied. "It's very strange that she's been like this all this time."

`That's exactly what the doctor said to me!' Erin thought as the man walked out. `I was sick for several months.'

Relm coughed very hard and Strago ran to her side. Erin finally examined her. She was still pale, if not more pale, and also had a tail.

`Don't tell me that this actually is Relm!' Erin thought as she walked over to Relm's side.

She bent down and examined the tail as Relm started to cough again. There was no mistaking it, this tail looked exactly like Erin's.

Again, the picture faded away and she was back in her room at Alexandria, still sick.

"Doctor Tot, will she be okay?" a very worried Garnet asked.

"I don't know, princess. She's been in the same state for twenty says now," Doctor Tot replied.

Garnet started crying, and as Erin knew, it wasn't the first time that day.

The picture faded, only to be replaced by the events of January fourteenth, 1994. Erin was walking very wearily, and as the sisters made their way to their parent's room, they heard crying. Both of them started out in a run, and ran into the room.

"Father!" the two cried.

Lying dead on a bed was the king of Alexandria. Both Erin and Garnet started crying, and the seven-year-old Erin also cried at the memory. But, she didn't remember after she started crying.

She watched as Erin's eyes grew wide and she started to cough violently, and then the young, soon-to-be five-year-old girl fainted.

"Erin! Oh no!" Garnet cried, not caring now about saying Erin.

Beatrix ran in and stopped abruptly when she saw Erin fainted. The female knight picked up the young princess and carried her to her room. The older Erin followed the knight and watched as she placed the young girl on the bed. Garnet ran in after the knight.

"Don't tell me it's the..." Garnet started, on the verge of tears.

"The sickness has taken over her body again. I'm so sorry, princess," Beatrix bowed, not leaving Erin's side.

Garnet walked over to the young girl's side, and sat down in the chair that was there. She broke out in fresh tears, but the queen never came in.

`She's probably with Kuja,' Erin thought as she walked over to watch the memories she didn't remember play out in front of her.

Erin woke up abruptly and found the adults gathered around her. She ran her hand across her face and found real tears there.

"Oh Erin, you are okay!" Celes cried, hugging the young girl.

Everyone else exhaled as if they had been holding their breath for a long time.

"Was it the dream you had?" Setzer asked.

Erin nodded slowly, breaking out of the hug with her mom and running her fingers through her hair.

"Setzer, can I ask you something?" Erin said.

"What is it?" Setzer asked, sitting down next to the girl when she flopped her legs over the edge.

"I was wondering... did Harry get sick on December first, 1993?" Erin asked.

Setzer gasped and stared at her.

"Actually, yes he did. Daryl and myself were very worried. When he got up and was able to go round easily on January fourteenth, we thought he was okay... But then he..." Setzer started.

"He fainted that night, right?" Erin asked.

Setzer nodded. "Yes. When a doctor came in the next day, he said that Harry was in a coma. He didn't wake up from it until the following June. Why are you wondering?"

"Because, in the dream I had... At first, it started out with me being in front of Garland and he was yelling at me, only I couldn't hear him. But then, I started to hear some voices in my head. They were talking about Harry, and one of the guys... I think the other name called him Zidane... said that they couldn't get rid of him. After that, I heard Garland say two sentences, and then I couldn't hear him again... I heard these voices with Strago and Relm, Strago saying something about a guy leaving Relm there," Erin explained.

Everyone else sat down in the same spots they had the night before to listen to Erin's story.

"After that, heard some more voices, and it was between Setzer and that man..." Erin started.

"Yeah, if I'm thinking of the day you are talking about, it was when Harry was first brought to me. It was by this man called Baku. He told me to have Harry go to a town called Lindblum in Gaia when he was almost six," Setzer interrupted.

"Right. After that, I heard Garland tell me to pay attention, and then he faded away. I actually started to see the scenes I was hearing. The first one was between Relm and Strago. She was really sick, and it was December tenth, 1993. Next, I saw one of my own memories about when I was sick that very day. Then, it was with Setzer and Harry again, and it was on the same day, December tenth."

"Yes, Harry called and I went to go check on him. He'd already been sick for ten days. Daryl walked in, and we started talking."

"I didn't see the whole thing, and the next scene was on December twentieth. It was with Relm and Strago, and there was a doctor there this time. Strago asked if she was going to be okay, and he said yes, she would be. Relm was very pale."

"On that day, Harry also seemed to get paler."

Erin nodded, realizing that he probably would. Everyone else was staring at the two.

"Anything after, Erin?" Celes asked.

"Yes, actually. The next scene was the last one. It was on January fourteenth. Me and my sister were heading to my parents room cause we were told to go there right away. When we got in there, we found my mother sobbing, and my father was dead. Both my sister and me started crying. After that, my actual memory of the events was fuzzy until this. I fainted, and Beatrix came in. She saw me, and immediately took me back to my room. When Garnet walked in, Beatrix told her that the sickness has taken over me again. The next thing I actually remember was waking up several months later. My sister told me it was already June," Erin explained, starting to cry again.

Celes hugged her daughter, and Erin hugged her back. No one had ever listened to her before this. Celes whispered comforting words into Erin's ear as the young girl cried. Everyone else watched grimly.

"Yes, Harry also didn't wake until June. By then, we had just barely started work on the Blackjack and Falcon. He was still very weak for a month or so, and his full recovery was in July or August."

Erin just continued to cry as they heard a door open.

"Here comes Harry now," Setzer said in a whisper so that Harry couldn't hear.

Harry walked down and looked at the scene there.

"What'd I miss? I heard voices, and it woke me up," Harry said.

Setzer looked at him and frowned. Apparently, Harry had been crying as well, but he was trying not to show it. Erin broke from her hug, wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at the boy grimly.

"Erin, don't tell him," Celes whispered.

Erin just nodded and watched as Harry walked over to them, his eyes a bit red from crying. She figured hers were as well.

"Hey," she said.

"Hi."

"Something wrong?" Edgar asked.

"Yeah."

"Want to talk about it?" Setzer suggested.

"Yes. Erin could you..." Harry started.

"No, I'm not leaving, if that's what you wanted to know. I can handle it," Erin interrupted.

"Fine, fine. Could you at least scoot over or move onto the floor or something?" Harry asked impatiently.

"Why can't you!" Erin argued.

"Because I asked you to!" Harry argued back.

"And who says I listen to you!" Erin practically shouted.

"Kids, KIDS!" Celes finally said. "Erin, please let Harry sit and please sit on the floor or something."

"But..." Erin started. "I'm wearing a skirt and he has pants on!"

"Please do it, Erin," Celes pleaded.

Erin mouthed fine, got up, and walked over to where Edgar and Sabin were sitting. She sat down next to Sabin after they scooted over.

"I just had a strange dream..." Harry started, apparently thinking. "It was from when I was really sick. Do you remember those days, Setzer?"

Setzer nodded his head.

"Well, I saw it from a different point of view. But for some reason, it seemed as if someone else was there besides me. Anyways, I also saw a few other memories that I can't exactly remember."

`I think I'll tell him who's memories he saw other than his own,' Erin thought.

"Harry, can I tell you something?" Erin asked, calming down.

"What?" Harry asked, everyone looking at her.

"I think I know whos memories you saw. Do you remember any names mentioned?" Erin asked.

Harry nodded. "Yeah, they were `Relm' and `Shiva'."

"Well, this is strange. I think we saw the same memories last night, because there were two other memories in my dream last night other than mine. They were from `Relm' and `Harry'," Erin explained, knowing Setzer knew what she was going to say next.

She looked at him and he nodded. She nodded back, and then looked back at Harry.

"Setzer told me when I told everyone about it that he remembers the days when you were sick. One more thing Harry... did you hear any voices?" Erin asked, which got a nod in reply. "What were they?"

"They were from Relm and myself. The first one was when Baku and my brother, Zidane, were saying things about having to get rid of me for a while. The second one, Strago was talking to himself, and then said something to Relm when she started crying. The final time was when Baku took me to Setzer and this world."

"I heard the same voices," Erin smiled, realized that Harry might actually be her brother. And if he were, that would mean this Zidane was her brother as well. "Is Zidane your real brother?"

Harry nodded, finally smiling.

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