Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Life of Erin Tribal ❯ Chapter 54 ( Chapter 54 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

The Life of Erin Tribal Chapter 54

A/N: Let the end of the game begin..... Dun dun dun!

Disclaimer: Square owns FF characters, original ones are mine.

Erin stared up at the ceiling of the airship. Her mind kept reminding her what they were doing that day. The feat thought to be impossible was going to take place that day. Someone was going to go take on Kefka.

Everyone was up already, and the drone of the engine could be heard as Setzer slowly guided the ship to their destination. They had yet to pick the groups that would head into the tower, but Erin already knew she'd be main healer for one of them.

Another thought that kept running through her mind was the fact of what would happen after they defeated Kefka. What would happen to her? Where would she go? Would she stay here, with her friends, or go back home to her sister?

Also, what about the past? After they killed Kefka, what was supposed to happen. Was she just supposed to forget all the friends she had made?

So many questions went through her mind. Finally realizing that was enough, she went to go see where they were.

"Hey Setzer," she said as she got up on deck. "Any idea how much longer?"

"Not much longer now." Erin sighed when he said that.

"Any idea on the groups?" Erin asked him, walking over to the railing.

"Celes and Terra are going to be the leader of two of them, and they were talking about making me leader of the other one."

"Oh..." Erin whispered. "If you had the chance... Who would you pick for your group?"

"If I am one of the leaders you mean?" Setzer asked, looking over at the girl. She nodded. "Well, I'd defiantly bring along Harry... Relm too, she's a pretty good black mage. Mog as well, he can be pretty useful."

'No kidding...' Erin sighed to herself. "Anyone else?"

"Probably you for a healer."

"Oh..." she said again. "Hey, I can see the tower. It's almost time..."

"The others should be up here soon then," Setzer commented as the tower grew closer and closer. A few minutes later, the others were soon up on deck and organizing parties. As expected, Setzer became the third party leader.

"Hey, what's wrong Celes?" Setzer asked, looking over at her.

"I'm not too sure but..." Celes started.

"The Espers... and magic... will surely disappear from this world once the statues are defeated," Strago pointed out.

"So... What will happen to Terra?" Celes asked, looking at the half-Esper.

"It's hard to say," Edgar said. "However, we should go do what needs to be done, which means forming these parties."

"Right," Celes said. "Setzer, go ahead. You've got the first party."

"Yeah, right. Well, Harry for one," Setzer said, and the young boy went over to where Setzer was. "Also Relm." Relm soon joined the two. "Mog." The moogle went over to the first groups spot. "And finally Erin." Erin sighed, going and joining the group. "Celes, go ahead," Setzer concluded, passing over the picking spot to Celes.

"Let's see," Celes said, frowning. "I choose... Edgar." The king went over to where Celes was standing. "Locke." The treasure hunter joined Edgar and Celes. "Gogo, as long as he uses a Mimic of Sabin's Blitz."

"Alright," Gogo nodded, and went to join Celes.

"Finally, Gau," Celes finished, the wild boy going over to the party. Everyone waited for Terra to make the final picks, everyone knowing that at least one person would be left behind to watch the airship.

"Alright well..." Terra frowned, not really knowing who to pick. "Guess I'll take Sabin, Cyan, Shadow and ummm..." She frowned, looking at who was left. "Umaro." The yeti seemed surprised that they were finally bringing him along for an adventure, not to mention the most important one yet.

"Strago, I'm trusting you to take care of my baby," Setzer said to the old man. He agreed, and everyone got ready to enter the tower. Setzer provided ropes down to where they would start out and everyone climbed down.

Quick A/N: Okay, It's been awhile since I did this tower, a long while, so please don't mind if my directions seem a little off!

Erin looked up at the path ahead of her and frowned. 'This will be fun, really fun,' she thought to herself. The group set off without saying a word, following the path, trying to take as few side paths as possible. They got to a room that had a metal floor, and a broken path.

"Dead end?" Erin asked, looking at the broken path.

"Wait, there's a switch over there but how do get to it...?" Setzer asked, pointing over beside them. Erin looked over at some stairs and saw a shadow descending them.

"Who...?" she started and then saw Locke appear there. "Hey Locke, you guys find anything yet?"

"Not yet, you guys find anything?"

"Nope, just could you hit that switch?" Setzer asked him. "We're stuck over here."

"Yeah, good luck guys," Locke told them, stepping on the switching, letting the party through. "I've got to get back to the others, they told me to see what was down here."

After the group had passed through, Locke got off the switch and went back to where everyone was waiting for him apparently. They continued on their way, attempting not to get lost in the maze. They passed through a room that looked like it was from Vector, as it had broken Magicite containers.

Eventually, they came across a room where they saw three different switches. Erin looked over the edge, and then looked back at the others. "Looks like we need the others here first. Guess they were held up a little bit."

"Yeah," Harry agreed. "We're getting closer to Kefka, I just know it." About ten minutes later, Terra's group showed up.

"Hey there guys," Setzer told them. "Find anything?"

"Yeah," Sabin said. "Found a Magicite awhile ago. Celes and them here yet?"

"Not yet," Erin sighed. "You guys have to fight anything."

"Had to fight a dragon, along with a monster that looked like something we fought a year ago. You guys?"

"Nothing yet, kupo," Mog told them.

"Hey!" Relm piped up finally. "The others are here!" The second group ran up to the end of the path. "Now what?"

"I think these switches on both sides opens up the path down there, along with the path up here. Someone step on the switch and we'll go in and find some way to open up the path for you guys to continue on," Setzer explained, pointing out the switches on both sides. The door opened up in front of them and they continued exploring. Mog stepped on a switch on the ground and a path opened up for them on their left.

Everyone but Mog continued on, and Setzer went out the door there. He had apparently pushed something off the ledge there as something hit the ground outside. Setzer rejoined them and Celes' party did as well. They spotted another switch on that side of the path.

"Alright, we'll cram in the middle here, and you guys get on that switch over there. We should be able to get the path open for the other guys if we do this right," Setzer explained.

They all did that, and the other path opened up for them. The first group went over to the other side, the path to the left closing up as Mog got off the switch. Setzer went ahead and went out the door again, once again pushing something off of the ledge. Soon enough, the third group was in that room as well. A member of their group went ahead and stepped on the switch on that side, opening up a path in the middle.

Setzer led their group out to the ledge and into another room. There was a wall dividing them from whatever was next to them, but they could hear some fighting over there. Looking around at each other, they shrugged, decided to continue on with their path. In the next room, up ahead of them was one of the statues.

"It's the only way we'll be able to continue on..." Erin realized. "Defeat the statue." They all agreed and approached the statue of Goddess. They fought her, Erin deciding to help on hurting her with some of her more offensive spells. After several uses of Ultima, and fighting from Harry, Setzer, and Mog, she fell after explaining one thing to them.

"The Statues may be defeated, but Magic won't be erased from this world," Goddess told them.

"What?" Relm asked the statue.

"Kefka drained the statues powers, the source of Magic. He must be defeated to erase the Magic and bring peace to this world at once," Goddess explained before finally going on.

"What is Kefka doing with that Magic he drained?" Harry asked.

"He's planning to destroy this world once and for all," Erin answered the boy. The first group continued on towards their final stop, a dead end room with a single switch. Relm decided to step on it this time, and then around twenty minutes later, they heard something shaking beneath them. It opened up beneath them, finding a medium-sized room and everyone together again.

"Welcome, friends," a voice cackled from above them.

"Kefka," Celes whispered.

A/N: Cliffhanger! Yes, I'm so evil. I actually put one more line than I was going to, which is what Celes whispered at the end there. I have a feeling the only way I'm going to get Chapter 55 done is if I go back and replay the game. I've got some of the script for this part, but not everything I need for the characters I decided to bring with me.

Anyways, please review, and probably expect another chapter once I refinish this game if I can find my save at the end! Ahem, right, review! Please!