7Hello there everyone. I decided since that I hardly update that I'm just going to be uploading whatever new story idea comes to mind. So now I've got a Final Fantasy 13 story and I hope you guys enjoy it. This is going to be an OC character insert story. Read this while listening to either Lightning's Theme, Serah's Theme, or the opening music on the starting screen for FF 13-2. This is not a one shot. I wrote up the last chapter to get your attention.
When prayers turns to promise, not even fate can stand in their way.
We held the light of hope in our hearts, and avhieved the impossible.
Now we live on, to greet a new dawn.
...I think I'm crying right now. A girl lifted her hand and touched it to her cheek, frowning at the damp trail of tears softly flowing down her face. I am crying...how strange. She balled her hand into a fist and rubbed the tears out of her eyes only for more to come pouring out as emotions pounded into her, she stared at the crystal pillar that now holds up Cocoon. Fang...Vanille...I'm so sorry I couldn't get you guys out. The warm sunlight and the slight breeze did nothing but increase her pain. It should've been me. Not the both of you. Her knees buckled and she fell to the ground with a soft thud as she began to sob quietly.
"By the Goddess Etro, I'll make things right...now matter how long it takes. I'll make it righ-" Her sentence choked off as something burned on her abdomen. No. The girl scrambled to her knees and frantically pressed her hand to her abdomen just to rip her hand away in horror as she felt the familiar mark flare with unbareable heat. No, please no. With shaking hands she began to unzip her jacket as lines of heat and freezing cold started to snake its way around her body. Her hands were an uncontrollable mass of nerves as she finally pulled the clothe away from her body. No...NO! H-how- this can't be happening! It was supposod to disappear like the others. Light blue crystal was slowly making its way up her neck. She knew it was unavoidable.
"Gwen?" She bowed her head as she accepted her fate and turned her head to see the face of the one and only Lightning Farron making her way towards her.
"Lightning...please don't. Don't come any closer." New tears glistened in the dying rays of sunlight. She could see Lightning eyes widen as a piece of crystal inched in her line sight. She turned her head away and gazed at the blue sky above her.
"Gwen?" Light called her name again more urgent than the first time and started rushing to her, it made her smile. It warmed her cooling, crystallizing heart.
"Gwen...Gwen what's wrong!"
Lighting's yell drew the attention of the others and they too hastly made their way over, concern clear on their faces.
"Lightning..." She feel the tremors in the ground as they grew closer. Her eyes began closing as she swayed backwards and just beofre she hit the ground two arms wrapped around her protectively. One go over her shoulders and another around her waist. It was getting colder. She squeezed her eyes shut. A broken whisper found its way to her ears.
"No Gwen. Don't close your eyes...don't fall asleep." The pink haired soldier shook her softly, gently with pain in her voice. When she struggled to open her eyes again Lightning shook her harder. With more desperation.
"Lightning. I don't think-" A deep masculine voice, Snow's voice, was cut off sharply.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence Snow." Lightning glared in his direction.
"But Sis, I'm sorry but you know what's going to-" Once more he was cut off by a punch to the stomach as Lightning still held on to Gwen.
"Don't. I got Serah back only minuets ago and now I'm going to loose Gwen...it's not fair." Snow opened his mouth to speak but was stopped by Serah graspng his hand and shaking her head. Not now Snow.
It was getting harder for Gwen to breathe as the crystals were now creeping across her face. With whatever strength she had left she open her eyes and was greeted with warm blue eyes. A smile ghosted over her lips as Lightning brushed her crystallizing hair away from her eyes and caressed the curve of her face.
"I've got to go Light." Her whisper made the words hard to hear.
"I know I don't have much time left." Almost immediately Gwen's body started to shine a soft blue. Her body began to brake away in small crystal fragments. A gasp escaped the surrounding gruop, the loudest by far coming from Lightning. The sad smile never left Gwen's lips.
"Stop." Lightning's eyebrows were drawn together and her teeth were clenched as she ground out the word, but it didn't halt the process.
"It shouldn't have to end this way. It wasn't supposed to end this way!" Hope stared at the ground while Sahz held on to a confused Dahj, consumed by the memories of his son's crystallization. Serah had released Snow's hand to kneel down beside her sister in silence.
"You'll see me again Light." Half of Gwen's body was barely visable as they broke off into fragments.
"You're disappearing..." Lightning whispered. She bent over Gwen's figure, cradling it tenderly.
"Then you'll just have to find me Claire...you have to find all the pieces of me. Promise me you will find me." She was nearly gone now.
"I will, I promise I will look for you. As long long as it takes Gwen, I won't stop until I find you." It was only a matter of seconds now and Gwen cried again her tears turning to crystal before they could drop to the ground. She spoke her last words now.
"Good bye Claire. I love..." Her last words were blown away as a strong wind that blew away her crystalized fragmants into the sky above leaving behind a woman with nothing left to hold in her arms. The soldier's eyes were lost looking at the blue sky.
"Daddy? Where did the blue lady go?" Dahj tugged at his father's sleeve. At a loss of words Sahz only held his son tighter.
"Lightning?" Serah pulled at her sister's wrist.
"Light, we have to leave now." There was no response. Serah look at her sister to find that she was slowly uncurling her hand, a glint of blue caught her eye. In Lightning's hand was a cerulean blue crystal tear. Her hand quickly clamped back down and brought it up to her heart with both hands.
One down Gwen...as long as it takes.
I hope some of you had some feels coming out.