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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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Ok, i've decided, i will write my own take on Lightning Returns, and use the info about what has been told so far to try and come up with what i think would happen in the game.

 

NOTE: For those of you who are getting into the XIII games and like them, and will get LR FF XIII, DO NOT READ THIS That includes you too BLACKSTAR. This has spoilers from both XIII and XIII-2, and unless you've finished both of them, DO NOT READ THIS. Unless you want the games to be spoiled for you. Hope you all enjoy!

 

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Prologue: The God awakens/Birth of a New World.

 

A huge portal opened up in the sunny sky, and 3 people came falling out of it. A 21 year old woman, wearing clothing that was a mix of pink and white, named Serah Ferron. She had rosy pink hair with her hair tied in a braid, and following behind her, was a curious creature, known as a Moogle, among the mythology of the people of Cocoon. The Moogle was named Mog, he had stubby arms, and was quite small, having a bobble on its head. Alongside them, fell a young man, strong, and well built, wearing the kind of clothing you'd see in a Kingdom Hearts game. To be more precise, he had a black vest, with a blue color, and a butterfly inprinted on the back of his shirt. On his back, was a sheath, where he store 2 swords, one big, and one small. His name, was Noel Kreiss.

 

As Noel and Serah fell through the sky, a chopper flew and stopped directly where they were going to land. "Look, The Heroes are back!" Yelled the dark skinned man flying the chopper. He wore a Green Jacket, and was around the age of 40. His name was Sazh Katzroy. Alongside him, was his son, Dajh, who was around the age of 9 or so, and had a Baby Chocobo who lived in his afro.

 

Noel landed on top of the chopper first, and friendly slapped it. "Nice Catch!" He then held out his hand to Serah, and when she grabbed his arm, he spun her around to have her come to a slow descent. "Are you feeling alright Serah?" Noel asked. He knew that since they had changed the future, Serah was liable to have another vision, that would take another piece of her life away, shortening it. Serah replied, "Yes, im ok." She walked to the edge of the carrier and stared out into the city below, known as Academia. "It'll be good to see everyone again." She then looked towards the portal they came out of, and saw it fading, until it was completely gone. "The gates are closed." Noel said, "Its the end of our journey." Serah looked towards Noel, and said, "Noel, thank you." She was grateful for him coming to her that day in New Bodhum, giving her the chance to see her sister and loved ones again.

 

Then, the unimagineable happened. Serah started gasping loudly, and Noel saw something in her eyes. It was the mark of Etro, which meant one thing. Serah was having another vision. "No, not now, PLEASE!!" Serah saw things that confused her. She saw Noel, dressed in darker clothing, attacking someone, dressed in black armor, with a White kilt, and Ruby colored sword. She saw Fang, sitting in a room, with animal pelts on the walls. She even saw Snow, peering down into what looked like a party, but he looked so different. His hair looked longer, and he didn't seem as cheerful and out going as she once knew him. Lastly, she saw a woman, who was sitting on a huge throne, made of crystal. She wore Valkrie like Armor, and at one glance, Serah knew who she was. It was her sister, Lightning.

 

While this happened, Noel grabbed Serah by the shoulders and shook her, yelling, "PLEASE, SNAP OUT OF IT! NO!" She almost fell backwards, but Noel grabbed her by the hand and pulled her to him at the last second. She then breathed her last, and she buckled, taking Noel down to the bottom of the Carrier with her. Noel checked her pulse, but felt nothing. He looked up to the sky, a tear streaming from his eye. "SERAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

A man clad in a Yellow and White uniform was dropped onto the carrier Noel was on by another carrier, and ran to his side. His name was Hope Estheim. He saw Serah lying in Noel's arms and was awe struck. "But....Why? You guys were safe, EVERYTHING WAS FINE!!" Noel looked down with regret saying, "The future changed. It changed. If you change the future, you change the past. The effects ripple outward, up and down the timeline. The seeress is forced to see it all." Hope looked puzzled. "So Serah, she saw this vision?" "Yes.....And it killed her." Noel said mournfully. "She knew the risk, if we altered the future, she knew what would happen, that her life would be in danger..........But, she still chose to save it. And i wanted to protect her." Noel held Serah right up to his chest, tears streaming down his cheeks. Hope looked down mournfully, sad that this fate had occured to such a wonderful person.

 

Then, the sky darkened, clouds blocking out every bit of sunlight. Bells seemingly coming from nowhere rang Loud enough for the entire city of Academia to hear. Noel laid Serah down to rest on the ground, and looked up to the sky, when Mog collapsed. Hope caught him, and Mog said, "The Goddess....She is gone, Kupo." He then passed out.

 

Noel's mentor, Caius Ballad, had told him of what would occur should he die. His words rang in Noel's ears. "The heart of chaos beats in my chest. A manifestation of Etro. Should this heart stop beating, the goddess will die once again." Prior to arriving to Academia, Neol and Serah had fought against Caius, and Caius ended up taking Noel's sword and driving it through his own chest. Noel refused the heart of chaos, and it stopped beating. This shocking realization passed through Noel's mind, and he looked down at his hands. "I.....I killed the GODDESS?!?!?!" Large Black Winds, visible to the naked eye pelted Noel and Hope constantly, the bells ringly more frequently now. "When the goddess dies, the chaos of Valhalla is unleashed." A large, violet gate appeared in the sky, in the shape of a Vertical Eye. It opened, and large Black Clouds known as Chaos fled through it and spread through the city, and the world. "The chaos has the power to warp the timeline, and destroy the past." Alongside the Chaos, Large White lines of energy spread, circling the many buildings.

 

The chaos had been released. Gran Pulse and Valhalla had merged, to form a new world. Nova Crysallia had been born.

 

(Ok guys, this is not the end of the prologue chapter, i will make a new post sharing the second part of this Prologue, explaining more about how the heroes went their seperate ways, and then i will start the actual story. This part was just recapping on the ending of XIII-2, and how Nova Crysallia was created.)

 

 

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(Ok here's the second part of the Prologue.)

 

"NOOOOO!!!!!!" Noel slammed his fists on the deck of the carrier. "DAMN YOU CAIUS!! YOU RUINED THIS WORLD AND MADE ME KILL THE GODDESS!!!" Noel continued pounding the deck. "NOEL!" Hope said loudly. "There's still hope, it can't be over yet." "You don't understand Hope. THE GODDESS ETRO IS DEAD. The Chaos has consumed this world, Valhalla has merged with Gran Pulse and Time is destroyed! Don't you know what that means? It means that no one can die naturally anymore. THEY CAN LIVE FOREVER. And what's worse, NO ONE CAN AGE AT ALL. This is bad." Noel clenched his fists. "How could i have been so blind? We tried to save the future, and even though mankind wont be extinct now, WE MADE AN EVEN WORSE FUTURE. The chaos is consuming EVERYTHING! And now....our journey was for nothing. Serah died in vain...." Noel grabbed Serah's hand and held it tight. "There's no going back. The time gates are gone, we can't travel through time anymore, meaning we're stuck here for good."

 

The message sunk in, and Hope was awe struck. All of this had been for nothing, instead the world was doomed to be consumed by chaos and no one could age anymore. This was a timeless world. "No, but, we were all FINE! We had resolved the paradoxes, but we still lost. I can't believe it....."

 

All of a sudden, a portal of Chaos appeared above them, and it started sucking the helicarrier into it. Noel realized he had to act fast if they were going to survive this and shouted at Hope. "HOPE, WE HAVE TO GO DOWN NOW! I HAVE A SKILL THAT LETS ME SLOW DOWN THE DESCENT OF MY JUMP! GRAB MY HAND AND I'LL SLOWLY DESCEND US DOWN TO THE GROUND SAFELY, OK?" Hope grabbed on to Noel's shoulder, but realized Serah's corpse couldn't be left on there aswell. "NOEL, WAIT!" Hope ran back and grabbed Serah's lifeless body and grabbed back onto Noel. "OK LETS GO!!" Noel jumped off the helicarrier just in time, as it started rapidly flying towards another place of the world, and it was soon out of sight. Noel slowly descended towards the ground. "HOPE! What'll we do about Sazh?" "I don't know Noel, who knows if we'll even be able to find him again, where he's going, i'll have my scientists do their best to track him, but we can't do anything for now, we have to get to the ground safely." Noel then realized that Mog was still on the helicarrier. "OH CRAP, WE LEFT MOG!!" But it was too late. Mog and the Helicarrier were sucked into the portal, and they were gone.

 

As the 2 touched the ground, Then, another portal opened up in the sky, and down came falling a big man, with blond hair and a trench coat. He landed near where Noel and Hope were. This was Snow Villiers, the fiance of Serah.

 

"Hey Noel! Who's that with you?" Noel realized he was talking about Hope. "Oh Snow, this is Hope." Snow's eyes widened, and grabbed Hope in a bear hug. "Man Hope, you've grown so much, i barely recognized you." "Yeah, but you haven't changed a bit Hero." Hope replied. "So, you know what's happened?" "Yeah, the Arbiter of Time told me what happened. The "Day of Reckoning" has apparently occured and it was time to let us all go. He gave me a portal to return here. He also said to be patient. Apparently, the war of the gods is going to occur sometime in the future. I still can't believe we lost, but hey, we can still do something, right? That reminds me, now that i'm back, i need to see Serah, where is she?"

 

Snow hadn't noticed Serah, since Noel had laid her behind him, and he and Hope were both standing up. Noel looked down, saddened by the reminder. "Snow....There's no easy way to put this. Serah........She's.....dead. She died from seeing visions of the future, that took away from her lifespan, and it killed her. She's right here." He picked up Serah in his arms, and brought her over to Snow. Snow stared blankly at Serah. "No....No....This, This can't be happening. No way." Tears started to well up in his eyes, and he took Serah into his arms. His knees buckled, and he looked to the sky. "WHY?????????????????? We were going to be married when this was all over, she was the love of my life, and SHE'S GONE!!!!!!!!" Tears streamed down his face. "I couldn't save her, i'm a failure. I don't deserve to live." He punched the carrier hard that he made a dent in it. "Woah, Snow!" Hope said. "Calm down, don't destroy the carrier, we need to get down to Academia." Snow didn't reply, he continued to cradle Serah. Hope started thinking, Ok, we have to keep calm. First off, i need to inform the residents of Academia about what has happened. Then we continue moving from there.

 

Hope yelled to Sazh, "SAZH! Take us down to Academia, we need to make an announcement!" Sazh replied, "Ok, but WHAT JUST HAPPENED? What is all of that black mist surrounding everything?" "I'll explain when ive made the announcement, but first take us down." Noel then said, "But.....What about Serah? Shouldn't we have a funeral for her? We can't just leave her like this." "We will Noel, but in due time. Right now, we need to let the populace know of what has transpired. TAKE US DOWN SAZH!!" The helicarrier started descending into the city.

 

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Hours later, a stage had been set up in front of the headquarters for Academia. People gathered in front of the stage, awaiting news of what had happened. Hope then walked onto the stage.

 

"Thank you all for coming. As you recall, 6 hours ago, the new Cocoon named Bhunivelze was propelled into the air. Shortly after, black mist and winds, known as Chaos, surrounded the city and merged our world with the after life known as Valhalla. Because of this, time has been destroyed, and no one can age. Results that have been conducted show that no one can conceive new borns anymore, and no one can die naturally." The audience all gasped at this. "Please remain calm, we have our best scientists working at this moment to try and figure out a way to return the world to its former state. How long this will take, we do not know, but we will not stop trying. In the meantime, as the leader of Academia and of the government, i propose we create a new name for this new world. We shall call it, Nova Crysallia. Thank you for your time."

 

Hope then walked off stage and into the building behind it. He then walked up to Noel. "So Noel, we will have the funeral for Serah tomorrow. How is Snow doing?" Noel replied, "He's doing really badly. He's extremely depressed, and he acts completely different then he used too. Also, i think i realize why Lightning hasn't returned yet. Caius.....He must have been telling the truth. Back in Valhalla, he said he struck her down and she would never wake up again. At first, i thought he was bluffing just to provoke me. But, she hasn't returned. I won't say yet he is correct, but its looking so far that maybe she really is dead. How else could this have happened?" "Well Noel, we'll just have to see if that is the truth, we'll wait awhile to see if she shows up. Meanwhile, we're getting ready for Serah's funeral tomorrow. It starts at 10 AM, so bring Snow with you too." Noel had a solemn face and agreed. "Ok then, tomorrow."

 

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The next day, people gathered for Serah's funeral. There had already been a hole dug for her coffin to be placed in, and Noel, Snow, and Hope gathered at the front, standing next to Serah's coffin. A melancholy theme was playing(ill put a video of the theme thats playing at Serah's funeral: Go to youtube and after the / paste this: watch?v=gsiDRVQei8M), and Hope walked up to the stand.

 

"We gather here today, to honor the loss of a dear friend. Her name was Serah Ferron, a kindhearted person, who despite the tragic events that transpired in her wake, resolved to continue striving for a better future, one worth fighting for, and she died for that cause. She never gave up hope, and kept going until the bitter end. She inspired us at the Academy to keep striving for the future, and without her, we wouldn't have been able to save many lives from being ended by the new cocoon being smashed into the old one. I say with full most confidence, that she was an amazing person, and i was gifted with the honor of knowing such an inspiring, charming, and brave woman." Hope stepped down from the stand, and Noel passed him up on the way there. "What should i say Hope? I want to make this eulogy heartfelt, for her sake." Hope replied, "Just speak from your heart, and say how you truly felt about her, alright Noel?" "Ok then." Noel stepped up to the stand.

 

"Today, i lost a friend. No, ive lost more then that. Ive lost a sister today. A loving sister, who cared for others, and decided to help change the future despite knowing she would perish in the process. Serah, was the kindest person i've ever met, and she's had more courage and heart then i could ever hope to have. Although initially, i started her out on her journey to save the future, if it wasn't for her, i never could've done it alone, especially since at one point, i almost completely gave up. But she reminded why we were fighting for a better tomorrow, and without her, i probably would've ended up trapped forever, in my mind. I will miss you Serah, please rest in peace."

 

Noel stepped down from the stand and walked by Hope, who heard Noel mutter something, a tear running down his cheek, but Hope couldn't make it out. Snow then came along, ready to go up to the stand, and Hope asked him what Noel had said. Snow replied, "He said......He wished he could've protected her, and saved her from her fate." Snow then walked up to the stand.

Edited by spiderfreak1011

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