Final Fantasy VI

[Rafa]

I've just recently started playing FF6 again, so for those who haven't played it, and because i'm bored, i'm going to type the story for it on here!
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Prologue

Long ago, the War of the Magi
reduced the world to a scorched wasteland,
and magic simply ceased to exist.

One thousand years have passed...
Iron, gunpowder and steam engines
have been rediscovered,
and high technology reigns.

But there are those who would enslave the world
by reviving the dread destructive force
known as "magic."

Could it be that those in power
are on the verge of repeating
a senseless and deadly mistake?

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Chapter One

Three people riding on imperial armor were climbing up a hill overlooking the northernmost town of Narshe. From the view of the hill, the small, industrial snowy town looked peaceful, despite the sounds that the iron factories were producing.

One man walked up near the cliff.
"So this is it, Wedge?" He said
"That's right, Vicks," Wedge said.
"Hard to believe an esper's been found here 1,000 years after the war. Do you think it's still alive?"
"Probably, our orders were very urgent, so i'm pretty sure."
Vicks turned to the third person, a girl about 18 years old.
"And this girl... This... Sorcerer. Why is she here? I heard she burned fifty of our best soldiers in under three minutes."
"Not to worry," Wedge said, "This slave crown keeps her consciousness in check. She'll follow orders."
After examining the slave crown on the girl's head, Vicks led the way to Narshe, with Wedge and the girl following along.

[Link the Hero]

I loooooooooooove FF6! But I got stuck at Goddess, and can't get past her...

[Rafa]

Thanks...
I changed it a bit, since my memory isn't the best... I might add in or take out a few things.

[Rafa]

Chapter Two

When the three arrived at Narshe, the entire town seemed deserted. There was nobody in sight.
"This'll be cake," Wedge said.
"It won't," Vicks replied.
They went on a bit further until they came up to two guards. One of them immediately noticed their armor.
"Imperial Magitek Armor? Even Narshe's not safe anymore! Forward, mutt!"

The guards and their dogs assaulted the three, but they quickly got rid of them after a few attacks from their armor.

They went further and got assaulted by more guards. They fell into numerous traps set by the guards, but their Magitek armor easily destroyed whatever stopped them.
Inside the mine, they immediately came across an iron gate welded to the walls. It seemed like a quick weld done not too long ago, as it was only weakly hanging onto the edges of the wall and the smell of hot iron stood in the air.
"Stand back, I'll handle this," Vicks said.
As ordered, the Wedge and the girl stepped aside while Vicks aligned himself to the gate. He set his armor to full speed and rushed forward, breaking the gate, then motioned to the two to step forward.

As he gave the command, he stepped back, however. A guard walked towards him, followed by what looked like a giant snail.
"Your raid stops here," proclaimed the guard, "Forward, Whelk!"

Whelk charged forward slowly. Small sparks of light could be seen going between its antennae, which Vicks paid close attention to.
Wedge and the girl were issuing commands to their armor until Vicks interrupted.

(Note: Sometimes [or most of the time, we'll see] I'll type things exactly as they show up on the game. The format looks like this.)
VICKS: Hold it! Think back to our briefing...
WEDGE: What about it?!
VICKS: Do you recall hearing about a monster that eats lightning...
WEDGE: ...and stores the energy in its shell!
VICKS: Right. So whatever you do, don't attack the shell!
WEDGE: Alright already!

Whelk, sensing danger, often switched between hiding in the shell or keeping its head out. Its movements were quick, which frustrated Wedge who wanted this to be over as soon as possible.
"Oh, screw this!" he shouted. He walked up to the shell and shot a beam of lightning straight towards it.

The shell started to glow and reflected the lightning back at him, disabling his armor for a moment.

"Any more tricks, Wedge? Stand still," Vicks ordered.
Taking advantage of Whelk being in its shell, Vicks stood beside the opening and charged a fire beam, then waited until--
"I've got you now!"
Vicks then shot the fire beam directly at Whelk's head, turning it into ash. The shell quickly disappeared along with it due to the immense heat.
"Alright! Let's keep moving."

Not much further ahead was a narrow tunnel branching off from the main line. There were sticks of dynamite placed all over the walls but nothing around to detonate them. At the end of the small tunnel was a figure covered in ice.

"This is the frozen Esper..."
The surrounding area suddenly felt like it was full of energy.
WEDGE: Hey! What's the matter? Do you know something we don't..?
The Esper gave out a pulse of energy. The girl moved forward.
The frozen creature began emitting an eerie light...
WEDGE: Where's that light coming from?! Uwaaaaaaa!!!!
Wedge suddenly disappeared into nothingness.
Vicks, startled and looking everywhere, said
VICKS: Hey! Wedge... where are you? W...what's happening?!
Vicks then disappeared, his shouts of fear were cut off.
The girl only stood staring at the Esper.
A light surrounded the girl and the Esper. The two lights connected through lightning, as if they were sharing energy. The Magitek armor the girl was still on was being destroyed by it.



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The girl awoke in a small room. As she opened her eyes, she only saw a wall. She turned around and saw two doors on the left and right wall.
As she got up, an old man stepped through the door on the right and approached her.
GIRL: Where am I..?
The man proceeded to take off the circlet on her head, which caused her to collapse to the floor.
OLD MAN: Whoa! And I only just removed the crown!
He placed the slave crown on the ground and helped the girl up.
GIRL: ...head...hurts...
The girl struggled greatly to get up. She clutched her head and had her eyes completely shut, so the man picked up the girl and put her on the bed.
OLD MAN: Easy! This is a Slave Crown. The others had complete control over you while you were wearing it.
The girl finally dropped her hands and looked at the object. It looked as if she were trying to ignore the pain.
GIRL: I can't remember a thing...
OLD MAN: Don't worry. It'll all come back to you... in time, that is.

-Terra:
-- A mysterious young woman,
-- controlled by the Empire, and
-- born with the gift of magic...

My name... is... TERRA...
OLD MAN: Impressive! I've never heard of anyone recovering this fast..!

The sound of two dogs barking was suddenly heard outside, followed by heavy footsteps and a loud banging on the door.
SOLDIER: Open up! Give us back the girl and the Empire's Magitek Armor!!

The old man rushed to the door he came in from and entered the main room of the house.
The soldiers continued shouting through the door.
SOLDIER: Open this door! We want that girl! She's an officer of the Empire!
Terra, confused, slowly followed behind the man.
TERRA: Empire..? Magitek Armor..?
The old man suddenly ran towards Terra and dragged her back to the room towards the other door.
OLD MAN: Look, I have to get you out of here! I don't have time to explain!
OLD MAN: Make your way out through the mines! I'll keep these brutes occupied!

[Twilight Prince]

Oh my gosh! I just read it, and I love it! ;D

I've kinda recently begun playing FF6, and I love it!

I'd really like to hear more of your story, Rafa!

[Link the Hero]

I lurves the story too, and I got stuck on either Goddess or Polyterigeist (can't spell it XD)

[Twilight Prince]

linkthehero said:

I lurves the story too, and I got stuck on either Goddess or Polyterigeist (can't spell it XD)

I read about them. Aren't they really close to the end of the game?

[Rafa]

Yeah, they are.
You're talking about the statues, right?

They're at the very end of the game.

Also, I don't plan to continue this story any time soon...
edit: ...more like almost three years later.

[Link the Hero]

Yea, very end, just before Kefka...So hard...

[Twilight Prince]

I'm sure they are. If you had trouble, I'm sure I'll do terrible there. I'll probably wait until I'm at level 100 or something...

rafa said:

Yeah, they are.
You're talking about the statues, right?

They're at the very end of the game.

Also, I don't plan to continue this story any time soon...

Oh.... That's too bad...*Sigh* Well, it's your choice!

[Rafa]

Chapter two rewritten to fix a bunch of mistakes and missing details. Chapter three soon.

[Twilight Prince]

Yes! I always hoped you'd continue this, Rafa.

[Rafa]

Chapter Three

Terra went out the door and found herself at the edge of a cliff with a bridge ahead. As she crossed the bridge, a voice came from below.
"She's up there!"
Looking down, there were four soldiers on the street below talking amongst themselves and running towards something.
She continued crossing the bridge and ended up at an opening to a cave.
The cave was bright. There were many lanterns on the walls. The path kept turning left and right.
She often came across strange creatures. Using a dagger she found in her pocket, she was able to get past them without being harmed too much.

"Got her!"
As she got to what looked like the end of the tunnel, she heard a voice from behind.
Turning around, she saw two of the soldiers from below the bridge run towards her, blocking the path she just came through. She tried to rush for the exit, but the other two soldiers came out and blocked that path as well.
She stepped back trying to distance herself from the soldiers. The soldiers persistently advanced on her, eventually cornering her to an alcove. As she hit the wall, the floor under her crumbled and she fell.
She got up and could only see more cave walls and lanterns. The fall severely wounded her. Terra only took a step forward before collapsing to the floor.

Terra was sitting down on a chair, strapped by her wrists and ankles and unable to move. She could see only a metallic wall in front of her and rusted metallic tiles on the floor. She was unable to turn her head to face any other direction.
She heard a voice behind her.
KEFKA: My sweet little magic user..! Uweee, he, he! With this Slave Crown, I'll practically OWN you!!
Kefka stepped into her line of sight holding a device in his hands, approaching Terra and slipping the device over Terra's head.
Suddenly, Terra couldn't make anything out of her senses. She saw lights shaped as the figure in front of her... His mouth was moving, sounds could be heard as he moved his mouth. Terra did not understand. She could not make the effort to understand. As soon as the figure in front of him finished speaking, Terra had a sudden urge to rise, to get into Magitek armor, and to destroy all soldiers in sight.
And thus she did. She, without any conscious thought, marched forward with her armor and destroyed every living thing in her path. Kefka followed behind, observing her closely.
KEFKA: Uwee, hee, hee! Good! Burn up everything!
Suddenly, Terra was standing beside her Magitek armor, standing among several other men above a platform overlooking hundreds of soldiers in uniform.

GESTAHL: It is our destiny, and ours alone, to take this mystic force and claim what is rightfully ours!
The three people standing beside her stepped forward and stood along Gestahl, beckoning the soldiers to raise their arms and show their support.
GESTAHL: With our new-found power, nothing can stand in our way!
The soldiers began chanting, "Long live Emeror Gestahl!!!"

The old man stood in front of the fire, watching it closely and letting it warm his body.
He heard the back door open and saw a young man wearing a bandana step in.
OLD MAN: Took you long enough! How goes the robbing and plundering trade?

-Locke:
--Treasure hunter and trail-worn
--traveler, searching the world
--over for relics of the past...

LOCKE: I PREFER the term treasure hunting!
OLD MAN: Ha! Semantic nonsense!
LOCKE: There's a HUGE difference!
Locke looked as if he was about to lecture the man on the difference until he said something else.
LOCKE: Anyway, were you the one who sent for me?
OLD MAN: Yeah. There's a girl I'd like you to meet.
LOCKE: ...!? This better not have anything to do with that Magitek-riding imperial...witch!!!
The old man turned towards the window and nodded.
OLD MAN: Imperial troops are pursuing her even as we speak. This town is no match for the Empire. Our independence can only be assured if we join forces with the Returners, an underground resistance movement. That girl wasn't responsible for her actions. we must get her to understand our dilemma!
Locke stood for a second, contemplating what the old man said. He definitely isn't the type to make choices without a reason.
LOCKE: All right... I think we'd better help her.
OLD MAN: Agreed. Make your way first to Figaro, and talk to the king.

[Rafa]

Chapter 4

Locke, running towards where Terra ran not too long ago, found a crack in the floor and fell into it.
He landed several feet away from Terra, who was still unconscious. He quickly glanced at her and didn't see any serious damage. He had no time to wake her up or examine her further, however, because at the far end of the cave tunnel he could hear someone approaching.

A man appeared at the farthest end of the tunnel.
GUARD: Now we gotcha!
He raised his hand to tell others to go to him, and several other soldiers appeared beside him, many commanding trained wolves and mammoths.

LOCKE: Wonderful... There's a whole bunch of 'em.

"Kupo..."

Locke heard a very faint sound coming from behind him. He turned around to see two moogles examining Terra, then approaching Locke.
LOCKE: Moogles..! Are you saying you want to help me?
Both immediately nodded and shouted, "Kupo!!!"
Many more moogles brandishing swords, spears, maces, and all other types of weapons appeared from the small opening where the two moogles came through. They, without saying a word to each other, placed themselves around the tunnel ready to take on the waves of enemies charging forward.
Most of the moogles easily conquered the enemies, but some were seriously hurt and were carried back to rest near where Terra's body also was. Locke appeared to be the strongest of all the moogles and helped any that couldn't fight the monsters. There was also another moogle that seemed to be as strong as Locke. This moogle also helped those that couldn't fight and often teamed up with Locke.
In the end, the bodies of many wolves and mammoths laid on the ground. The soldiers giving orders to the animals retreated to the far side of the tunnel, just as the wounded moogles were grouped together at the other side.

The marshal stood at the very center of the tunnel glaring at the party grouped at the far side of the tunnel. Locke and several of the moogles stepped forward to take him on. Suddenly, the strong moogle ran forward and stood in front of the marshal. He began dancing strangely in front of him. The marshal only watched, confused by why this moogle is dancing instead of fighting. As the moogle finished his dance, the ground started shaking. The tunnel was caving in, but it only seemed to be happening where the marshal stood. The marshal ran towards the side of the tunnel where his soldiers stood, but as he got there that side of the tunnel completely collapsed, making Locke and the moogles victorious.

LOCKE: Thanks, moogles! We're in your debt!
He bowed before the crowd of moogles before him as they cheered for their successful battle against those invading their caves. Locke picked up Terra who was still unconscious and ran through the tunnels as fast as he could. Eventually he reached a dead end with a switch in the wall.
LOCKE: I think this switch'll...
He pushed, pulled, and twisted on the switch very carefully until part of the cave wall swung open. It wasn't a cave wall, it was a disguised door!
He went over to Terra and found that she had woken up.

Although Locke was annoyed, he couldn't blame Terra for being unhelpful all this time.
He let Terra take her time to stand back up and regain her senses.
TERRA: You... saved me?
LOCKE: Save your thanks for the moogles!
Terra almost collapsed again, but Locke caught her and kept her standing up.
TERRA: Uhh... I can't remember anything... past or present...
Locke was visibly shocked by this news.
LOCKE: You have amnesia?!
Terra regained her balance and faced Locke to show she was capable of standing up, then nodded.
TERRA: A man said my memory would come back...
LOCKE: Give it time. You're safe with me! I give you my word!
TERRA: ???
LOCKE: I won't leave you until your memory returns!! By the way, this secret entrance might be useful some day. Don't forget about it!
Terra only gave Locke a blank stare, still confused as to how she got there and what happeend to her.
Locke was clearly in a hurry, however, so he quickly stepped towards the door telling Terra to follow behind.
As Locke and Terra headed out the cave door, Locke slammed it shut. The two quickly ran to their left and found themselves at the entrance to the mining town of Narshe.
Immediately, a patrolling soldier spotted them. "Eh? Who...might...you...be..?"
The soldier was far from them, however, so Locke and Terra quickly snuck into a small alley waiting for him to check the area. As soon as he had his back turned, Locke and Terra ran towards the only road linking Narshe to the rest of the world.
"This place is the pits! We better hightail it southward, to Figaro," Locke said.

They walked through the road leading towards the desert. First, they left the large mountain range surrounding Narshe and walked through open fields and forests. The roads were always dangerous, but it seemed like Terra already knew how to defend herself against any monsters. There would be times when Locke would notice Terra getting injured but suddenly healing after battling a monster. He didn't pay much attention to it, however.

Arriving at a desert road, Locke and Terra followed it for several miles until straying from the path. Terra only followed without saying anything, as there was nothing she could really say. Locke seemed to know what he was doing. They continued to walk for what seemed like hours until they could see at the horizon, among all the sand around them, a structure.

[Twilight Prince]

Oooh, good. One of my favorite parts is coming up. ;D