Final Fantasy 4 Redemption Chapter 1: The Dark Warrior - Rydia's Sorrow
Finally, Rydia and Folken arrived in Mist.
"Uh...Folken?" Rydia asked.
Folken turned to
Rydia. "Yeah, what is it now?"
Rydia looked at
the ground sadly. "There's...something I want to do while I'm here. Mind if we
stop for a short time?"
Folken narrowed his
eyes. "We don't really have time to stop...We have to get to
Kaipo!"
"I know...but this is important to
me..."
"Fine. Meet me by the mountain pass when
you're ready to go. I'll be waiting
there!"
Rydia stared after Folken. That man
certainly is a strange one...I wonder why he's so mad so
often...
Oh, well; guess I shouldn't be
thinking about that now. Got more important things to
do...
~~~~~~~~~
"The graveyard..." Rydia
stated to herself. "Where all the greatest Callers of Mist were
buried...."
Rydia began to walk up and down the
rows of graves, looking for one in particular. Finally, she found it,
half-buried and hidden in the
corner.
"Mother...I'm sorry I haven't come to
see you at all in 12 years..."
Rydia began to
cry. "I miss you so much...I wish you were still here. I need so much advice on
so many things, and I don't know what to
do..."
"But I am here..." a strange voice
cried. It seemed to come from everywhere at once, and Rydia was so shocked, she
began to look around for the source. "Mother?" she
asked.
Suddenly, the small piece of mist
attached to the back of her dress flew off. It landed in front of the grave, and
formed into the shape of a human. "Rydia..." it
stated.
Rydia's eyes widened in shock.
"M...Mother? Is it really you this time, or another one of Rocalon's
tricks?"
The image of Rydia's mother smiled.
"Why don't you look into my eyes and find
out?"
Rydia walked up and glanced in the
image's eyes "Mother! It really is you this time!" And Rydia tried to hug
her.
Rydia's mother looked shocked and worried
as Rydia tried to embrace her, and fell right through her instead. "I'm sorry,
Rydia. I'm not really here right now, and I can't touch you...I wish I
could..."
Rydia turned and looked at her again.
"Mother, I'm confused. Why is Rocalon so determined to scare me away? Why
doesn't Edge notice me anymore? Why do I feel
incomplete?"
Rydia's mother smiled at her.
"Well, Rocalon is afraid of you. That's why he's trying to scare you away.
Although you may not know it, you have more power than you've used already...You
just have to find the key to unlocking
it..."
"That is one of the things Rocalon's
master fears now...As for Edge, fate has chosen a different path for him than
the one you wish to occur...I'm very sorry, especially for you...I know you care
dearly for him, and he does so for you, but there is one he cares for, even more
than you..."
Rydia looked at the ground sadly.
"I know. Jilia. I felt that the second she arrived at Eblan...Edge noticed her
immediately, and hasn't noticed me
since..."
"Rydia, the reason you feel
incomplete is because you're not doing what you were meant to do...But that's
not your fault..."
Rydia looked up in shock,
her sadness at the answer to the second question momentarily forgotten. "What do
you mean, Mother? What is it I have to do
now?"
"There is another young Caller girl...Her
name is Krossea. She lives in Mysidia...And she has no one to teach her the
Summoning magic that belongs to her and her family...She needs someone with
experience to show her how to control her powers...For
she..."
"She is the future of our people...If
she never develops her full Caller powers, the Callers will never reappear on
the Blue Planet. But if she does...her family will pass down the gift, and the
Callers will be saved once more...And the person meant to teach her the
power..."
"...is you, Rydia. That is your
destiny..."
"My destiny...is to pass on my
powers to this girl, Krossea? So that the Caller line will
continue?"
"That's right, Rydia. That is why
you feel incomplete. If you do not do this, you will be the last Caller...Your
soul knows this, and thus causes you to feel sadness. The sadness will depart,
if you do this task..."
"But what about
Rocalon? I have to help Folken deal with Rocalon! I can't just leave to find
this girl!"
"No, you have to help, and you have
to get your spells back. Confronting Rocalon will return your powers to
you...And the path you are on now will eventually lead you to Krossea...Just
watch for her, and when you find her, keep her with you...And you will be able
to complete your destiny..."
"Mother...I miss
you so much...I wish you could stay with
me..."
"I know, Rydia. I love you too...But I
can't stay with you. The dead must move on...we can't linger in the land of the
living. Just remember...I will always be with you...for I am a part of
you..."
Rydia's mother began to fade, and Rydia
began to cry. "Mother...I love you!"
"I
know..." she replied as she faded away.
Rydia
finally collapsed, and she began to cry. "Mother...Thank you! I won't let you
down..."
~~~~~~~~~
"Al, what are you doing!"
Falgon suddenly cried, as he came up from behind the
girl.
"Oh, Falgon! I'm sorry...I just felt that
girl needed a bit of...prodding in the right direction..." Ell replied. "So I
appeared to her as her mother, in order to push her in the right
direction..."
Falgon glared at her. "You know
we're not supposed to directly interfere like that! What ARE you
doing?"
"I'm trying to make sure this works
out! You know as well as I do that if any of the 10 Chosen Ones back out,
ESPECIALLY the two 12 year old girls, Krossea and Rafla, this whole plan won't
work..."
"Yes, I know. I'm sorry. Maybe it's
time our Alliance relooked our 'no interference'
policy..."
"And yes, I know the importance of
those girls. Rafla and Krossea are the ones who are going to change the history
of their worlds, and they will join our Alliance when they become older. Just
like you did, and I did, and the rest of our Alliance
members."
Ell nodded. "So it's important that
we keep the future progressing in the right direction. If it means our
interference in this matter, we should do it. Only the 10 Chosen Ones can
possibly stop the 10 Dark Ones that have appeared there
now."
"Actually, Al, there's something I need
to talk to you about...We may have a Dark Dimension Alliance mole in the
council...Therefore, I believe eventually our intereference may become
necessary..."