4Breath Of Fire: Final Cycle
Disclaimer: I do not own the BOF series, so please don't kill me. T.T
Genre: Adventure/Romance/Friendship/Drama/Humor and totally fantasy
Note: This fan fic starts at roughly just before Garr finds Ryu again at Dauna Mines, it'll make sense in time. XD
This is something that I had wanted to do for some time and has been in my saved archives for a long time. XD Finally got an idea and drive to write the story, so please enjoy. =3
I will probably be doing this fan fic along with the Radiant Dawn Series (That's in the KH section) so the updates might be random since the Radiant Dawn series is my main priority, but I would love to do this one as well since we seriously need more BOF3 fan fics in our lives. =3
I wanted to test the waters first. If people are interested in seeing more of the story, I'd be happy to continue it. Think of this as a pilot episode. XD
Warning: This will have spoilers so anyone who isn't familiar with this game, you might end up getting spoiled for yourself so I would recommend watching a walk-though on Youtube or something or play the game yourself first, then come back if you're interested. For anyone else who has already played it, please feel free to continue. =3
Pairings: RyuXNina, ReiXMomo, and one OCXOC pairing but there is TeepoXOC as well (I just want this okay, Teepo deserves it damn it XD)
Summery: What if Teepo wasn't the only one trapped in Eden? Mythra is Myria's daughter, but she had always doubted her mother's words about the Brood. After having an ominous vision of the future that foretold Teepo's death, she is determined to prevent it from happening. By pure chance of fate, Mythra and Teepo are teleported far away from the Sky Fortress to the other side of the ocean, with this one event, the future has changed, and a journey of self-discovery begins.
Episode 1: Fake Paradise
Mythra looked on the horizon of the endless desert and the ruined city of Caer Xhan below from a window within the Sky Fortress that she had known her entire life.
This tiny world was all she had ever known and her Mother would never let her leave it, even despite her earnest attempts to convince her, after all, her mother was the Goddess Myria, it was impossible to get out of here when she controlled everything in this Fortress. It was always the same with her mother, she would preach how the outside world was dangerous and she would not survive the hardships of that world.
It was for her protection that she'd remain within Eden, but somehow, she didn't know why but Mythra knew her mother was lying. She couldn't put her finger on it but she knew it in her heart that she'd always had doubts about her Mother's intentions. She even doubted if Mythra's Mother was right about purging the Brood five hundred years ago.
Speaking of the Brood, she should go see her friend, he always helped to put her at ease when she is wracked with doubt like this.
Being the only child on the Sky Fortress, she was rather excited when she heard from her Mother that she had brought another child to live here. That child was called Teepo, a member of the Brood, the race of dragons that once threatened to destroy the world or so Myria preaches to them.
At first, Teepo was angry and bitter, all of Mythra's first attempts at befriending the dark dragon ended in failure and he spent the half of the first year trying to escape but Myria stopped him every time he tried. She even heard Teepo's cries of pain whenever her Mother punished him. It wasn't until later that she learnt the truth about why Teepo was here, he got separated from his two friends who were literally his family to him called Rei and Ryu, bad men came and burned down their home and tried to kill them.
Teepo had tried to look for them but not long after leaving Wyndia when he was injured during a failed thieving attempt, Myria found him and stole him away against his will. Mythra couldn't help but wanting to cry for Teepo at his ill-fated childhood.
After some time, Teepo finally warmed up to her, especially since Mythra had always healed his injuries after 'Mother's Punishments'. Mythra felt a kindred spirit in Teepo, she hated being locked up in this place too, they even planned to escape from the Fortress together if they could. She didn't like to make her Mother angry, but Mythra couldn't stand the isolation anymore.
Sadly, their escape attempt ended in failure and once again Goddess Myria made Teepo an example by punishing him yet again. Mythra oddly got off easy but she felt guilty and powerless for not being able to help Teepo when he needed her.
Eventually the torture and punishments the Goddess broke down Teepo's will until finally he stopped trying. Mythra wanted nothing more than to try and fix his broken spirit, but it seemed like the damage was too great that even her magic couldn't mend it.
Just because Teepo gave up, doesn't mean she had though, but she refused to leave Teepo behind, she would find some way to convince him to try and escape again. If there was one good thing that came out of it all, it was that Teepo and Mythra's friendship became even more stronger over the years of hanging out together in Eden. It was impossible to seperate each other now, they could only depend on each other to keep the other from going crazy from the slow suffocation of being locked away like this.
She arrived at Eden, where she she knew Teepo would be hanging around, probably because it was the closest he would ever get to remind himself of his home in Cedar Woods. Just as she thought, he was there, sitting underneath a tree while being deep in thought.
"Heh," Mythra had a sly smile and tried to sneak up behind Teepo in order to surprise him. As she got closer and was about to surprise him...
"I know that's you, Mythra. Nice try though."
Mythra puffed her cheeks and felt deflated from being spotted that easily. "How did you know it was me? I could have been...a monster! Rawr!"
"Monsters can't get into this part of the fortress, you know that. That being said, you'd make a very cute monster." Teepo teased, which rewarded him with a light punch from Mythra.
"You jerk." She huffed and proceeded to sit next to him. She looked at her reflection in the river near them as they sat in calm silence.
She had blonde hair that fell down to only past her shoulders with the front of her hair flicked to one side and blue eyes that shined with pure innocence.
She wore white robes that covered nearly every part of her body. She wore an sagely white hooded-robe with sleeves that reached to her wrists, with a silk cloak that covered her shoulders and . She had baggy white pants underneath the robe. She had a white neck collar that covered half of the neck to where the cloak met. She had white boots that were made for travelling even though she had literally been here whole life.
"Did you know Myria summoned me today?" Teepo mentioned.
"Really? What did...Mother wanted to tell you?" Mythra asked curiously.
"She told me that Ryu and Rei is alive."
"Really? That's wonderful! So they didn't die." Mythra beamed.
"Is it? She told me that Ryu is the same as me, he's a dragon too. So chances are...Myria will probably try to get Ryu to stay here too, keep his power safe from the world."
"But that...that would mean..."
"Yeah, which means if he comes here and he refuses...I'd be the only one capable of stopping him. Myria...wants me to kill him if it comes to that."
"What?! But Ryu's family to you isn't he?! She can't force you to kill him!" Mythra cried out.
"I know that! I know..." Teepo raised his voice before he composed himself again. "That's why I hope he never comes here-so it won't come to that. Somehow, I already know that I won't be able to convince him to remain here but I want to try that first anyway."
"Teepo...I can't bear the thought of you having to fight your own family just because Mother demands it."
"What if she's right about the Brood and that our power is too dangerous for the world though? Maybe, this is the better choice for both Ryu and me, we're just monsters, just like the ones that plague outside this Fortress."
"That's Mother talking, not you! You're not a monster, not in my eyes! Don't you ever feel that something is wrong about all this? That what we're being told is not the whole truth? There's something that I can't quite put my finger on, but for the longest time...I could never truly believe all that she said is true, something inside me tells me that."
"Mythra...I know you still want to leave this place. But I think we have to face the truth that so long as the Goddess doesn't want the world to be endangered, we'll always be trapped here. Here in this fake paradise."
Mythra couldn't argue with Teepo's logic, but she refused to give up. "I'm going to talk to Mother. I refuse to let her do this to you. She's tortured you enough, I'm not going to stand for this anymore! This has got to stop!" She quickly with the intent of heading straight to see her mother about this.
"Mythra, wait!" Teepo tried to stop her but he was too slow, she left the room before he could do anything. "..." He sighed. All he could do was wait now, he had all the time in the world after all...
"Mother, how could you even suggest such a thing? It's horrible enough that you've broken Teepo's will to escape but now you tell him that he might have to kill his surviving family if he comes here but refuses to stay here?" Mythra argued.
"I...am merely trying to do all I can to protect all my children and the world. This includes you, Teepo and Ryu of course, dear. You are young, you have never experienced the true terrifying power of the Brood, it is far too great for my fragile world." Myria gently tried to explain to her rebellious daughter.
"But it's too cruel! Why do you think Teepo needs to be locked away? He's a good person and a good dragon above all, he'd never do anything to harm the world! He doesn't deserve any of this! Are the Brood really as evil as you claim they are? What are you so afraid of about them?!"
"Enough, Mythra!" Myria hissed. Even Mythra was frightened by the sudden harshness.
Myria then lowered herself and hugged her daughter, Mythra was oddly taken by surprise and strangely comforted by the embrace, her Mother rarely ever hugged her like this. "My sweet little Mythra, you are far too kind and naive to truly understand the danger of their kind. Why do you care for that boy so? He's just a dragon and you are the child of a Goddess."
This snapped Mythra out of her trance and pulled herself out of Myria's embrace. "He's not just a dragon. I'm sorry Mother, but...I can't agree with you. There's something you're hiding from us, something inside tells me that. For once in your life, will you just tell the truth!" Mythra shook her head.
"I am not hiding anything. I know that you still wish to leave this place, but as much as it hurts me, I cannot permit you to leave. You know very little of that world, besides, your place is here with me. You are a Goddess, you do not belong in that world, you have an important duty to this world to protect it from all kinds of evil, not just the Brood."
Mythra shook her head. "I'm obviously not getting through to you. Let me tell you one thing though, you can't keep me locked up forever, Mother. I'll find a way out of here! Once I do, I'll see the truth for myself, we'll see who the real hypocrite is." Mythra vowed as she stormed off.
Once by herself, Myria brought her hands close to her chest as if she was in deep thought. "I cannot let her find out the truth...or about Deathevan...I'm sorry, Mythra...I'm only doing this to protect you."
That night, Mythra's dreams were haunted by a hazy vision that felt almost real. Two dragons were fighting each other, one was dark purple and the other was a Kaiser, one of the most powerful amongst dragons. It was brutal, fierce even, but it seemed the Kaiser was hesitant about giving the final blow, eventually, the fighting ended with the purple dragon's defeat.
The vision started to blur out at that point, but she saw enough to tell who that purple dragon was when they turned back to their human form.
"TEEPO!" Mythra awoke in a panicked fright and sat upright in her bed. She panted in fear, trying to calm her nerves. "What...was that?" She asked herself, trying to figure out the meaning behind that nightmare...or was it?
Although her powers weren't as great as her mothers or at least they haven't fully awakened inside her yet, but she could sometimes see events that take place in the future, sometimes they were just red herrings that never happened, but this particular one...she had a very ominous feeling about it, almost like she knew that this future would indeed happen if she allowed things to take their natural course.
"That Kaiser dragon...could that be Teepo's 'brother' Ryu? If that's true...is that the outcome if Teepo does end up having to fight him?!" Mythra stepped out of her bed and started to pace the floor.
She couldn't be too rash, this might be just a nightmare conjured up in her head after everything that happened today, but then again...there was that ominous feeling she felt from that dream or vision she had, she had a strong hunch that she couldn't ignore or pass this off as just a nightmare. She needed answers...
"I have to go talk to Mother." Mythra nodded and proceeded to dress back into the clothes she had been wearing previously before leaving her room, not realizing that Teepo had saw her leave and curiously followed, since Mythra being up this late was unusual even for her.
Mythra made her way towards where her Mother would be, she felt that she was being followed so she decided to hide behind a pillar and wait for the follower to get closer. She heard footsteps getting closer to where she was, when with perfect timing, she pounced out and pinned the stalker to the floor.
"Ow! Ouch, that was...actually not a bad surprise attack, Mythra." Teepo groaned in pain since his head struck the floor quite hard.
"Teepo?! I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?" She panicked and quickly got off to allow Teepo up.
"Trust me, I've had worse done to me. I see that those lessons I taught you about how to ambush people paid off." He lightly joked.
"Heh heh..." Mythra laughed nervously. She recalled that she had asked Teepo to teach her the things he learned from the outside world, which was essentially everything to do with thievery since that's all Teepo really knew as a kid.
"What are you doing out here so late at night?" Teepo asked curiously.
"I could ask the same thing to you, Teepo. Why are you up at this hour?"
"I couldn't sleep. I guess what Myria told me earlier has left me restless, can I be honest with you?"
Mythra nodded.
"I'm...actually scared that everything I have been told by Myria might have been a lie. What you said earlier has got me thinking...What if I had been thinking wrong all this time? What if Myria had just been saying those things to make me more compliant? What if there's more to all this than what we're being told? And if it is all a lie, why would she go so far to keep it that way and fabricate the whole thing?"
She smiled. "I knew you would understand! That's how I feel exactly. I really don't understand how or why...but I know Mother is not telling us everything. We won't find the answers we want here...We can only find them outside this place."
"I don't even want to think what kind of punishment Myria would give us if we tried to escape again, but you're right...I guess we'll never know the real truth unless we get out of here." Teepo agreed.
"There's actually something you should know. The reason why I'm out here so late...it's because I had a very frightening vision, or it could have been a nightmare, I'm not sure. It felt too real to just a nightmare though. I saw you die...by fighting who I think is Ryu."
"...I see..."
"Is that all you can say to that?!" Mythra placed her hands on her hips.
"Well, I'd be lying if I hadn't been preparing myself for such a thing if it were to happen." Teepo admitted.
"Well I'm not letting it happen! Forget going to see Mother, we're getting out of here tonight!" Mythra declared.
"H-hey wait a second! Have you thought about how we're going to leave? Our last attempt didn't go so well, remember?" Teepo recalled.
"I guess...we'll think of something?" Mythra laughed nervously.
Teepo shook his head in disbelief. "Only you could be so optimistic in a situation like this."
"Hmm, I suppose trying to sneak past the security would be a waste of time again. Going through the ducts didn't work either...Hmmm..." Mythra crossed her arms and tried to think of an answer.
That was when they heard a strange squeak coming from not far from them and it sounded like it came from below them. They looked down and saw what looked a small snow white fox-squirrel with a red orb at the tip of its bushy white tail. It was the size of a small woodland animal and had red round eyes.
"Oh my goodness! Where did you come from? You're so cute~!" Mythra picked up the small creature and squealed with delight.
"It could be one of the experimental chrysm monsters from one of the lower parts of the Sky Fortress, or at least one of its descendants." Teepo guessed.
"Oh that's right, during the Techno Age, some people tried to experiment with nature and alter the genetics of various creatures. I remember Mother telling me about this once." Mythra nodded.
"It seems oddly friendly for a creature that's never seen a person before." Teepo noted.
The creature then seemed to squirm in her gentle hold until it managed to jump out of Mythra's arms and ran off down the hall.
"Hey wait! Come back, it might not be safe!" Mythra ran after the creature, worried that it could run into one of the more vicious monsters lurking in the Fortress, Teepo chased after Mythra.
They followed the small creature diligently until it climbed into a small duct that went into a locked room.
"Aw, it ran away..." Mythra's spirits was dampened.
"I did think it was odd that it was so docile with you despite the lack of people here. Maybe it's natural instincts just kicked in." Teepo theorized.
"I guess..."
They heard the squeak and saw that the small fox-squirrel hadn't escaped but seemed as if to be waiting for them.
"Wait...was it trying to lead us here? Why?" Mythra raised an eyebrow.
"Now that I think about it...Why is this door sealed? More importantly, how did we never notice this door before?" Teepo questioned, now noticing that this was a room that no one had been inside for a very long time, which meant it was closed off for a reason.
"Ooh, a secret room huh? Let's go inside and see what the little guy was trying to show us!" Mythra's eyes shined.
"It'll be tough, I think this is a classified room. So we'll probably need one of those key card things."
"Hmm...I think I might be able to get it unlocked." Mythra clicked. She approached the door and took out a particular key card that she had on her and tried to swipe with it. Luckily, it so happened to have worked as the door slide open easily.
"Okay...where have you been hiding that?" Teepo crossed his arms.
"I...might have pinched this from Mother while I was in one of my fights with her. I was really angry with Mother at the time so I didn't realize that I took it from her until I calmed down in my room-I never thought to think what this key card was used for or why Mother had it." Mythra vaguely remembered that she might have subconsciously took it while Myria was hugging her.
"...Geez, you're making me look like a lousy thief-and I'm the one who taught you that." Teepo blinked.
"Heh heh, maybe you're just a good teacher." Mythra chuckled and winked.
"Well, since it's open-we might as well see what Goddess Myria was trying to hide." Teepo motioned his head. "After you, of course."
"Heh heh, why thank you, good sir." Mythra smiled and quickly but carefully went inside. What she found made her awe in the sight.
It was a portal room, quite small, but it seemed to be operational and in good condition despite the room being sealed off for who knows how long.
"No way...Isn't this one of those portal devices that the people of Caer Xhan used to use all the time?" Teepo was the next to be in awe once he entered the room as well.
"It looks like it still works...Teepo! This is it! That's how we'll get out of here! We can teleport away where Mother won't be able to find us! Hmmm...let's see...uhhh...do you know anywhere that Mother might not know about?"
Teepo tried to think carefully of somewhere that the Goddess might not know about, but it was hard to think of one that the Goddess didn't have a foothold in.
As if by fate, the small creature that guided them here went to the controls and started to fiddle around with random buttons.
"Ah! Wait we don't know how it works yet little guy!" Mythra panicked quickly picking up the small creature from the control panel, they then heard a random voice through one of the old speakers.
"Coordinates confirmed. Please proceed to the platform in an orderly fashion. A reminder to all personnel of the Sky Fortress Orbital Station, this Portal is for emergency uses only, ensure that you have verified all contents before transport procedure commences. To reset the Portal drive system-" The computerized voice continued until it fizzled out, it must have been from the lack of maintenance this place probably had.
Not long after that, a pillar of light started to emit from the portal's platform.
"Wait, so we can only use this once?" Teepo repeated.
"So this will be a one way trip..." Mythra figured out and breathed in deeply then out. "Alright, ready Teepo?"
Teepo nodded. "I had given up any chance of escaping this place...now that there's a chance to escape this prison is front of me, I'm not going to pass it up. Question is, are you really ready for this? You've never been outside the Fortress before..."
Mythra nodded as well. "I...want to know the real truth of this world, I want to see and experience the world with my own eyes and ears, I want to make my own decisions, not have my life decided for me or you by Mother. We'll be free to choose what we want to believe in. Trust me, I'm ready as I'll ever be. I hope I won't be much of a burden."
"You're never a burden, Mythra. A pain in the neck sometimes perhaps." Teepo gave a tiny smile.
"Way to kill the moment." Mythra huffed. She then looked down the small creature. "Do you want to go see the world too, little guy?"
The small creature seemed to have a high intelligence since it nodded as if it understood Mythra's words.
"We better go, we don't want to risk Myria catching on to us. Let's just hope the coordinates that little guy accidentally set doesn't land us in the middle of the ocean or something." Teepo told her.
Mythra acknowledged this by stepping into the platform along with Teepo. 'I'm sorry, Mother. I may be your daughter, but I'm also Mythra, and I deserve the right to know the real truth that you've hidden from me. I'll decide for myself what the world is like outside this false paradise of yours.'
With that the portal stirred to life and whisked the two of them away, to wherever the responding relay will send them.
Little did those two realize that this single decision, changed the course of the future, but will it be for better or worse?
Sorry if it felt short, but I felt this was a good place to stop as a good chapter break. Second chapter will definitely be longer, promise, depending on if I should continue with the fan fic or not. =D
I hope that you guys enjoyed this first chapter. Please let me know if you are interested in seeing more of the fan fic.
Also it's been a while and I'm only recently going back through BOF III via my PSP so I apologize in advance if some of the characters are a little different from their game counterparts. But hopefully I'll get them down close enough. XD
Oh, just to add in case people are wondering, yes as you can tell from Myria mentioning Deathevan, I decided to add some elements from BOF I and II (As they clearly hinted at it in the game anyway). So until the next chapter, happy reading folks! Moogle Empress out!
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