Her Journey Part 1

[Agrias Oaks]

** From Showtime at the Opera House **

High in the skies above, a comet made its presence known, or was it a comet to begin with? As little rabbits "wished upon a shooting star" they would see such light zig-zagging above the clouds in a random fashion. Soon that light plummeted downward, and struck a clearing. There, after the light had ceased its shine, a woman-- a human female-- stood in its place, hunched over and holding at her head.

She had gone dizzy, you see-- the tossing and spiraling about with no control had made ill the bardess who had only gotten used to rough sailings upon the Red Rose. Agrias stood after a few moments, and grew disoriented. Was she not at the opera house a few moments ago? Where was she now??

"B-Bull--" but she was not able to finish, she had just lost her lunch. She wobbled over out of the clearing, holding at her stomach and head, her skin tone a light green.

"Bea...trix...?" she groaned, listening to the crickets, "Abiga-- ah!" Her brown eyes would dart to her surroundings, swearing to hear foot steps etch closer, she hid, and held on to the Lute as a weapon. Had she stumbled upon another trap?

[King Edgar]

"We're from Figaro, the Desert Nation of our home world; it's still in the works of reparation due to...well, a calamity from a while back."

Folding his arms Edgar nodded for Terra to begin walking with him and they followed the fox. However, a sudden flash in the sky--a comet?!--would cause the king to direct everyone's gaze skyward and order them to find cover in a haste of yelps and cries.

When the chaos ended, Edgar peeked his head up. "What on Cosmos..?"

[terra]

Terra walked with Edgar while staring at the fox's tail swaying back and forth , and wondered to herself "What would it be like to have tail?". . The sudden flash in the sky took her attention skyward as she spouted "What on Cosmos....?" at the same time Edgar.

[luna]

Luna was leading Terra and Edgar back out of the clearing When the large ball of landed in the clearing near the one there in. After a bit of walking in the direction on the fallen light, she stiffed the air a couple times. She looked back at the two fallowing her, and sniffed the two of them, after a bit of a pause "Just........how many of you guys are going to be coming here in this..... light?"

[Agrias Oaks]

" My son... " Agrias remembered her father's words again, slinking back into the bushes as she heard new steps approaching, "... as a Knight, we do not hide, even if it gives us advantage toward any enemy. We are proud, my son, and therefore we must make ourselves known, before others notice our presence, especially those who might not mean us harm at all."

Agrias swallowed here, holding on to the lute with some tension before crawling out of it, looking about and trying those who were close, "H-hello....?" she would ask, before clearing her throat, " Do not shoot, or raise arms-- I am a friendly figure, a Bardess at this point, and mean no one any harm... who goes there??"

The novice knight would play a happy tune upon the musical instrument, showing them that her hands were too busy playing to be near any weapons.

[King Edgar]

When asked by Luna how many of them there were heading to this strange new world even the king was unsure how to respond; obviously he thought this new arrival would be Jenova, but for some reason he could feel that it wasn't her. Little did he know that even with the most minute amount of Jenova Cells within his body, he was still affected by her charm. Little did he know he was even infected.

And then Agrias Oaks, Bardess Extraordinaire crawled out from the bushes, looking about as tattered and torn as he, and he tilted his head with a show of pity, inching over to this human and kneeling, his head bowed.

"No need to be frightened, damzel," said the King of Figaro, touching his gentle hands to his heart as he raised his head to pierce her eyes with his own immaculate blue ones. "Forgive us for not introducing ourselved upon your crash...Edgar Roni Figaro, madam, and behind me is Terra Branford, my future sister-in-law and Princess Consort of Figaro, and then..." he turned to stare awkwardly at Luna the fox and shrugged. "a young fox-woman we--Terra--rescued from some strange trap only moments ago."

Rising to his feet he reached out to stop the merry song, and pulled down the woman's hands. "And you are?"

[Agrias Oaks]

"Damzel...?" Agrias blinked at this, raising an eyebrow toward the King, and she gave him a rather knightly bow, "Ah, Ser, a pleasure to meet ye, and Madam Terra."

Agrias stood straight and kept her sights lowered at the-- fox!?

She gasped a little, kneeling to be at eye's length of the creature, "My words! She stands on her hind legs...!" her brown eyes would look at the creature from feet to eyes, "Amazing... and she is fully clothed as well!"

The bardess immediately went to her feet, forgetting her manners, "M-many pardons... I have never seen such an extraordinary thing in my life-- a fox that has taken the walk of men... I am Agrias Oaks, a Warrior of Light under General Beatrix's command."

[luna]

Luna, Being about 5'4", stood staring at the other creatures in the midst of her forest "Men....... what are men?, of all the animals in this forest, this is the first time i have seen anything that looks like three of you. she pronounced "And i would appreciate it if you would stop looking at me like that, it's a little weird." she said as she backed up a bit, holding on to the hilt of her sword.

[terra]

"sister in law?..........., princess consort......." Edgar said. Terra rubbed her belly out of habit , and thought to herself "O by the goddesses, what have you got me into Sabin?".

Terra heard and saw the fox's actions, and the fact that her ........paw?!? went to her sword. "I'm sorry.. Luna was it?, don't worry we are not in the nature of going around hurting people.........um i mean anomaly at random."she said hopeful to calm the situation.

Luna watched the green hair girl for a moment before lowering her hand off her sword, "Mmmmm i hope not ....Terra. But you three "Men" were looking for a place to settle then i could show you a place if you wish." she said as she started walking out of the clearing "This way" she called out

Wanting to get out of the open Terra turned to Edgar, "Come on soon to be "brother in-law" best not loss her" Terra said as she began following the wagging tail again.

[Agrias Oaks]

Agrias looked around, confused where the fourth voice was coming from. She looked into the bushes, but only saw three people there, counting her-- and then the fox woman.

...the fox woman-- wait!

"YOU SPEAK!?" Agrias flailed a little, clapping her hands together to compose herself, "Mercy, a perfect English as well!" she gasped, speaking in that British tongue of hers.

"What mystical place is this??" she would finally gasp, bowing to Luna as apparently, this was more an animal's work than humans by her remark, " A place where animals take the walk of men, and speak of similar tongue... pray tell, your name, Miss Fox?" she would ask, beginning to follow the creature in awe.

[luna]

Luna pushed a branch out of her way as she choose to what path to go down. She looked over her shoulder to the one carrying the lute. "My name is Luna Mordair, and i don't know what men are.........unless that is what you three are. and all others here like me speak this.... tongue." she spoke as she lead the way "You three don't seam to be bad people, so i'm taking you back to my village, it's not safe for travelers here in Sherwood Forest as of late."

Terra was still staring at the tail in front her. after a bit she nudged against Edgar "Any idea why Jenova sent us here of all places?" she asked, after asking she let out a bit of a "sigh" she was getting hungry again.........

[The Heartless Army]

Luna didn't know how right she was sometimes. You see, about the time they made a turn around a nearby tree, they'd see a distant glow on the horizon, lighting up the slowly darkening sky. There were screams on the air... faint, but there. The village was under attack!

Just as this fact began to register, an arrow would whizz right by the nose of the animal woman in lead. Around the clearing, several strange creatures could be seen with glowing eyes, each clutching a twisted bow and notching an arrow just like the last. They looked like the king's weasles, but they were darker, more primal. And in the center of them stood a tall, albiet vastly overweight wolf who held up his sword and waved it downward in a "now" signal. Arrows would fly at the group's direction.

It would seem the "posse" were making an attack on the Hood's hideouts and supporters. The village was bait, and they were mistaking this group for a band of theives...

[Agrias Oaks]

"Great Gospel," gasped Agrias, catching sight of the arrow and the left over trail toward a dark archer. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of what it was, and she ,on instinct moved in front of Tera to protect her, "Heartless!! We need to move out of sight!"

She reached for her lute, and held it in a defensive position-- if any arrows were to come her way, she would deflect them with her musical instrument.

"Lady Luna-- where can we go that is safe, we need to protect Edgar and Lady Tera?!" she spoke, unknowing that the two she spoke of where types of heroes as well.

[King Edgar]

"Shadows!" roared the king, taking up Longinus and taking a firm hold of Terra by the waist. "More of Kefka's children, come to take us away!"

He hoisted up his spear and directed it at the Heartless, giving himself an authoratative air.

"I am Edgar Roni Figaro, King of Figaro, and you will not be tasting the sweet essence of Esper today! Tornado!"

Soon, before the eyes of the heroes, a large, thick wind barreled into the sky, creating a mammoth twister-like structure, collecting nearby trees and Heartless alike.

"Terra, you need to teleport us away from here. I need to concentrate on the winds!"

[terra]

Una jumped back as the arrow went whizzing past her head. She reached back and pulled an arrow out and let it fly back at the the animals that appeared.

Terra looked to Edgar, and thought of the spell to cast. She realized she didn't know this place, but where they were wasn't safe. Terra reached out and grabbed Agrais's shoulder, Luna's tail and leaned in and rested her head on Edgar's back in between his shoulder blades. She began speaking to her self, then with an outburst "Time and space grant us passage and take us from this land and place!"

Luna almost squeaked when her tail was grabbed, she turn and stared at Terra in disbelief , but before she was able to say anything she felt as tho she was being pulled in many different directions at once. She closed her eyes from the feeling. Moments later when the sensation stopped she opened her eyes and looked around. "This..........this is the Northern forest...........but...but....but... that's impossible!?" she pulled away form Terra's grasp "What....... just what are you ????" she pulled out her sword "Are you witches?" she asked a becoming more and more scared.