The anguished yells of Ardyn Izunia permeated throughout the realm. Spirits of the 'Lucii', swords in hand assaulted the man contaminated with the star-scourge and its malicious intents, driving their swords through his chest.

Noctis steadily watched as they drove out the evil that had plagued Eos for centuries. The quest that had brought him here was finished. Yet Noctis felt no peace, instead of having an emptiness felt inside of him. He knew what the cause of it was and yet he couldn't fathom what would happen if he didn't choose this path. The darkness had stretched so far across Eos, that there was no light and no hope for the people.

The last king yelled a loud battle cry. Noctis grimly smiled at the sight of his father slashing and stabbing the host of the star-scourge before dissipating into blue lights. Ardyn doubled over, unable to repress the immense amount of pain in him. Looking up, he saw Noctis with his sword in hand, an intense stare set upon him.

Noctis drew his sword back before delivering the final stab to the chest. Ardyn gasped and collapsed to the ground, spasms erupting from his body as the darkness that permeated him dissipated and died.

As if woken from a bad dream, Ardyn shot up and stared at Noctis. Noctis motioned Ardyn to go. Ardyn brushed himself off before giving Noctis his salutations and dissipated.

Noctis sighed, it was finished. The challenges, hardships and adventures were not in vain. But, the one thing that kept at his conscience was how the land was going to be rebuilt. The elimination of Daemons was a significant milestone, but with the death of Ieodas Aldercapt and the destruction of the crystal, he didn't know what would come next. Surely the hunters and Kingsglaive remnants would come out and satisfy the population, but there were still swaths of imperial soldiers controlling parts of Eos. It would be quite some time before they could even settle down.

He thought back to his friends. The four of them were inseparable, the adventure made them intertwined in each other's lives. The road trip had strengthened their bonds to the point of being a band of brothers. Prompto's sarcasm and jokes kept the team's spirits up. Gladiolus' strength and practical knowledge assisted in the preservation of their lives and Ignis' intellect and knowledge counselled Noctis and the team's decisions in what they did, and his cooking was second to none.

All his friends and their qualities made their quest easier. Noctis shook his head. He might see them later on; in the afterlife. He could only hope that they would live fulfilled lives.

He smirked, maybe Prompto would gather the balls to ask Cindy out, even Gladiolus could probably settle down… Ignis could also open a restaurant.

Noctis sighed, he would have to wait to see what they were up to. For now, he might as well enjoy the peace. Closing his eyes, he laid back in the cosmic void, the emptiness keeping him company… except he couldn't find rest.

From within his shut eyelids, Noctis could make a bright green light assaulting his eyelids. A strange sensation flowed through his body, and the feeling of being dragged away was unnerving him. Snapping open his eyes, Noctis temporarily blinded himself to the green light before adjusting and realised what was happening.

A green rift had appeared opposite to him, and a green aura surrounded him, pulling him towards the breach. Noctis struggled knowing it was futile without the power of the ring. As he moved further into the portal, voices murmured quietly. Then one stood out among the rest.

"I, Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière, in the name of the great Five Pentagon Powers, following my fate, summon a familiar."

The disembodied voice only empowered Noctis to struggle even more. But the green aura pulled harder and tighter, almost suffocating Noctis into unconsciousness. The last thing he could remember was the overwhelming feeling of heat and force exerted on him.

Piles of books stacked up in the library; most of the spell books, others being historical backgrounds. She had studied for the past three days on the origins of a familiar and how to summon one…correctly. Louise sighed as she closed the history book. She had spent countless hours and given up personal time, just to get this right.

Louise was not a very outgoing girl, preferring to keep to her own company. The reason partially for this was her awkward socialising skills but also for her reputation as 'Zero'. This was by far the worst thing you could be called as a mage, as it denoted you didn't have any magic capability at all and therefore made you as simple as a commoner.

She was nervous for the summoning rituals tomorrow. If she screwed up and summoned something weird, or worse summoned nothing at all. She would be cast out of nobility and forced to live her life as a commoner. A notion that all nobles feared.

Turning back to the book she had closed, she clenched her fists. In everything she did, she could never do anything magical right, maybe just the small spells, but she couldn't ever get the practical side of things done right. Cupping her face in her hands, she sobbed.

Why had Brimir cursed her with explosive results and made her a terrible mage? Louise wished she hadn't ever been born into nobility or even born at all. The insults, remarks and feelings of failure always got to her. But somehow she managed to persevere.

A faint shuffle of feet interrupted Louise. Quickly wiping her face, she turned to face the intruder, who was no other than her longtime teacher and confidant, Professor 'Colbert'.

"Louise. What are you doing here?" he whispered, "it is a well past curfew, we don't want you summoning a rock tomorrow do we". A mirthful smirk adorned his face. Louise giggled before cleaning up after her self.

"Professor. I'm really nervous about my summoning", Louise confided, "what if I summon a rock or even worse, nothing at all!" Colbert placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Louise, I am positive you will summon something", he replied, "you have put so much effort into getting this right. Your actions will bear fruit, and you'll have a good familiar, I am sure of it". She grinned, her fears abated for a bit.

"Thank you, Professor… for believing in me", she said. And with that, Louise rushed off to her room. Colbert shook his head, he had strong faith she would summon something.

She obviously had a magical affinity, as demonstrated by her past attempts to do something magic related by summoning explosions. But none of her attributes fitted any of the magical associations of water, fire, earth, electricity or wind. 'Void' was the only exception as it has never been displayed in any manner other than being 'Brimir's' main affinity.

Colbert had a suspicion although it didn't have enough fact to back it up, the possibility that Louise was a void mage was highly unlikely but not impossible. Glancing at the study books she had, his eyes caught one particular large book.

'The Book of Brimir'