Threads of Fate 2

Search for Eternity

Disclaimer: Threads of Fate is owned by Squaresoft.

Well, I finally decided to put this story up on the net. I wanted to write what people might want to think as a possible sequel to ToF. I liked playing as Mint the most (her magic just lessened the hassle), but the fight between Rue and Doll Master was touching. So, I decided to use the base of Mint's story, but change the ending so that Rue was equally shown (I didn't like how Mint was shown in Rue's game). So, the first chapter is my rewrite of the ending. BTW, this will be Mint/Rue, but there will only be bits and pieces (sorry, no Rue and Mint making out scenes. ^_~).

~* The Truth Revealed*~

"DOLL MASTER!!!"

The strawberry haired princess ran from the teleporter and across the silver catwalk toward the masked man. He turned is burning gaze upon her. She skidded to a stop, and Dual Haloes in hand, pointed at him.

"What are you doing?! Put him down!" she commanded with a hint of authority, a powerful frown stitched on her lips. Doll Master turned away from her, staring at the boy with snow-colored locks and laughed. The girl found nothing hilarious of the situation she had just entered: Doll Master was holding the boy up by the color of his grassy green shirt. He did not stuggle, however, for his body was limp, his eyes closed, but his chest still moving. It allowed her to calm her gasping breath. It also gave a reason for her to fight.

"What's so funny?!" she hissed.

"Ah, Princess Mint, don't you see? Only two years ago, you were a selfish brat. Now you are trying to save this worthless doll!"

"Hey!" Mint cried. "He's not - " After a moment of silence, Doll Master's words finally began to sink in. "D-Doll?"

"Indeed, Rue is a doll. But not just any doll." Doll Master carelessly dropped Rue, who landed with a sickening thump on the ground, still peacefully sleeping. Then, stepping over him, the man in black confronted Mint.

"He is a doll of Valen. One of light, born of dew. Created and awakened to resurrect Valen himself. It is his destiny, yet he believes otherwise. His reason is that he has a will." The hard, cold feeling melted away, and a look of peace and passion flowed through him. "A will… I never understood what he meant…" Silence continued until something dawned on the brash princess.

"How do you know so much about Rue?" she questioned, watching the doll on the floor continue to dream. With that, doll Master looked up, the heart warming facial expression destroyed, a menacing look replacing it. He slowly removed his mask as Mint regarded in anxiety. As he casted it onto the catwalk, a dull shine caught her attention. A gray jewel was embedded on his forehead, just like Rue's. The only exception was that it didn't glisten the way Rue's did. In fact, it could barely reflect the light..

"Yes, I, too, have a life stone. A droplet of dew, so to speak. Except…"

"Except yours is running out of life?" Mint guessed.

"Not anymore." He whispered gloomily. "I lost most of my life energy when I battled Rue for the first time. He dealt a crushing blow that distorted what I energy I had left in my pathetic, ruined stone. I can't reincarnate Valen without a fully powered and potential Dew stone. I can't even use the Dewprism."

"So that's where Rue comes in."

"Correct."

"Well, I'm here to stop you!"

"Oh?" Doll Master mocked. "Enlighten me. If you came for justice, that would be the joke of the century."

"Don't worry, it has nothing to do with justice. You piss me off! Your malicious, vile character makes me sick. You attacked Carona, you ruined Rue's life, and you forced Prima to do your bidding. It's your fault I lost my right to the throne!!! I've been homeless for 3 years because of you!!!!"

"My fault?" Doll Master looked at her again. "I did nothing of the sort. I told you before, the council voted unanimously against your future succession to the throne. You have no one else to blame but yourself."

"!!! GR! That's it!!! Doll Master, in the name of justice, I will destroy you!"

"I thought you didn't come here for justice," he smirked.

Annoyed, Mint stomped the ground. "SHUT UP! That's it! I'm sick of you! This ends now!"

"Fine," Doll Master agreed. "I, Ruecian, will show you what it is like to be a reject doll of Valen, and will give you a final taste of his power!!" Mint ran forward, slashing at him with her Haloes. Ruecian pushed her away with a blast of energy, then shot a magic bolt at her. Jumping in order to dodge, she returned fire with one of her white magic arrows, firing twice, both hitting the doll. Ruecian cried out in pain. He flew backwards, then calling upon his magic, summoned three fire pollywags. Hah! Mint thought. Fodder.She ran forward to slash them, but as her left ring connected, the monster exploded, throwing her backward. Before she could get up, the last two slammed into her side, doing more damage. She gave a yelp of pain, and force herself to stand. Agitated, she attacked with Trine, her strongest yellow magic. Ruecian yelled in agony, and fell to the floor, his wings limp, kneeling in anguish.

"Ahhhh..ghh…." Doll Master moaned in pain. Mint slowly walked up to him, staring down at his pathetic body. She lacked an emotion on her face.

"I ought to kill you, cut to you into pieces, burn you into ashes, blast you off the edge with my green magic so that you fall until you hit the bottom of the room, if there is one…"

With that, she readied her rings, which began to spin wildly in front of her. Ruecian grimaced from the pain, the began to glow. In a flash, he returned to his other form, a man with a huge arm, and dashed at her attempting to slice her. At the last moment, Mint jumped, turned around in mid air, and kicked him hard in the back as he passed by. Both hit the ground, Mint landing on her feet. Ruecian laid on the ground, and returned to normal.

"But I won't. I know you killed Claire, and I know that you ruined all of my friends' lives, but something happened between Rue and you before I go here. I'm right, aren't I? You changed since I last saw you."

"You're… Not as naïve… As I thought… Princess… You changed. More than I'll ever know…." With that, he collapsed onto the floor, unconscious. Mint stepped over to him, and walked over to Rue.

"Argh, what am I gonna do with him? I can't leave him here." With an idea, she stomped the ground. "RUE, WAKE UP!" No response. "Well, I guess there's no other choice." As she turned to leave, Rue's weak voice sounded behind her.

"Cuh…. Claire……" Mint stared at him, pity written on her face. "Fine…" She dragged him over to the teleporter.

"Man, he's heavy… Well, here I go…" With that, she stepped through.