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Ceridwin Lucius: I'm glad you noticed them :)

Keybladelight: im glad you seemed to like it :D Though I thought it was obvious what Charlotte wanted. Oh well. I'll tell you all anyway if I wasn't clear enough. She is lustful towards Noctis. I'll just leave it there. As for the masked man. Again. The masked man's identity won't be revealed anytime soon. And I am also excited for episode Ardyn. Because who else wouldn't want to mess around a city GTA style with FF physics. That's sounds fun as all hell.

Even though it already came out. I still haven't played it.

Jimbo7: I like that show. So why wouldn't I reference it? Also when Noctis became aware of how much ***** he had been getting. The part I forgot to write in was that he is referring to bar maidens. As for the religious stuff. The thing is. Pretty much everyone in the game believes in a Star God that watches over them. Who waits to pick a chosen one to be a God's Gift(as you can tell. The star god chose Noctis). Along with disciples to act as protectors of peace with the females being possible bearers of star children that will keep evil monsters and demons away. I know it's pretty strange.

But that's Japan for ya.

Heads up. This chapter will be more on the serious side compared to the other chapters.

Unto da story

Play: Hootie and the Blowfish – Be The One

For another day. Noctis has gotten another nightmare. Every time he thinks about the issues at hand the nightmares get worse. Because of this he woke up as early as usual and watch the sun come up. He gets up and closes the curtains

Meanwhile ever since they have returned from the labyrinth. Chloe felt worried about him ever since she and Narika found him nearly beaten up by that… thing assuming it was the hand. Or whatever it was. He seemed to be mentally strained after being grabbed….. by whatever that was.

*Knock*

"…" said Noctis. He still has very little will to speak. He has tried to bring his mental state back up but every time he manages to succeed he would always get set back by something.

It begins to make Noctis wonder of he was going to feel better it would be a jinx. He has come to expect everybody is thing that happens to him will backfire in some way.

*Knock*

He looks at his door and pondered who is behind the door.

"Noctis are you awake?" said a voice that Noctis recognizes as Chloe's

"…" said Noctis as he slowly gets up… it made him wonder what she wanted as he opens his door

"Hey Noctis. Do you have time to talk?" said Chloe

"….?" Said Noctis not expecting her to wait to see him this early though it could be something he could get tused to. He then opens the door and gestures for her to come inside

Chloe then comes in and sits down on his desk hair

"Noctis. I've noticed that you have been…. Quiet since yesterday." Said Chloe "May I ask if there is something wrong?"

"…" said Noctis as he tries to think of something to say.

"Noctis. Please. We can fix it together if I know what's going on" said Chloe

"…I'm sorry I worried you. It's just that. A lot of things have been going through mind. Some things I'd rather not mention." Said Noctis making Chloe realize that he probably isn't ready to day what's wrong

"Ok. But please. You are God's Gift. Because of you there have been many less reports of dusk monster attacks." Said Chloe "When you came around. We have gotten much closer to eradicating the labyrinths. You've been a big help"

Noctis began to think about what she said. Slowly regaining his will to speak.

"Without you there probably would have been more we would have lost. You are doing so well to change that" said Chloe

"…" said Noctis

"Noctis. If you want we can talk about this later…" said Chloe getting up

" Ok.. Thanks Chloe" said Noctis as Chloe smiles at him warmly and leaves. That felt nice. But it still doesn't change anything though. But he can see that Chloe wants to help. This made him smile slightly. He begins to think of…. His friends. How they always managed to cheer him up when he is down.

Now. They aren't here. This made his smile disappear. He begins to think of all the times Prompto did something stupid, Ignis's emotional support, Gladios's 'tough talk' and many accomplishments he has done while still in his own world.

It got him to wonder once again. How much time has passed in the world he left behind. He knows for sure Ardyn is… well. Not doing anything good.

A few moments of morning business later

Noctis exits his dorm and sees Chlotz seemingly walking towards him

"Yo Nick!" said Chlotz

"….Your calling me 'Nick' now?" said Noctis raising an eyebrow

"Well it got a reaction out of you" said Chlotz patting his shoulder

"…." Said Noctis as they both walk into the elevator

"Noctis. Are you ok?" said Chlotz

"…." Said Noctis

"This is what I'm talking about. Your becoming more distant since you came back" said Chlotz

"I take it that Chloe might have told you?" thought Noctis as he is pretty sure Chlotz normally wouldn't find out on his own.

"Nikolas. Hello? Earth To Nikolas?" said Chlotz waving his hand in front of his

"...Chlotz. what are you trying to do?" said Noctis

"What do you think I'm trying to do? I'm trying to get a reaction" said Chlotz

"Your trying to piss me off?" said Noctis

"You could say that Nict" said Chlotz

"…" said Noctis

*Ding*

"Hey Noctis. Here's something you should be excited for. It's gym today." Said Chlotz

"Gym?..." said Noctis

"Yeah man. Just think about it. Think of how cute the girls will look in there gym clothes" said Chlotz thinking about how a bunch if girls in their class will look "Plus I still have the spicy sandwiches I've been saving."

."...You didn't take a bite out if them did you?" said Noctis genuinely interested in trying how hot those peppers are compared to the ones in his home world

"Of course not man!" said Chlotz

"…" said Noctis as he gives Chlotz a stare

"I'm serious man" said Chlotz sweatdropping at Noctis's suspicion of him

"Hey you guys!" said a voice who turned out to be Fuuko as she and Narika ran over to them

"?" said both Noctis and Chlotz in unison

"Is there something we could help you with Fuuko?" said Chlotz

"There's a huge crowd at the gate" said Fuuko

"Huge crowd?" said Chlotz

"Yeah. We all should go see what it's about" said Fuuko

"Good luck with that guy-" said Noctis as he felt a hand grab his arm as he tried to walk away "Ow"

"Your not going anywhere this time Nict." Said Chlotz

"What? Why?" Said Noctis

"Huh. The most reaction I got all day." Thought Chlotz

"Its not everyday there is a crowd at the gate" said Chlotz "So that definitely means something is up

"...But what about classes?" said Noctis

"Eh. Everyone at the gate is late. I'm sure there is not room for everyone to get punished" said Chlotz as he pulls Noctis outside as Narika and Fuuko follow

"Chlotz should you really be pulling him like that?" said Narika worried about Noctis.

"He'll be fine" said Chlotz

"God Damn it Chlotz" muttered Noctis ad the four of them walk out the building and walked towards the huge crowd at the gate

"Oh my god it's him! Enzea Walker!" said a girl

Noctis sees that the majority of the crowd are girls. He could see Kristen in the back

"Oh my god he's just as handsome as I remember" said another girl as a lit of the girls began to squeal over him. Noctis remembered Enzea. But he didn't know he was this popular with the girls

"...Kristen?" said Noctis as Chlotz let's go of his arm walking to her

"?" said Kristen turning around to see him walk towards her "Noctis! I didn't expect to see you here"

"I just came to here too see what's going on" said Noctis

"Enzea Marker is here!" said Kristen excitedly

"so…. Is this like a paparazzi or is this kind of a fan club?" said Noctis

"Well…. It's more if a fanclub really." Said Kristen

"Whoah so all these fangirls are for him?" said Chlotz

"That's not what else is new. He recebtly donated a telescope to the school. Albeit a very expensive one" said Narika "It just got set up yesterday"

"Seriously!?" said Chlotz "That's awesome!"

"Wait he actually did that?" said Kristen

"Yeah. Can you believe it?" said Fuuko

"Man. He's a pimp and he's rich? Man I can't wait to be like him" said Chlotz

"I don't really like him" said a voice out of nowhere startling all five of them…. Except Noctis

"Torri?" Said Noctis to the voice who turned out to be Torri

"He makes me train every single day… I'm tired of it all" said Torri

"…I didn't ask but ok" thought Noctis

"Hey guys. Shall I put on a special event?" said Chlotz

"Really? I'm interested in this. What sort if event?" said Torri

"We can look at the star god with the new telescope" said Chlotz

"….You guys go on ahead and do that." Said Noctis walking away making sure to be out of Chlotz's reach

"What's up with him?" said Kristen

"You see. He's been like this ever since we returned from our last mission" said Narika gaining Torri's, Fuuko's, and Chlotz's interest

"Do you know what happened?" said Kristen

"Well you see…. When we got to the labyrinth. After investigating a bit Noctis was suddenly grabbed by something and pulled away. When we found him he was all beaten up. And he wouldn't speak at all. It's like he was mentally shattered." Said Narika "Ever since then. He has been distant to us all" as the five of them watch Noctis leave them

"What if he will feel better with the event" said Chlotz

"Do you really think that will work?" said Fuuko

"Who knows. Maybe we should try it" said Chlotz

Noctis walks back into the school building and as he did that he begins to contemplate what boring things will happen today in school

"Hello God's Gift. How may I help you?" said Mable

"I'm fine Mable" said Noctis seeing Allen and his cyan haired friend "Hey guys"

"Oh hello Nikolas" said Allen

"My nan- Oh forget it" said Noctis "So. Are we still doing P.E?"

"Nope. Mr. Victor had was some errands to run today. So instead we will have history" said Allen "Want to walk there with us?"

"…sure" said Noctis following them "I… never got your name" referring to the cyan haired boy

"Roger" said the cyan haired boy now named Roger

"...Ok then." Said Noctis

"I heard Ms. Chloe's teaching the history of the city today" said Roger

"Is that so?" said Allen

"Yeah. At least according to Chlotz" said Roger as the three of the classroom

"?" said Chloe seemingly waiting "Oh hello boys. Do you know what's going on with that crowd outside?"

"Its just fans of Enzea" said Allen scratching the back of his head

"Oh Enzea? Huh. He is pretty popular" said Chloe "I wonder what brings him over here" sipping her coffee

"…" said Noctis taking his seat he looks around the class and sees that other than Chloe. He, Allen, and Roger are the only ones there. This made Noctis think that everyone else is outside crowding around Enzea

Ellie then comes in

"Ellie! Your still late" said Chloe

"*sigh* I thought I was early" said Ellie taking a seat near Noctis. Noctis then began to wonder der what kind of things Chloe will teach.

Later

Everyone starts to pour into class and take their seats

"Alright we are all extra late. We will take longer to all the things I have planned for today" said Chloe. This made everyone except Noctis (because he doesn't care) to groan. However Chloe knew she would get that kind of reaction. Because work is boring

"Ms. Chloe how long should we expect this to be" said a random student

"Well really it's the usual two hours." Said Chloe

Later

Noctis leaves the classroom. But as he walks he begins to wonder what will happen. Judging by what Chloe said. Something will definitely happen today. So far it seemed like a normal day but Noctis began to catch on to the fact that whenever a day where it seems normal. Something not normal will happen

This made Noctis feel like a jinx when it comes to unexpected occurrences since it always seems to happen.

"Hey uh Noctis?" said a voice belonging to Fuuko jogging over to him

"?" said Noctis turn his head towards her

"Is there a chance you…. Believe in ghosts?" said Fuuko expecting Noctis to call her crazy or say no

"…Yes" said Noctis

"I knew y-wait.. did you say yes?" says Fuuko with her voice full of hope

"….Yeah. why do you ask?" said Noctis

"Well I…. Told Narika…. But she doesn't believe me" said Fuuko

"Did you ask anyone else?" said Noctis

"Uh… No" said Fuuko

"…" said Noctis "Well is there a reason why you ask?"

"Do you…. Want to.. help me check later on?" said Fuuko

"….." said Noctis "…Maybe" Walking away. It also made Fuuko hope that means yes.

Noctis then begins to wonder… how are the star children doing… as it urks him to remember that he is basically their father….. he decided he will do this later

After school

Noctis sits in his dorm looking out his window. It is still the middle of the day. He looks at his drawers and sees that his clothes he wore when he arrived in this world. He begins to wonder if he should get more casual looking clothes.

Noctis sighs as he changes into his prince's fatigue without the jacket. This depression he has has been eating away his conscious. He then tries to distract himself by listening to his music. So far it isn't helping at all.

Noctis begins to wonder. How will he continue to deal with this? He lays down and tries to think of several things to do. Then…. He gets an idea that may take his mind off this

Meanwhile

Narika finishes with her student council papers and leaves. As she walks back she ponders if there is something more going on with Noctis and his depression. Narika worries how it will affect him….. However ever since she classmated with him she felt like she wanted to be with him more.

Narika then walks out of the building and towards the church. And sees one of priests stops what he's doing to see Narika approaching

"Hello Ms. Narika how are you today?" said the man

"Hello Mr. Bill" said Narika "Im doing fine…. Is there by chance that the star children are here?"

"Yeah they are still here. Why?" said the man now named Mr. Bill

"I was just wondering. Also I need your advice" said Narika making Mr. Bill look at her in curiosity "There's someone…. I'm worried about. He has not been himself lately…"

"Hmm…." Said Mr. Bill scratching his mustache "Well… When there something I worry about… I often see what can do. Then. I will just hope for the best. Seeing you like this reminds me of how my wife worries about me when I'm away."

"Thanks Mr. Bill" said Narika as she walks into the church

Back to Noctis

Noctis then exits the school and walks towards the city and looks up into the sky and wonders. What is kind of thing would lead Noctis to a work like this that isn't the behemoth. Noctis's looks at his tattoo and looks up into the sky again before continuing to walk towards the bar.

He then puts on his earbuds and starts listening to whatever music he has on it. As he continues to walk through the busy street. He sees that Bar N Burger is still there. Not that he thought anything happened to it.

Noctis walked towards the bar and opens the door only to duck out of instinct a bottle nearly hits him and shatters on the wall

"The hell is going on!?" said Noctis

"Uh.. he did it!" said a guy pointing to another before running to the bathroom making Noctis wonder what was going on. After that. Everyone else started to resume their business.

"Nocty!" Said Vanessa running over to him wrapping her arms around him. He could feel her cleavage on his back. He had to admit. It felt very nice. "I haven't seen you in a while. Where ya been?" in a very purposeful whiny tone

"It's been a few…. Issues." Said Noctis "But.. it's just that my schedule has been crowded"

"Aw. I missed you" said Vanessa hugging him tighter

"So then. How much?" said Noctis

"Hm… maybe. Another day. But you better pay up eventually" said Vanessa letting go of him and handing him a beer

"Thanks…" said Noctis taking the beer

"Care to explain why there is a shattered bottle?" said Vanessa just now noticing the shattered bottle upon the floor

"….That wasn't me. But I'm sure you knew it" said Noctis starting to drink a lot more than he usually does at a time.

"Of course I knew." Said Vanessa "Noctis? Are you… fine?" starting to notice it.

"Hey. Vanes…. Have you…" said Noctis in a some what slurred voice as she sees he is taking a somewhat somber expression. It got her to wonder why he is like this so fast until she realized…. She gave him a bottle where the effects kick in IMMEDIATELY. She decided to remind herself not to keep those beers away from the one she usually gives Noctis. He then unsteadily walks over to take a seat on the couch as she follows him

"Vanessa?" said Noctis

"Yes?" said Vanessa starting to worry.

"Have you…. Ever had…. To leave.. a place you belong" said Noctis laying back before taking another sip

"A place to leave?" Said Vanessa

"Its…. Like…. Saying goody goodbye" said Noctis started to fall asleep

"Nocty?" Said Vanessa waving her hand in front of his face as he fully blacks out

Later

"Zz-huh? What happened?" said Noctis realizing that he is now on a couch

"Nocty I think you may have drank too much. I think you might have had enough." Said Vanessa

"Uh.. what time is it?" said Noctis groggily.

"It's about 1:00 why?" said Vanessa

"Eh. I'm sorry I can't stay any longer but I got to go" said Noctis getting up before Vanessa grabs his arm for a moment

"Nocty. If you have a problem just talk to me ok?" said Vanessa giving Noctis as peck on the cheek before letting him go while at the same time he blushes briefly in response. Making all the maids who saw that jealous of her.

Noctis nods to her in response and leaves. As he exits the building he begins to wonder what has just happened. But what Vanessa said too him…. Did he do something when he blacked out?... He decided to ask her about this later.

Noctis looks around the city as he walks back to the school. So far everything is normal enough. Hopefully he didn't jinx it this time. He eventually passes by while at the same time took notice of four guys just chilling out on a bench. They all seemed to be friends

This reminded him of his three friends he misses a lot. It urked him once again. Now Noctis feels like a total jinx as he continues to walk back to the school

Meanwhile

A certain star child boy looks up in the sky and wonders what is going on with this world. He looks at his two fellow star children they seemed to have a fun time playing whatever games. But he has just been in the corner. Just staring. It's not because they don't like him. In fact they offered him to play with them.

"C'mon why don't ya'll want to play?" said a star child girl (Chloe's)

"Yeah. We are twinsees. Twinsees make great teams of fun" said the other star child girl (Narika's)

"Im sorry. It's just that I don't want to now" said the star child boy (Narika's)

"..Ok them. but it ye like to play with us just ask" said the star child girl (Chloe's)

The star child boy begins to think to himself. Ever since he has had that vision of Nikolas (Noctis) he is wondering… did they mean anything? And whether does Nikolas will know anything about it. And what did he have to do with them?

"Hey um girls. Do you know where Nikolas is?" said the star child boy

"Im pretty sure he might be in the school building somewhere." Said The star child girl (Narika's)

Later on with Noctis

Noctis wonders what he should do now as he walks back to his dorm passing by Chlotz

"Yo Nict! Wanna check the telescope?" said Chlotz

"…" said Noctis heading towards the elevator

"Is that a yes?... Ok I'll get ya later" said Chlotz

Noctis then walks into the elevator. Everything he has left behind continues to bother him just as much as ever…. He begins to wonder to himself… how much more of this mental pain will he have to deal with?...

It certainly came to him a lot… plus he is a magnet for these kinds of feelings...

*Ding*

Noctis shakes his head to himself as he walks out and towards his dorm. He starts to wonder and realize. Nothing major happened today. It was like a day off. Though one thing has continued to stick in his mind… where those words he remembers hearing

Noctis enters his dorm and lays upon his bed…. This words bother him…. But the one that bothers him the most is 'Come Back'….. he knows for sure that at least one person in his world will say those two words to him if they could.

He lays in his and starts to listen to whatever music he had again to try and get away from there feelings of dread and depression…. However. He can't seem to fall asleep….

After a while of laying down sleeplessly and listening to his music… he hears a knock on the door… he has the strange feeling it may be Chlotz…. He takes off his earbuds and walks over to his door and some whispers

"are you sure about this?" whispered a feminine voice

"of course I'm sure" whispered a voice that sounded a lot like Chlotz's

"…. Who's there?" said Noctis

"Hey dude. Can you open the door for a second?" said Chlotz… as Noctis expected

"*sigh* is it the telescope thing?" said Noctis

"Uh...No?" said Chlotz

"…well if you are here to grab me and bring me over. Would it kill you to ask instead of that?" said Noctis

"Fine you got me. Throw away the sack!" said Chlotz in a yell/whisper tone

Noctis could hear a sack being thrown a he starts to open his door "God Damn it" he thought. Chlotz probably would have forced him to come even if he declined. "I guess….. seeing new stars isn't that bad"

"*sigh* let's go I guess" said Noctis exiting his dorm as Chlotz closes his door

"That's the spirit man" said Chlotz

"Good to have you around" said Fuuko

"…" said Noctis as the two of them lead him away "…So where are we going?"

"Did not hear what I said earlier?" said Chlotz "We're going to the telescope"

"…" said Noctis as they go into the elevator

"Aren't you excited Noctis? This is one of the most expensive telescopes ever" said Fuuko

"….Not really" said Noctis making Fuuko's cheeks puff up

"Oh come on Noctis Not that many people get to see this type of thing" said Fuuko

*Ding*

Later

"So then Chlotz. You certainly took your time" said Sarina as she, Torri, Ellie, and Narika were standing at the door waiting for them

"Well sorry. We cant get in" said Chlotz 'Apologetically' Noctis could immediately tell that he is up to something

"Then what was the point of coming here?" said Serina trying her hardest not to yell

"Aw… I was hoping for that chance" said Torri to Noctis

"Not without this" said Chlotz holding out a key card and swiping it for the door to open as the 8 of them waiting

"Oh man. I was worried he didn't have a way" said Narika

"I was more worried that we may have had to break in" said Ellie

"That would have been even worse" said Narika

"hey look there it is" said Torri as they walk over to it

"Oh my goodness. My heart is racing" said Narika as Torri unexpectedly puts her hand on Narika's chest.

"Your heartbeat is very rapid" said Torri

"Eek! T-Torri! Don't touch my chest" said Narika as Torri takes her hand off her chest as she walks up to Serina

"Is your heart rapidly beating as well?" said Torri

"N-no I am perfectly calm. T-there's no need to touch me" said Serina backing away from Torri

"Anyone else?" said Torri as everyone but Noctis (because he wasn't paying attention) took a few steps back. She then puts her hand on his chest

"-?" said Noctis curious to what Torri is up to before his eyes shoot wide open when he realized where her hand was "T-Torri? W-what are you d-doing?"

"Your heartbeat was normal before getting faster and faster. Is something wrong?" Said Torri

Fuuko and Narika look at the two of them with jealously secretly wishing they were the one feeling Noctis, Ellie giggles at the reaction Noctis. Was giving thinking it's cute, Serina's face turns red but yet she looks interested in where this might go, and Lastly Chlotz wishing that Narika was feeling him and envying Noctis

"*Ahem* can we look through the telescope now?" said Chlotz

"Oh… right. I'm sorry Noctis" said Torri as she sorry walks over to the telescope to look through.

"…" said Noctis calming down as he watches everyone else look through the telescope

"Oh star god I hope you can forgive me" said Narika

"I see a beautiful sky full of lights" says Torri finishing up her look as Ellie then takes a look for herself

"It's so nice too see this" said Ellie after a few moments moves to let Narika look,

A few moments later

"Hey Nick" said Chlotz

"Nick?" thought Noctis assuming that Chlotz has another nickname for him

"What?" said Noctis

"Aren't you going to take a look?" said Chlotz

"…sure" said Noctis as he takes a look through the telescope for a few moments

"So then. I'm ready to get yelled at after this" said Serina

"Oh come on. No one will find out" said Chlotz

"Except someone just did" said a voice making the 8 of them freeze what they were doing

"Ms. C-Chloe!?" said Narika

"Oh s**t" thought Noctis

"S-Sis!?" said Chlotz

"Did you come to see the stars as well Ms. Chloe?" said Torri

"I will keep quiet about this just this one" said Chloe "Don't you guys dare pull another stunt like this" trying to maintain her frustration

"Oh please. If someone like chief Ruby finds out your key card got stolen. Your trustworthiness will be questio-OW" said Chlotz as he got slapped by Chloe

"*sigh* now then.. I guess we got this far. Shall we look through the telescope?" said Chloe going back to usual cheerful expression

"….Are you really letting us off the hook like that?" said Noctis

"Ill do just this once. As long as it doesn't happen again" said Chloe see ding chills down Fuuko's, Narika's, Ellie's, and Serina's spines

"…" said Noctis

"Look on the brightside. Maybe if we see the star god we will be blessed with his favor at the star conception festival" said Chloe

"….The Star Conception Festival?" said Noctis

"It's a party at the end of the winter where the boys so the girls out" said Chloe

"I don't think I'll be getting that favor" said Serina

"Me neither" said Fuuko

"Nope" said Narika

"Yeah…." Said Ellie

"Why is everyone so passive about this?" said Chlotz "Arent you girls thinking about who will ask you out?"

Then. All 6 of the girls starred at Noctis

"…What?" said Noctis making Chlotz see where this is going

"Hey Nikolas. Is there a girl that your thinking to ask out?" Said Chlotz smiling while wrapping his arms around Noctis's shoulder

"…" said Noctis as Chloe, Narika, and Fuuko seem to be eagerly waiting for his answer

"*sigh* I'm going to bed" said Noctis as he walks towards the door

"Hey Nick, don't you want look through the telescope more?" said Chlotz

"No. You guys do that" said Noctis leaving

Noctis then walk towards his dorm

After a few moments everyone else leaves… but Ellie and Torri

"Torri aren't you going back to your dorm like the others?" said Ellie

"No. I want to watch the stars a little longer" said Torri "… of all these stars in the sky.. do you think one of them is the actual star god?"

"I don't know. But you really like to look out in the sky don't you?" said Ellie

"Its just that I dream of soaring through the skies. Being free as a bird.. in a very vast place" said Torri

"You know. I like that thinking. But first I believe we should help Noctis the best we could before getting there" said Ellie

"…Yeah. Your right. Maybe.. he and I could.." said Torri purposely saying the latter part quietly referring to Noctis

"Maybe what?" said Ellie

"Oh it's nothing" said Torri as they both decided to leave

"I hope he heals" thought Torri as she has noticed how one day Noctis was very nice and unknown to her. But after a little while he seems to have been stricken with sadness.

As Noctis was about to get into bed he looks at the top hat he found. He thinks of everyone back at home. It makes him smile for a bit as he gets on his bed and starts too fall into a dreamless sleep. Because of this his mentality isn't getting much better. But strangely enough… he feels..

The fight inside might break him again. But…. It's something that Noctis continues to struggle with

The next day

Noctis wakes up once again, takes care of his hygiene, changes into his uniform and heads out. As he gets out Chlorz seemingly has been waiting for him…. He realized he isn't as early as he usually is. Maybe he is getting some needed sleep

"Yo Nict!" said Chlotz

"…Do you always seemingly wait for me to show up?" said Noctis

"Of course man! We're friends aren't we?" Said Chlotz

"….I guess?" said Noctis. He did not truly consider Chlotz a friend. Or anyone else in this world. But now it's starting to somewhat change...

"Besides. We got class with Chloe today" said Chlotz

"…Do you think she will punish us for being at the telescope?" said Noctis

"What makes you think that?" said Chlotz

"It just that….. She seemed to be mad." Said Noctis

"Believe me. If she was mad she would have punished us earlier." Said Chlotz

"….If you say so" said Noctis

A while after a couple boring classes and it's lunchtime

"That day. Was painful as hell" said Noctis

"You said it man" said Chlotz they head to the cafeteria. When they opened the door they saw a huge line for milk. And see Serina in the back of the line

"Hey there tiny-Oof" said Chlotz to Serina

"You message with the bull you get the horns Chlotz" thought Noctis

"Don't you dare call me that" said Serina angrily feeling insulted at Chlotz's nickname

"Ok-ok! I'm sorry! Just please don't hit me" said Chlotz

"That's what I thought" said Serina

"….Waiting in like for the milk?" said Noctis

"Yup. *Sigh* I barely got any milk" said Serina sadly

"…" said Noctis

"Hey you guys!" said Narika as she and Fuuko were coming over with a few of milk making Noctis look at them curiously while Serina and Chlotz look at them with wide eyes. While everyone in the line was too busy waiting to look behind

"You….. you… got milk?" said Serina

"We woke up really early to get them" said Fuuko "Y-you know…. i-if you want we can let you guys have a carton or two"

"Oh thank you so much!" said Serina as the five of them take a seat. Noctis notices a some peppers being sold in the corner this immediately reminded him of…

Flashback

"Alright. You ready guys?" said Noctis holding a pepper

"Three" said Prompto also holding a pepper

"Two" said Ignis and is also holding a pepper

"One" said Gladios.. I'm pretty sure you get the point.

The four of them put their peppers in their mouths and stared each other down. Noctis looked under the table to see Gladios was about to purposely step on his foot while Prompto opened a bottle of hit sauce and drinks it. Making Gladios, Ignis, and Noctis to look at him in shock. In fact

The sauce he was drinking is very… flammable toward peppers.. Prompto looked our and looked up making them wonder what he is up to

"*BUUUUURP*" burped Prompto as literally there was a trail of fire that came out of his own mouth. Luckily the fire never touched anything. "Champion. *cough* *cough*" as he was on the verge of breaking as he puts the bottle in the middle of the table

"Oh god this hurts so much" thought Prompto

The Noctis and Gladios then lunges at the bottle causing them both to to get it started the same time

"ITS MINE" said Noctis

"No way in hell!" said Gladios as they both rolled off the table causing the bottle to slip out their hands and into the bowl of peppers

"OH S-" said Noctis as the four of them panicked seeing the very situation they are in

*Shoomp*

Even though all those peppers bursted into flames. Luckily it didn't star a fire but the four if them were covered in smoke

Ignis began to cough twice

Then the smoke detectors got wind of this. Causing the sprinklers to go off

"Did I win?" said Prompto awkwardly as Ignis, Gladios, and Noctis began to awkwardly stare at him. I take that as a yes"

Flashback end

"typical Prompto" thought Noctis as he then walks over to the peppers and grabs five and buys them since the line is significantly shorter than the line for the milk. It got him to wonder what made milk here so special. After that he puts his hand on the vending machine to grab a 'sprint soda' and walks back to the others

"What did you get Nict?" said Chlotz

"These" said Noctis revealing the peppers.

"What are you up to?" said Chlotz wondering the peppers are for. Especially since he notices that Noctis got one of the hotter peppers.

"….Are you guys up for a game?" said Noctis. Making Fuuko and Narika briefly turn pake when they realized where this was going as they shook their heads.

"Um. I think I'm good" said Serina

"…Chlotz?" said Noctis

"Uh… maybe later" said Chlotz

"….. you ate a spicy sandwich made from those peppers" said Noctis

"Yeah but that was mild down" said Chlotz

Their reactions caused Noctis to frown as Chloe then rushes towards them

"You guys!" said Chloe "It's an emergency!"

"Is it another attack from the dusk monsters?" says Narika worriedly

"Yes! Across the country! They are suffering casualties" said Chloe

"This has escalated very fast" thought Noctis as they get up and follow Chloe to the hangar

"Noctis?" said Chloe

"?" said Noctis

"Are you going to be ok?" said Chloe

"…Sure" said Noctis

"You better not give us a scare" said Chloe "You know he was much it worries us"

"…ok" said Noctis

Later

"Oh thank the star god you came" said Ruby "the coordinates have been set Noctis. Now go in the star children are waiting" as one if the scientists escort Noctis into the plane. Noctis then takes his seat and when he want looking. One if the star children then sits next to him. He then looks beside him to see that it's the star child boy

This got Noctis to be really nervous

"Um….Hi Nikolas" said the star child boy.

The star child boy is trying to think of a way to ask Noctis about his dream. But for some reason he just can't. Noctis seemed to be mentally broken already. And he's worried telling him that will make it worse for him…

He looks at his fellow stat child and sees them socializing with each other. He strangely feels the desire to talk socially with Noctis. He could also see Ellie and Fuuko joining in on their conversation. Noctis on the other hand. Cannot handle a burden of having to deal with classmating and making star children

Meanwhile

"Heheh…" said the masked man "We definitely got their attention now"

"Yeah. Who knew more dusk beast in a certain corner would cause more panic than the others" said Ted "but tell me. Why did your plans change?"

"Well. There are few things that he needs to be alive in order for it to happen." Said the masked man

"Really? I'm sure that bitch will be excited to hear that" said Ted

"Maybe so" said the masked man "But it seems she wants him alive for different reasons than mine."

"Will that be a problem?" Said Ted

"Possibly. But we will have to wait and see" said the masked man

Back to Noctis

*Bump*

*Insert transformations vids of Fuuko and Ellie here*

"*sigh* does every damn time I enter a labyrinth has to start with a bump?" muttered Noctis to himself. The six of them then exit the E.S Savage. They looked around to see it looks pretty much the same. Noctis however has an uneasy feeling. Being worried if that masked man or something even worse might show up.

The star child boy took notice of this

"Nikolas? Are you ok" said the star child boy

"…sure" said Noctis as the six it them started to walk down the place that looks like a dystopia of crooked mouths.

"Noctis" said Fuuko catching Noctis's attention "Doesn't these… mouth things feel a bit… unsettling?"

"…I guess" said Noctis as they begin to spread out.

Fuuko then sees something. It seems to be approaching. This got her curious to what it might be. She squints her eyes to try to get a better look. Then she sees that they are shadow creatures making her gasp at how fast they are approaching

One of then then lunges at Fuuko

"!" said Fuuko falling on her bottom as she tried to back away causing her to drop her pistols.

Noctis and Ellie then see this. Noctis then conjures his sword and warps in front of Fuuko and sliced the shadow beast in half. And then began to slice every shadow beast that tried to lunge at him. Then Ellie zooms over and uses her spear to chop whatever shadow beast he missed

"*Phew* Th-thanks guys" said Fuuko making Noctis turn around and nod to her.

"Fuuko are you ok?" said Ellie as she and the star children run to them

"Yeah I'm fine" said Fuuko as she gets up and they begin to explore the place. Eventually. They saw the paths started to split in two directions.

"Should we split up?" said the star child boy

"That really depends. Who works together best?" said the star child girl (Chloe's)

"Heh. Hello everyone" said a voice causing everyone to look in the direction of the voice. They saw a bald man approaching them. "I've been impressed with everything you have done so far. After all he told me about many of the things you have done in this place"

"?" said Noctis

"That's right. I have seen the first time you came. You put up quite the fight with him" Said the bald man as he starts to become noticeably taller giving him a more menacing presence making everyone take a few steps back "Heh.. I see you have all become cautious… well then. Now you all..,… EAT THIS" as he uses his fist to try to crush Noctis and one of the star child girls. He then response by grabbing her and warping away

"Thanks Nikolas" said the star child girl

Noctis did not hear her at all as he throws a sword at the bald man's forearm

"Ow! Damn that hurts " said the bald man as he tries to swat Noctis off his arm as he jumps off.

"Bah. GET THEM" said the bald man as A bunch of stone golems starts to come out of nowhere.

Noctis in response then conjures a claymore as slashes the bald man's leg

Meanwhile

"Wow Ted. You are terrible" the masked man teasingly said while watching what happened to him.

Back to Noctis n the gang

"Hm.. maybe being big wasn't the best idea" thought the bald man aka Ted as he shrinks himself down to normal size. Noctis the tried to slice him with his claymore several times making Ted dodge each one closely. He then punches Noctis making him stumble back. "Hm… maybe you need a lesson"

This got Noctis to be slightly curious to why he said that that. But he didn't care as he tries to stab Ted with his sword

"Heh. You should see what's in here" said Ted shoving Noctis in a room "and you two should join him!"

"Nikolas!" said one if the star child girls (Narika's)

Ted's hand the grabs the star child boy

"Ah!" said the star child boy and throwing him in the same room Noctis

"Oh no!" thought Fuuko seeing it happen. She then dodges a blow from one of the golem's hammer

"!" said Ellie seeing that happen

"Ah. I missed one" said Text turn his attention to Fuuko "but don't worry. You ain't be joining them." Ted then let's his tongue out. Very creepy looking.

"Ew" muttered Fuuko

Meanwhile

Noctis looks around the dark room. It's just like the room he was when that masked man dragged him into.. he then hears…. Strange sounds he cannot describe

"Noctis?" Said a voice he recognizes…. It sounded like... Noctis looked around but he just can't seem to find the source of the voices. He looks around the place further and sees… something weird looking. He also realizes that it's probably moving. He then conjures a sword and looks around once again

He looks up as he notices a shadow seems to have casted over him. He turns around to see a creature he definitely has not seen before. And it looked pretty hungry. It then runs over to him on all fours. He then gets ready as it uses it hand in an attempt to grab him

Noctis uses his sword to slash the beast's hand making it growl in pain. It then tried to lunge at Noctis only for him to dodge. He then looks around and sees lots of staircases star to appear out of nowhere. Some even defying gravity

Then the sounds of gunfire starts to ring in his head again making him curious to what's going on.. he tries to look for where the sound is coming from as the beast gets closer and closer to him. Not only that but a bunch of small bat monsters start flying towards him.

Noctis the slices down a few of the bats that tried to dive bomb him. The beast then stretches an arm at him. This got Noctis to be slightly alarmed it can do that. But wondered why it didn't try to do that to him earlier. One thing that started to urk Noctis… fear.

Noctis notices some of the stairs start to crack and fall apart. And because of that the gunshots have a more clear sound to it. He strangely felt compelled to find it. He the proceeds to run towards where he believes the sound is coming from as the beast and bats Chase after him. Eventually he runs into a staircase leading up. He then takes a step of faith and it turns out its like the stairs have gravity if their own. He the proceeds to run as fast as he can believing he should save his warps for later.

"Ugh this is trippy" thought Noctis as the gravity starts to confuse him as he chops another bat. He then sees the beast is catching up as he runs. He conjures a pistol and starts to shoot the beast causing it to slow down. Then eventually as he jumps on to more gravity be don't staircases.

Eventually the beast eventually managed to lunge at him and actually get him right when he was about to warp causing them both to roll down a bunch of staircases due to the gravity. As this happened, Noctis used his arms to keep the laws from slashing him. Eventually Noctis hits his back on the stair causing them both separate.

Then as he slowly starts getting up he starts to notice all start to crack. And strange looking… red seeping out of it. This made Noctis hear the gunshots even more as he frantically looks around to seeing there is a way out. He then sees the beast slowly get up. Noctis then conjures a claymore and tried to use it to chop the beast in half. It then crawled out if the way.

Noctis then growls to himself as he conjures a spear and throws it directly at it's arm making it screech in pain. And its voice was very unpleasant. He then conjures a sword and warps right at the beast and uses his sword to stab it's head killing it… after that all the gunshot sounds start to disappear. But the place continues to fall apart.

Then. Noctis starts to fear for the worst…

"Noctis" said a very familiar voice prompting Noctis to turn around when he saw who it was his heart imediatly sank

Meanwhile

The star child boy wakes up alone in a strange place.

"Wh-where am I?..." muttered the star child boy picking up his knife and looks around at the strange place he is in.

"Hey. Who's there?" said a voice.

"Who are you?" said the star child intimidated by the scary voice.

"What's this? A child? " Said the voice as a figure comes out of the shadows revealing a very see scary looking man. It looked like someone straight from a nightmare. A very tall lanky man with a very droopy face. He is balding and looks like he in his early 40s . And stood very tall at 6'6 though he walked with a cane. Even though he seems perfectly capable of walking. He even has graying black hair. He then takes a closer inspection of the star child boy bending down "Aah. A star child. Its been a long time since I seen one."

"Do you know where I am? And where Nikolas is?" said the star child boy.

"Well kiddo. Welcome to 'The Madness' . I'm surprised nothing has happened. Especially with a small child like you around. But I'm afraid I don't know who 'Nikolas' is"

"Nikolas is.. he's the God's Gift. He created me" said the star child boy as he tries to find a way to describe Noctis

"A God's Gift huh? Been a while since the last one" said the figure

"Since the last one?" said the star child boy

"You'll find our when your older kid" said the figure as he gets up and lights up a very bright cigarette that reveals what appears to be gravity bending stairs. The star child then decided to follow him.

"P-please. What is 'The Madness'?" said the star child boy

"It's a place where the scary thoughts become true" said the figure picking up a dusty fedora hat "Your on your own kid maybe we'll see each other again." The figure then walks towards a light leaving only darkness behind. This made the star child scared

"Word of advice. Don't think if anything scary" said the man's voice as it fades away.

"W-Wait where are you going?! Don't leave me here!" Said the star child boy as the figure disappears into the light and everything suddenly got dark... The star child boy then began to feel scared… alone.

Then a strange deformed creature comes out of the darkness and slowly starts to approach him…. It drools making the star child even more scared.

"N-no! S-stay b-back!" said the star child holding his knife at it. It then opens it's mouth and tries to eat him as he ducks and runs "NIKOLAS WHERE ARE YOU!?" the beast then began to give chase. As he runs he sees some floating beings that then began to take notice and started floating towards him.

He then sees a familiar looking figure just standing around…. He then realizes its Noctis. The monsters then stopped chasing him when they saw him run to Noctis and began to observe what will happen

"Nikolas help!" said the star child boy running towards him. As he got over Noctis them shoves him away

"Get away from me you disappointment." Said Noctis

"W-What?" Said the star child boy shocked at his action

"That's right. I called you a disappointment. You're a mistake. Like all your fellow star children" said Noctis

"N-Nikolas why are you so mean!?" said the star child

"Why!? Because you ruined my life. You and the others have been nothing but a burden on me!" said Noctis angrily at him making the star child start shed a tear as he walks away. The beast start to slowly walking towards him. Prompting him to run over to Noctis

"Nikolas please! I'll do anything! I want to help you! Can't you see!?" said the star child as he runs over to Noctis and grabs his leg. Noctis then grabs him by the back of his shirt and throws him towards a wall.

"Anything huh? How.. about THIS." Said Noctis as his voice become very distorted as the color in his eyes have disappeared, his teeth are suddenly getting sharpers while leaking blood, one if his arms turns into a tentacle while the other turns into a claw. His tongue also becomes disturbingly long… as both he and the beast approached him

"NIKOLAS WHY!?" said the star child trying his hardest not to cry

"Aww. Little boy blue wants me to help. HAHAHAHA. Time for dinner!" said Noctis as he and the beast approach him. The star child felt do scared to do anything as he is cornered.

Meanwhile

"Oh don't worry ladies. I'll go easy on ya" said Ted

"Your going down for what you did to Noctis and the star child!" said Fuuko as she points get pistols at Ted. She the. Unleashes many shots she has at him. Work ske actually getting home and some not. Ellie then runs up to him and slashes his torso. He then attempted to grab her only for the other side of her spear to hit his face. Making him grunt in pain. The star child girl (Chloe's) then began to shoot his side while the other star child girl (Narika's) began to shoot spells at him from her hand.

"Gah! You girls are stubborn!" Said Ted as Fuuko then hits his face with one of her pistols as she then began to stab at him with her other.

Ellie then uses her spear to stab him literally in the back. Then she pulls out her spear and Fuuko then signals the star child girls then began to unleash whatever firepower they have onto him making him stumble

"I think we're beating him!" said he star child girl (Chloe's)

"We just need to hold him off a little longer. Until Noctis shows up" says Fuuko

"But where is he?" said Ellie

"He was knocked somewhere as many of the mouths that decorated the place stared to make creepy smiles. Giving the four of them the chills.

"I don't like the looks of it" said the star child girl (Narika's)

Back to Noctis

"D-Dad!?" said Noctis as he takes several steps back.

"It's okay Noctis. It's just me. We need to talk" said the person revealed to be Regis

"H-How this possible?" Said Noctis

"THIS" said Regis throwing a sword at Noctis. Noctis them uses his own sword to block it. Noctis began to notice his technique is very off…. This can't be his father even if he looks and sounds like him.

He then kicks Noctis off a ledge on to a pillar. Noctis looks around to see a wrecked Insomnia. But he sees a strange looking thing…

Noctis felt compelled to touch it as he hears a yell that sounded like a star child boy

"NIKOLAS WHY!?"

Noctis then looked where the sound came from. He then unsteadily gets up and runs towards the sound. Noctis then sees that the look alike of his father is chasing him. Noctis then conjures a pistol and shoots him. Noctis this runs to the sound of the star child's voices as fast as he could.

Noctis could hear that imposter if his father still chasing him. Prompting him to turn around and try to shoot him again. When he tried he then takes a step back to avoid a sword being thrown at him. He then conjures a knife and threw it right at it's head.

This hurt him inside a little. But then again. That was an imposter. He then sees a doorway not too far away. He could hear the voice of the star child boy nearby making him instinctively fun faster. He runs into the door and when he looked behind him. The trippy place has completely fallen to pieces. He then continues running towards the voice

Noctis could only see the place get darker and darker, but the whimpers were becoming more audible. He could also hear a distorted voice that sounded like him and was saying something about dinner. Eventually there is a light and when he ran towards it. He saw the star child boy being cornered by some beast and doppelganger of himself.

"Do I have a tentacle for an arm?" thought Noctis seeing the doppelganger's tentacle arm as he then warps towards them. Apparently they didn't notice. He could see that the stat child boy seems scared. This definitely meant that they are threats

Noctis then throws at the monster directly impaling its head killing it. It caused his doppelganger to be surprised

"You stay away from him" said Noctis speaking in very intimidating voice

"N-Nikolas?" said the star child

"Hmph. I admire your move. But that won't work with me!" said the imposter Noctis as he lunges at Noctis

Seeing this made the star child slightly feel relief knowing that wasn't the real Noctis. Though it got him to wonder. Does he truly think he was a disappointment?

Noctis conjures a claymore and used the side of it to knock the imposter Noctis into on the wall. Right when real Noctis was about to use the claymore to smash imposter Noctis. He then moves out of the way from real Noctis's attack.

Imposter Noctis then tries to claw real Noctis and nearly gets him. Real Noctis then conjures his swords and slashes right at imposter Noctis's claw arm prompting it to grab the sword by it's blade. It felt really painful for imposter Noctis' hand.

Noctis then uses his claymore to chop imposter in half. Imposter Noctis then wraps his tentacle arm around the claymore and tries to pull it out of real Noctis's hand.

Noctis then gets an idea and makes the claymore disappear

"Wah!?" said imposter Noctis losing his balance as real Noctis then slashes imposter Noctis' chest causing him to bleed out. Though it stroked real Noctis as strange that the blood is blue. He then stabs the sword directly in imposter Noctis's back to make sure he stays dead.

"Nikolas!" said the star child as he runs to Noctis with tears of relief in his eyes and then holds onto him

"Shh.. it's ok. We'll be fine" said Noctis. Even though what he n said cane naturally. It made him feel… awkward inside as he feels more like a dad now. "C'mon. Let's get outta here" the entire stairways start to disappear as if some sort of 'nothing' is consuming everything. He stares at his hand as it began to disappear. He then watches ad this nothingness consumes both him and the star child. He felt nothing

Noctis then suddenly sees himself and the star child boy in the se room they were just in before they got shoved into 'The Madness' . He looks to his left too see Ellie fighting Ted while Fuuko manages to kill a golem. It felt like he was in a bad dream. But… something… something bright….. something resembling an old man.. a familiar looking one

Something felt like it entered his eyes…..

Meanwhile

"Tsk Tsk. I knew it was a stupid idea to pit him in 'The Madness'" said the masked man as he watches them both wake up from afar. "Perhaps it's best if I leave for now.." he said ominously as he disappears into the darkness

Back to Noctis

Noctis then notices the star child is right by him

"...Hey kid. ….Wake up" said Noctis as he gently nudges him to wake up

"ZZ.. Huh? Nikolas? I just had this stranger dream and you were in it a-" said the star child as a giant scorpion ran by in attempt to attack Ellie and the others

"Let's get em" said Noctis as he grabs the star child boy and warps closer to them

Meanwhile

"These guys never end." Said the star child girl (Narika's) as she shoots a fireball at another hammer golem

Then Ellie nearly loses her grip against Ted giving him a chance to push her to the ground.

"Ha! You don f**ked up now!"said Ted as he was about to hit her with a giant we he got from a dead golem.

"!"said Ellie as she closes her eyes for impact

*Clank*

Ellie opened her eyes to see that she didn't get hurt. She then sees Noctis standing in front of her and using his sword to block the attack and forced Ted to stumble back

"Noctis! Your ok!" said Ellie as she runs to him "I was really worried"

"….thanks. I'm sorry.." said Noctis as Ellie wraps her arms around him….. this made him feel pretty strange Because she previously was that open to him earlier…. Maybe something happened in her life that made her this way? Maybe something happened while he was gone?

When Fuuko saw this. She felt a slight tinge of jealousy that Ellie gets to hug Noctis.. and feel him. Before continuing on to kill the golem she was fighting

"No no.. I'm just glad your back" said Ellie as she let's go of him

"…" said Noctis as he then turns to see the star child boy run up to the star child girls. He then sees Ted slowly getting up

"Well well. Look who finally showed up?" Said Ted as Noctis conjures a claymore.. he then looks to see all of his minions have been defeated.

"Hah. I'll let you all off this time. But I won't be so easy when you return." Said Ted as he apparently sinks in the ground

"They were just about to head back until Noctis sees something … wrong.. He then warps towards them. He then moves a rock and sees…. 3 bodies. He checks their pulses.

This gave Noctis an impression that he probably shouldn't take Ted lightly used it was him that did this.

No pulse. For each of them

Noctis then grabs their dog tags and puts then in his pocket

"Noctis what do you see?" said Fuuko

"I-Its nothing you should see." Said Noctis warping towards her as he feels it's better not to have them know.

"But-" said Fuuko

"Lets go" said Noctis as the take of them then began to catch up to the others. Sure it made Fuuko curious what exactly Noctis saw but judging by his reaction to it it's probably for the better she didn't know

"Noctis?" said Ellie

"?" said Noctis turning his head towards her

"Where did you go?" said Ellie

"…I… actually don't know where. But it was… like an… An illusion.." said Noctis as he gets vibes from a certain train where he unintentionally hurt Prompto as they all enter the plane and take their seats

*Welcome back you guys you have done great job*

"Just who were they?" thought Noctis seeing those bodies. It got him to also wonder who else could be dead in the labyrinths…. What has Ted been up too?...

"Noctis?" said Ellie as she sits next to him "You seem bothered. Is there something wrong?"

"Its nothing to concern for. Not for now at least." Said Noctis because he doesn't know what to say. Was he really going to tell her that there are dead bodies in the labyrinth? Not for now at least.

"That's kind of vague." Said Ellie.

"...Maybe so. But right now I don't know if it's the best time…" said Noctis

Later

Play: Nintendo eShop OST – January 2014

"Welcome back you guys. There has been a decrease in dusk monsters. And all the active circles have been sterilized. You are all dismissed."

Then Ellie, Fuuko, and the star children then began to leave. Leaving Noctis

"?. Noctis aren't you joining them?" said Ruby as Noctis walks up to her

"Ruby. I have found three bodies. In the labyrinth" said Noctis

"Bodies?" said Ruby as Noctis pulls our the dog tags he got from them and hands the to her. As she examines the first one. She widens her eyes prompting her to examine the other two

"Do you know anything about them?" said Noctis

"… they are one if the company's excavation teams. In fact these three that you have found are the one that have went missing" said Ruby

"Excavation team?" Said Noctis

"About a week or two ago before you ever came here We managed to break though the barriers of the gluttony labyrinth. We sent 20 excavators to get in and look around. Then after a while of searching they were attacked by some man who they say is bald." Said Ruby

Noctis immediately recognized who she was talking about. So it was him

"Thank you for finding them. I'll alert the company of it" said Ruby

"I have a question. Do you still send excavation teams to the labyrinths?" said Noctis

"Rarely. Very rarely." Said Ruby "Is that everything you want to talk about?" though one thing that Ruby is surprised at how he doesn't seem physically phased by it…. As if he has seen stuff like this before …

"Yeah. Thanks Ruby" said Noctis as walks towards the door he bumps into a girl… and when Noctis saw who it was. He thought it was Mark for a moment…. But realized she is a woman.

"Heh kid. Don't bump into my sister" said Mark rushing over help her up

"Sorry" said Noctis seeing that they are twins

"You ok Madelyn?" said Mark

"Yeah I'm ok. Send he said sorry" said Mark's twin sister now named Madelyn.

"Careful who you walk into. That's the God's Gift" said Mark making her tense a but

"Wait really?" said Madelyn nervously

Noctis rolled his eyes at the brother sister interaction. Though Madelyn had to admit. Noctis looks pretty cute.

"I'll guess I'll be going now" said Noctis walking away

"And try not to bump my sister" said Mark causing Madelyn's eyes to go wide at the way Mark said it

As Noctis walks out of the mission room and towards the main hall. He wonder how many more beings like the masked man, Charlotte even though she doesn't really seem like a threat judging by her seemingly neutral attitude and the bald guy. Though one thing that Noctis has caught on..

Is that the labyrinths he has explored so far is Lust and Gluttony. Two of the seven deadly sins. So he wonders if there are beings like them for Envy, greed, pride, anger, and sloth….. it got him to be wonder if the masked man embodies one of them… if he were to guess it would be either envy or anger.

As Noctis walks down the hallway. He could hear lots of people heading outside. It got him. To winder if that Enzea guy is here again. As he was just about to walk toward his towards the elevator. He could hear footsteps. And a voice

"Hey Nick wait up!" said a voice who turned out to be Chlotz

"*sigh* what is it now" said Noctis

"We got to head outside!" said Chlotz excitedly

"Why?" said Noctis

"C'mon. Maybe it's the Enzea guy again. And maybe he had something interesting to say" said Chlotz

"…fine" said Noctis as the two if them then head out the door. As they walked towards the door. Noctis sees that Mable is sleeping on the job again. As they walked out of the door they can hear a clash of swords. Plus there were a lot more boys than earlier. "How come most of the time I even see you you seem to want to drag me into wherever you wanted to go?'

"Well. You are the God's Gift. So why wouldn't I?" Said Chlotz

"Gee. That's helpful" said Noctis sarcastically

As the two of them went to get a closer look. They see two girls fencing each other. With the blond girl defeating her opponent. For some reason. Seeing the girl. Strangely reminded him of someone ….. maybe it's just the hair.

Meanwhile

"Ok ok I yield! I'm sorry that I persisted on recruiting you to the fencing club Feene" said the girl

"Im sorry I cannot live up to your wishes. Please forgive my circumstances." Said Feene.

As she looked many of the people crowding around her. She could see her friend talking with two boys but she has a strange feeling about one of them. As she then notices one if her friends talking with two boys. It got her to wonder what they are talking about.

Flashback

"Can you believe we are heading to the Aterra academy. I heard the God's Gift is there. I bet he is as handsome as some of the descriptions describe him to be" said a girl

"Ciara, I know your excited to see him. But I'm just glad he and whoever is with him were able to spare us from the dusk monsters" said Feene

"Yeah but. Just think if the possibilities!" said Ciara excitedly

"C'mon you two. The plane is leaving soon" said a boy

"You got it Triche" said Ciara as she and Feene run up to the plane

As Feene ran she thought about what the God's Gift (Aka Noctis) would look like. Maybe a six foot giant. Or maybe a real sweetheart. She secretly hoped God's Gift would fit the latter. Now what was his name…

Flashback end

Feene then makes her way through the crowd to get a closer look

"Triche" said Feene as she walks up to them.

"Oh hey Feene. I was just talking with the God's Gift" said Triche

"Damn that's a smoking hot body" thought Chlotz trying his hardest not to say it out loud as he oggles Feene's figure

"Really?" said Feene somewhat excitedly

"Yeah. He's walking back over there" said Chlotz pointing to Noctis walking toward the academy

Feene then ran as fast as she could towards the figure. As she gets closer she could see his bluish black hair.

"Mr. God's Gift wait" said Feene as she fully catches up to him

"…" said Noctis

"Are you the God's Gift" said Feene

"…Yeah. Why do you ask?" said Noctis

Feene honestly expected him to be a little more talkative

"I just want to say thanks for sending off many dusk monsters that could have been ravaging whee I love" said Feene

"…Your welcome" said Noctis after stopping for a moment to face her. She could now see his face. It certainly looked better than she thought. But aside that… she looked into his eyes. She could see he may have been through a lot.

"I-I.. I look forward to working with you" said Feene

"..Very well" said Noctis "Its nice meeting you" as he walks towards to the academy. Triche and Chlotz then catch up to her

"So. What did he say?" said Triche

"He doesn't appear to speak much" said Feene

"Don't worry. He's been like that for about a week or so." Said Chlotz "He'll be more talkative if he knows you more"

Back to Noctis/Later

Noctis walks towards the elevator as he could see Chloe seemingly waiting for him

"Noctis there you are" said Chloe

"?" said Noctis

"Heh uh…. Is there a chance… you could…. You could.. come with me to see the star children?" said Chloe as she really could t being to say it without blushing too much. This question also made Noctis's cheeks turn somewhat red

"W-well I…. IIs there a reason why you want too?" said Noctis

"Yo-you see… I think w-we should see them. And because.. I think they want to see you" said Chloe

"Why do I feel like a dad?" thought Noctis

"….What?" said Noctis realizing where this is going

"Oh come on Noctis they want to see you" said Chloe puffing her cheeks

"….Fine" said Noctis

This made Chloe's face brighten up

Later

"So this is where they stay?" said Noctis as he and Chloe walk towards the room. When they opened the door the star child girls seem to be happy to see him whole the star child boy curiously stares at him.

"Nikolas!" said the star child girl (Narika's) As she tackles Noctis into a hug. This did not physically phased Noctis at all

"Looks like she is excited to see you" said Chloe as her star child gives her a hug and giggles

"…" said Noctis as he ruffles the star child girl's hair "I guess so" he then sees that the star child boy comes out of his hiding spot and slowly walks over to Noctis as the other star child girl then let's go of him an hugs Chloe

The star child boy then walks up to Noctis and hugs him. Noctis honestly doesn't know what to say to these three. Even after everything he still couldn't bear himself to speak to them at all unless he felt it was necessary.

It makes him have the thought that they might think he sees them as a bother…. But then again he could be exaggerating… these are kids….

"Nikolas?" said the star child boy

"?" said Noctis

"Have.. you ever fought a giant water snake fish?" said the star child boy referring to the dream he once had of Noctis and the Leviathan

"Giant snake fish?" said Noctis as the door suddenly opens making their eyes wide open for a split second

"Nevermind I'll ask later…" said the star child boy he looks Noctis in the idea…. However he felt like he is seeing a tortured soul upon looking…. It makes him think Noctis just may need a hug. So he wraps his arms around Noctis. Noctis didn't know how to respond to this so he just simply ruffles his hair.

"Hey Nick" said Chlotz

"Chlotz?" said Noctis as he starts to accept that Chlotz will call him different nicknames

"Hey Chlotz. Came to see her?" said Chloe

"Y-yeah. So.. Where is she?" said Chlotz

"See for yourself" said Chloe as her star child girl walks out from behind her.

"Chloe is that your brother that you were telling me about" said the star child girl as Chloe nods in response. She then tackles Chlotz

"She even has red hair like us" thought Chlotz referring to him and Chloe.

"Whoah! Settle down kiddo." Said Chlotz thinking it's not as bad as he thought. Then he looks at the other two star children.

"Hey uh Noctis.. did you….. with Narika twice" said Chlotz

This made Noctis and Chloe's eyes shoot wide open while the star children got looks of confusion. However she knows it was only once….. fortunately for her. She then goes over and smacks him

"Ow! I'm sorry ok!" said Chlotz

"Next time don't at anything like that when the children are around" said Chloe

Noctis is trying his hardest not to facepalm himself as because of what Chloe said. He really feels like a dad now.

Meanwhile

Play TF2 OST – Right Behind You

"So then Geoff. What made you appear in 'The Madness'?" said the masked man

"Well boy. I may have forgotten one of my hats." Said the same tall man tth star child met earlier now named Geoff as he dusts off a bowler hat

"And yet you decided not to deal with the child?" said the masked man

"So? I have fought many star children before you ever came here. Hell even before you were born." Said Geoff.

"At least you stat in your own labyrinth. But. At least you didn't mess anything up." Said the masked man as he starts to disappear

"Where are you going" said Geoff

"I got an idea. Besides. I could use more minions" said the masked man as he fully disappears as his mask gives a very. VERY.. creepy smile making Geoff shudder a bit.

"How dies he do that with that mask?" thought Geoff

Later

The masked man appears in the city. On the shady side. He walks down the sidewalk. He got a few stares from a few people who happened to see his mask. And whenever he stared back at them they immediately look away.

He walks over to a run down build and knocks on the door

"Huh? Who's there?" said a voice as the source sticks his head out slightly

"Hello. I'm looking for someone" said the masked man

"Some-" said the man as the masked man punches his face and let's himself in

"Ah!" said the man as the masked man then kicks him down.

"You see. I'm not just looking for anyone." Said the masked man

"Then what a-" said the man as he receives a kicks in the face

"I'm aware you have ties to a few gangs. But there is one that caught my interest" said The masked man "Where can I find them" he said menacingly

"Wh-which one!?" said the man as the masked man points a pistol at him

"The one with connections to the ten priests of rebellion" said the masked man

"Uh…. Would take a map?" said the man nervously holding up a map as the masked man snatches it and looks at it for a few moments.

"Very good. Don't bother trying to get help. Because I'll kill you." Said the masked man as the mask does it's creepy smile "I may come for you again since you are useful. So I'll spare your life" as he then kicks the man in the head knocking him out before leaving the building.

Later

The masked man walks into the forest. He notices an invisible barrier. To him this was a dead giveaway. Right when he was about to walk through it. He feels two rifles on his back

"Don't move" said one of the people pointing the rifles. The masked man then turns his head to see that they are twin brothers. And also bald.

"Heh" said the masked man snatching their rifles out of their hands. He then tosses one to the side and uses the other to whack one of the twins in the head knocking him out. He then uses the rifle to hit the other twin in the gut and pointing the rifle in his face

"Why don't you take me to your boss ok?" said the masked man as the twin gets up and walks through the barrier. Along with the mask man

"What!? H-how were you able to walk through the barrier!?" Said the twin

"Well you see. I have my ways. Now keep moving" said The masked man as they walk down the steps

"What's the meaning of this?" said a very tall man at 7'2. Very tall compared to the masked man's 6'1 and everyone else's 5'5-5'11. Everyone else pointed their guns at the masked man

"Now Now. Let's not be hasty." Said The masks man tossing the rifle away and pushing the twin away "I heard you are looking for a new world order."

"…" said the 7'2 man

"You see. I'm aware that you have a connection to one of the Ten priests. I'm here to make an offer" said the masked man "But to show I mean business. Let's play a game" he then gets his pistol and unloads all the bullets except one then he spins it and loads it back in "Do you want to go first or should I?" holding out the pistol

The 7'2 man then walks up to the masked man and takes the pistol.

"Very well then. What of offer?" said the 7'2 man as he points the gun to the side of his head *Click* Causing henchmen to flinch as he hands the pistol back

"I've become aware that you guys are looking for a new order" said The masked man as he points the gun to his heart

*Click*

This made everyone but the 7'2 man to flinch again.

"I have some things that may catch your interest' said the masked man as he point the gun to his neck

*Click*

This made all the henchmen flinch again

"If you are willing to listen" said the masked man pointing the gun to the bottom of his chin as he gives a chilling chuckle. Making a few of the henchmen to close their eyes

*Click* this made the henchmen flinch one last time

"So? What do you say" said the masked man handing the 7'2 man the gun

"….Very well. You win." Said the 7'2 man thinking it's not worth it for the final two shots. While the henchmen look at the masked man in awe for the amount of bravery/stupidity the masked man just displayed.

"Excellent. Now let's get down to business shall we?" Said the masked man

Back to Noctis

Noctis walks up to his dorm and enters the room

After everything that has happened… it made him wonder. Is every one trying to cheer him up? He lays in his bed as he continues to ponder. One thing that still bothered him. Was the bodies of those people he found

It has come clear to him that people have entered the labyrinths before. And Ruby did mention that some people have gone missing.. it makes him wonder if he should look to see if there are bodies in every labyrinth.

As time goes by Noctis's stress makes him feel like should be awake rather than asleep… his eyes start to get heavier. And heavier…. And then..

Darkness…. (Cuz y'know. Closed eyes)

Dreamscape….. or is it?

Noctis finds himself in a pure white void… of nothingness… of emptiness….

Noctis looks around it makes him wonder if he has entered something similar to that.. that thing in the labyrinth but yet he doubts it since there is a lack of stairs and platforms.

He then sees a silhouette of a familiar old man

Noctis cautiously take a few steps forward toward the silhouette. He then sees that…

It's his father

"D-Dad?" said Noctis

"Hey son" said the old man who turned out to be Regis

However Noctis wanted to make sure it was truly his dad as he narrows his eyes at him because he wants to be sure he isn't being tricked

"Alright. If you are truly him… what's your name" said Noctis

"You serious? My name is Regis" said Regis

"Are you truly him?" said Noctis

"Of course. The last time I saw you when I sent you away" said Regis

"You.. really are him…" said Noctis

"That's right." Said Regis

"Then… how are you here?" said Noctis

"You see. I've been able to come to you through your sleep. Only for a limited time" said Regis

"But… how?" said Noctis

"I came here to tell you…." Said Regis "It came to my attention .. you are broken."

"…" said Noctis

"Look son. I know you think your on the verge of failing. But trust me. You have hope" said Regis "Just remember what you did when you came"

"…I….. failed everyone back home…" said Noctis

"No son. You can still make it right there." Said Regis

"Still make it right…?" said Noctis

"Why else am I able to be here?" said Regis

"…" said Noctis

"Listen. I know your hurting. And I know I cannot fully fix it" said Regis "You have two world's to save. Just do your best. And I know it's pretty cheesy. But it's true"

"But what if I fail anyway? What if my best isn't good enough?" said Noctis

"Well it's good enough for me." Said Regis

"…." Said Noctis

"I love you my son…. My successor.. My king" said Regis putting his hand o Noctis's shoulder "Now I want you to stay strong for me. Can you do that for me?" bringing him in for a hug

"…Ok" said Noctis

"I'll see you again someday. I'm still proud of you. I hope you succeed" said Regis as he begins to disappear

Outside dreamscape

As Noctis sleeps. The left side of his mouth starts to curve upwards

"…I miss you dad" muttered Noctis as a white being leaves his body

"Heh. You be good boy" said the being (I'm pretty sure you all know it's Regis) as he disappears into nothingness….

To be continued

Aaaaaaanndd.. that's a wrap

And here we have the start of Noctis's sanity start to return. But don't worry he shouldn't suffer another mental breakdown for a while….. a long while….

And now we start the journey of Noctis's recovery! Hooray!

I'm so sorry for the wait. I'll just give you my excuse even though it may cost me my head. I felt a crash in writing. And thinking things through. And hoping to god the ending of this chapter doesn't seem like it came out of my ass.

Trivia

1: Vanessa was originally going to flirt with Noctis more than she usually does. But I'll just save that for later. Sorry Wago.

2: I listened to Frank Sinatra and RED non-stop as I wrote…. 51% of this

3: The masked man's side story was going to be… longer…. But I'm sure if I made it any longer that it already is… But I'm sure most of you came here for Noctis

4: I recently got the Twenty One Pilot's Trench album. It is lit.

5: You can all relax. Next chapter shouldn't take as long to come out…. I hope.

6: Now who wants hit dogs!?... No one?... Ok :(

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