A New Light (Genesis)

[Lightning]

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[atrb=style, background-image: url(http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp256/doggydude24/misc/hehh.jpg); border-top: 3px solid #1F1D1F; border-bottom: 3px solid #1F1D1F; border-radius: 10px;][style=font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: -3px; font-size: 30px; line-height: 30px; text-transform: uppercase; color: #DFDFDF; text-align: center;]I AM THE GUARDIAN OF ETRO[/style][style=text-align: center; font-family: times new roman; background-color: #1F1D1F; color: #DFDFDF; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 3px; text-transform: uppercase;]I MUST SAVE THE FUTURE[/style] [STYLE=float: right; border-top: 4px solid #171717; border-bottom: 4px solid #171717; height: 93px; width: 95px; overflow: auto; margin-top: -5px; margin-right: 8px; color: #DFDFDF; opacity: 0.8; border-radius: 10px; padding: 5px; font-family: arial narrow; font-size: 12px; line-height: 11px; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 1px;]TAGS Genesis NOTES And here we go!.[/style][STYLE=float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: 115px; margin-right: -104px; background-image: url(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x43/jimmycranberry/Final%20Fantasy%20XIII-2/lightning2_avatar_base_84x84.png); opacity: 0.8; border-radius: 10px;][/style] [STYLE=float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: 230px; margin-right: -104px; background-image: url(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x43/jimmycranberry/Final%20Fantasy%20XIII-2/lightning2_avatar_base_84x84.png); opacity: 0.6; border-radius: 10px;][/style] [STYLE=float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px; margin-top: 345px; margin-right: -104px; background-image: url(http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x43/jimmycranberry/Final%20Fantasy%20XIII-2/lightning2_avatar_base_84x84.png); opacity: 0.4; border-radius: 10px;][/style] [STYLE=background-color: #DFDFDF; padding: 10px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; color: #2D2014; text-align: justify; margin-left: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-top: -5px; width: 283px; height: 430px; overflow: auto; opacity: 0.7;]“That time was lost; yet time continued onward.” The thirteenth strikes of the clock whose sound echoed in the Unseen Realm were the solemn witness to a warrior’s resolve. Each time the clock struck, her vow to the Goddess grew. Her heart filled with undying loyalty to the deity. The promise of a better future. The love of a sister. The will to fight of a warrior. Valhalla. The divine place where life and death lost all meaning. The location where the Goddess Etro resided. Her throne made of marble, magnificent and beautiful, resting on top of a crystal pillar. A single ray of light fell upon it, accompanied by numerous feathers of pure white. The whole place embraced peace and hope. Dreams that would never fade or die. That peaceful feeling filled her heart. No negative thoughts dwelled in her mind when she was standing in front of Etro’s throne. At each step that the protector gave towards it, the metallic sound of her armor danced around the stone walls of a forgotten temple. Her left hand was placed on top of her chest plate, resting on the face location where her heart beated. Cocoon was no longer corrupted by the dark tendrils of chaos. The flow of time returned slowly, and with it, hopes and dreams, light and life. No more the innocents were lost within the shadows of their own hearts, trapped in a world devoided of life, death and time. Someone saved it. The light erupted from the darkness, aiming to banish the cold embrace of emptiness and sorrow. Her blue eyes gazed upon the divine throne and Lightning remembered something that she once said. “Lightning. It flashes bright, then fades away. It can't protect. It only destroys." But not anymore. She had a new purpose. To protect the future. To protect those closest to her heart. To protect her sister. To protect the Goddess. No matter for how long she would need to fight him. The sacrifices, the pain and suffering. She had embraced her fate to fight the man known as Caius Ballad, who wished to kill Etro in order to create a world where only Chaos existed. He did succeeded before. She failed to her Goddess and her friends. Lightning lost the battle where she was supposed to defend Pulse. He had won and due to that, the whole world was engulfed in darkness and despair. But not anymore. Someone who’s Light shined brighter then any Darkness, exorcized what was supposed to be the eternal entropy. Caius was defeated in battle. Lightning knew it wasn’t permanent. The Guardian wouldn’t die or give up of his intents. It was her duty to fight him. The vow that she made to Etro, condemned her to an existence of fighting that man. A sacrifice that Lightning gladly accepted if that meant protecting her sister, Serah. A yellow pillar of light suddenly materialized behind her. A gate to another world. The Protector turned her head and had a glimpse of the crystal pillar that sustained Cocoon. Was that Etro’s wish? For her to go to Pulse? A warm feeling rested her troubled mind. Etro wanted for Lightning to go there. The saviour of the world, the banisher of the darkness was still there. Lightning bowed her head slightly towards the divine throne. She knew what Etro wanted. She had to meet, the one who saved Pulse. [/style]

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[Genesis Rhapsodos]

The sun was still within the sky, shining it's magnificent rays down upon the large, open plains of lush grass. In every direction, as far as the eye could see, the endless blades of grass spread out before you. Various monsters and other creatures native to this world could going about their daily business, foraging for food and the like. They appeared to have been shaken, awoken by something that had happened only moments before. This of course, was the battle between the forces of Light and the side of Darkness. The battle was intense, though it was also fleeting, lasting no more then an hour at best. A great deal of destruction and damage was more then likely prevented, however the massive crack within the huge crystal pillar that supposed the ever larger sphere within the air had taken damage, though it was unknown how long it was going to remain standing up. Perhaps the damage had already been done and it would only be a matter of time before the gigantic floating sphere crashed down onto the planet beneath it.

The sight was utterly amazing, one that the glowing blue eyes of the Crimson SOLDIER were fixated on. War was brewing and the auburn-haired man had no time to examine the sphere in any great detail, despite having staying in the plains over night. He had been woken to the presence of a man with brilliant Light shining from his heart, the man who aided him in fighting back a man known as 'Caius Ballard'. Though the name was unknown to the SOLDIER 1st Class, he had seen enough of his face to recognize him should their paths cross a second time. That being said, what had become of the Warrior of Light? The thought arose a second similar question, that one being where Stella had wandered off too. The third question popping into the SOLDIER's mind was why were he still on this world? His work had been done, the Darkness had been defeated, so why was he still lingering about?
".........."
The Crimson SOLDIER could not think of an answer to that. He was still here simply because he was. What else was their to say? Maybe he was hanging around to see if Caius returned? Maybe he was concerned with where Stella had vanished too? Maybe he just wanted to stay on this world a little longer where it was just him, the wilderness surrounding him and the cool wind blowing through his hair and clothing.

Said wind was causing the long crimson coat hanging from Genesis' shoulder to rustle as it shifted and swayed out behind him slightly, every now and then softly embracing the backs of his legs whenever the breeze died down. He just stood there, continuing to watch both the sphere in the sky as well as the pillar that supported it. There was nothing he could do to repair the damage caused to that pillar. Should it break and the sphere fall... the destruction that would follow could easily replicate the potential damage Sephiroth's Meteor would have caused. It made him wonder just how evil a man had to be to try and destroy an entire world.
"Evil will always exist..."
Muttered the SOLDIER 1st Class to himself as he tore his brightly glowing eyes away from the pillar, turning his body around until his back was facing the sphere. Though as he took a few steps away, he started to get the strangest of feelings that he was about to receive some company fairly shortly. Who or what it was, Genesis didn't know. There were no sounds, no visual clues to signify that his feeling was correct, yet no matter how hard he tried to ignore it, the feeling grew and grew.

Sure enough, the Crimson SOLDIER turned back around and cast his eyes over the creators caused from the Comet spell the man in the black and purple armour used. It was a highly impressive spell, what with the large purple rune rocketing into the sky to actually protect the comet itself from damage. It was clever, very effective. If no attacks were able to breech the rune, the comets would continue to fall. Lifting his left hand up before him, Genesis flexed his fingers to and from a fist. His own arsenal of spells was impressive, but after witnessing such power... he wondered if he still had room for improvement. A subtle smirk crept across Genesis' lips at the thought and after stuffing both his gloved hands into the pockets of his coat, the SOLDIER returned his eyes back up onto the sphere and it's supporting pillar, deciding to stick around to see if this strange feeling led to anything.