New World • Prompto Argentum

chapter one

"So now what?" The blonde asked, a grumpy expression on his freckle kissed face.

"Well, we wait." The prince shrugged, hands in pockets.

"You guys think we should join a hunt or something? Cindy said we will need the gil." Prompto suggested, earning the team's approval.

"For once, I agree with you." Ignis implied, pushing his glasses higher on his nose bridge with his forefinger. Prompto did not even realize the reply was meant to mock him, smiling at the approval.

"Let's go then. No point sitting around." Gladio was first to head towards the nearby diner, to take on their first hunt.

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"U-uh, I'm terribly sorry but... It seems that all of the hunts have been... Completed." The man behind the counter informed the four, a confused look on their faces.

"What do you mean, completed? By whom?" The prince asked, eager to find who was responsible.

"Well, it was two girls. They arrived yesterday, said they needed gil so I suggested they completed a hunt. Turns out, they did 'em all in a day!" Even the man seemed shocked.

"Some girls, huh?" Gladio asked, crossing his tattooed arms. "So there is nothing left for us?" Noctis asked.

  "Well..." The dark skinned man began. "I may have something, but those girls are probably onto it as we are talking." He explained.

"We'll take it. Hopefully we'll beat them to it." The prince replied as the man handed him the information of the hunt.

"Have a good hunt!" He wished as the party exited the diner.

"So, we're off then?" Prompto asked, earning a nod from his royal friend.

And so, the four quickly made their way to the location of the monsters they had to defeat, wishing to reach the place before the infamous girls, or as Prompto liked to call them 'Bounty Thieves'. Turns out, they were a little late to the party. Once they had reached the location, they realized that somebody was already fighting. They could hear the war cries from afar, only now seeing who they belonged to.

Before them were two young women, fighting their target. The boys could not see them clearly, but they could see them fight and boy were they good. Now they could see why all the hunts were completed.

One of them was using a katana, it was decorated with numerous carves along the sword, and a red ribbon at the handle. She also used some sort of gun against her foes. The other girl was fighting with a sword, similar to Noctis' one, moving swiftly and hitting the enemy when they least expected it. The handle of the sword was carefully carved to represent many roses, hinting that it could be her symbol, and it was also decorated by a red ribbon.

"Mae!" One of them called, her voice somehow deep but not too deep. The other girl nodded and rushed to her friend's side. "Now!" She jumped high in the air as the girl Noctis thought was named 'Mae' held out her hands, the other one swiftly stepping on them and jumping higher. She threw four small daggers towards one monster, striking it down.

As she was falling to the ground, she connected hands with her companion, Mae swinging her around as she shot the rest of them, and thus they were all dead. The two tried to catch their breaths, wiping the sweat that rolled down their foreheads. They connected their eyes, smiling at each other in victory.

"You need to lose weight." Mae teased. "And you need to stop skipping arm day." The other girl shot back as they laughed.

Then, they noticed the four who had been watching them. Prompto was in complete shock, jaw on the ground. Gladio was also impressed, barely seeing women as strong as those two. The two girls eyed each other and decided to approach the men, walking towards the four.

The four could now take a closer look at them. The first one, whose name they didn't know yet, was slightly taller than the other one.

She was pale and had long, raven and wavy hair. She was wearing a velvet black crop top with a sleeveless, leather black jacket and a pair of high waisted black jean shorts. She had a pair of fishnet tights, the left one reached up to her thigh and the right one up to her knee, with a pair of raven combat boots that reached up to her calves. She was wearing a bunch of bracelets and she also had a necklace on, a golden ring.

She also had a bunch of tattoos, they were many and small, and they spread across her whole left arm, a little above her chest as well.

The other girl, Mae as they had heard, was also pale and her hair reached down her shoulders, being brown and wavy, accompanied with short bangs. She was wearing a sleeveless dark gray shirt, the sleeves were very obviously cut off, half of which was tucked in her high waisted, black skinny jeans that were ripped  on the knee part. She also wore similar combat boots but hers reached up to her ankles. The boys could see her tattoos as well, a flower piece spreading across her left collarbone, as well as her arm.

Once the girls had reached the four, they eyed them from head to toe.

"Cat got your tongue?" The nameless one mocked, smirking as she eyed Prompto, who was staring at her. Noctis returned to his senses, clearing his throat.

"So, you're the ones who've been stealing our hunts?" He asked and Mae eyed him, chuckling to herself.

"Stealing? You're too proud to say that we were simply faster?" She asked in a sweet tone, even though her words were meant to tease the young prince. "Why would we even bother to steal your hunts, we have much better things to do." The taller one crossed her arms.

"Which is?" Gladio asked, sort of shocking Noctis that he had spoken to the two strangers.

"I believe this does not concern you." She smirked and so did the big guy. He liked that these two were tough.

"Can we get a name, at least?" Specs suddenly requested. What was with his friends being so friendly all of a sudden?

The two girls eyed each other and chuckled silently. "Of course. Name's Lumina. This is Mae, my younger sister." Finally, a name was announced.

"We're from...far away. We are searching for a friend." She explained.

"Well, we're taking our friend to get married!" The blonde exclaimed, resting an arm around the prince's shoulders.

"Oh, what a shame." Mae spoke, giggling afterwards. These girls surely were something.

"We are headed towards Hammerhead, to collect our reward. We could share, we already gathered enough to resupply." Mae explained to the lot, knowing that her older sister would not mind sharing.

"Well, we could work with that." The raven haired replied, smiling at the two.

"Good. Then off we go." Lumina announced as she passed by Prompto, smiling at him as they connected eyes. 

Prompto's smile widened, feeling his heart beats fasten. "Yeah..." He breathed.