My Light

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*Several days later*

It's been weeks since we left Lestallum, since I've seen Akiko and Aileen. We were stranded with no car, and no way back to the others. I had called Aileen and told her that I was fine and to tell Iris that Gladio and the others were alright as well. But that was days ago. Although they wanted to take our car, and find us, I didn't know where we were, and there was not enough room for all four men. My injury had healed in a matter of 4 days due to the potion the empire had given me. But even though Ardyn helped us, that didn't mean that I trusted him all of a sudden. "I still can't believe it. I mean, shouldn't the car have turned up by now?" Prompto asks and I had to agree. We had called Cindy to ask around local garages to see if they had seen the Regalia. "We should wait until Cindy's done asking around the local garages before we despair." Ignis says and I nod in agreement. "Let's not fool ourselves. The empire has it." Gladio says and I knew he could be right. "Then maybe we could ask Ardyn to help us out again, right?" Prompto asks, and I put a hand on my hip as I stare at him with a raised brow. "The Imperial Chancellor." Gladio states the obvious.

"He represents a problem, not a solution." Ignis says.

"So where does that leave us?" Prompto asks.

"Stranded. Awaiting word from Hammerhead." I say.

"In the meantime, we have to hoof it." Gladio says.

"Can you handle that, Aura?" Noctis asks and I look at him.

"I'm fine. I feel better now. There's no reason for you four to be concerned about my injury anymore. It's healed." I say.

"That is true, but there is still a chance of the injury reappearing, or internal damage." Ignis says.

"I'm fine, alright? If it makes you four feel better, I won't fight. How's that?"

"Better, I guess, but you're staying with me." Noctis says and I groan in annoyance.

"Look! It's Umbra!" Prompto says.

I turn around to see the black furred dog walk up to us and sit. As we approach Umbra, he starts to lead us somewhere. "Someone's sending us a message." Ignis says as we continue to follow Umbra down a path. As soon as Umbra stops, I look around to see what Umbra wants to find. When I turn, I see Gentiana, Luna's messenger, standing there with he eyes shut. "Hear me, O King of the Stone. By the Stormsender's blessing will the path to the Stone be opened. The Oracle goes hence in her king's name." Gentiana says and I widen my eyes at the mention of the Oracle. "Luna... is she still in Altissia?" I ask Gentiana in concern. "The eye of the Storm. When the covenant is forged, the Oracle and ring shall await their King at the Walls of Water. Stray not from the path." she says and I look over to Noctis. I look back over to where Gentiana was standing only to see that she disappeared. "She's a Messenger, a spirit faithful to the Oracle." Ignis says and I nod. "For real?" Prompto asks and I turn to the three behind me. "We're going beyond real now, pal." Gladio says with a scoff and I turn back to face Umbra who walks up to Noctis and sits. As Noctis reads what Luna wrote to him, I hear a sudden bark, and I turn to the noise to see Pryna. I walk over to the white dog and untie the book from around her. I open the book to the page where Luna had written and see her beautiful handwriting say, 'I will await you here. I shall be safe until you arrive.' I smile at those words and write back to her. 'I promise I'll be there soon. I'm glad you're safe in Altissia. Can't wait to see you again!' I write, and I place a flower from the ground inside the book.

I tie the book around Pryna again and send her off with Umbra to go to Luna. I stand up and walk back over to the guys. "Lady Lunafreya has done well to keep the ring from falling into enemy hands." Ignis says and I nod in agreement. "All we need to do is hit Altissia." Prompto says and I nod with a slight frown. "After we get my girls back. Then when we get to Altissia, we go our separate ways." I say as I look at Noctis with a frown, but he doesn't want to make eye contact. "That entails passage on a ship. Caem may serve us now as it did to them." Ignis says. "The hidden harbor... Hmph, just might work. I'll have Iris set it up." Gladio says and we all start to follow Noctis as he starts to dash. "So, in the meantime..." Prompto starts to say.  "We head into the Storm." Noctis finishes the sentence and we all nod. "Another day, another deity." Prompto states and I nod in agreement.