My Fantasy (A Final fantasy fanfic)

Chapter 2: A road ever changing

Quinn groaned softly as cold metal rubbed against his cheek, and he was sitting on the lumpy armlets covering Kings wrists. "Oh, your awake?" King asked softly. After about an hour of walking Quinn couldn't walk anymore and King offered him a ride on his back. Quinn, seeing as he was inside studying rather then playing when he lived in the village, had a vast knowledge of the map of the world, and knew that it would be about 2 hours on foot till they reached an area with monsters, so he accepted the piggyback and slept lightly, "sorry about the cold armor," King said letting him down. Quinn smiled lightly and shook his head, drawing his staff, "please... Don't apologize... I should be thanking you for carrying me..." he said softly. This made King smile, "your a pretty nice kid Quinn," he said and looked to Quinn expecting a smile, but was met with a blank stare. "Monsters... I smell them," Quinn said softly. Really he sensed their presence but many mages feel like they smell something bad. For the first time Quinn watched king unsheathed his weapon, "are you sure kid? You smell monsters?" he said and Quins eyes widened, he extended his staff, "protect," he cast and a yellow barrier formed just in time to intercept the jaws of a beast known as a hellhound as it leaped from the woods followed by another two. King's eyes widened slightly, "you were right..." he said glancing back at Quinn, though Quinn was busy focusing on the battle. He brought his hands together forming a small white cube, "Libra," he cast and his eyes started to glow a soft blue, "Hellhounds, low level beasts that hunt in pacts of 3 to 6, no real abilities, no element, highest stat is speed, lowest is spirit, hp is moderate to weak," he said as his eyes stopped glowing, just as the yellow barrier fadded and King now stood ready, "you magic is interesting," he said as he blocked an attack wth his sheild. Quinn nodded and closed his eyes, "i think the one that jumped out is the leader, he seems bigger and stronger, distract the other two and ill try something," he said as a few green orbs formed and started dancing around Quinn. King nodded and started slashing at the two slightly smaller hounds while keeping them all at a distance from Quinn. Just as the leader hound slipped by King, King yelled out in a panic, "Kid watch it!" he called but was once again surprised. The orbs flew outwards and a large yellow bird like creature appeared and ran right over the hellhound with powerful stomps. With a loud yelp the creature burst as if made of light, leaving small glowing spots that fadded into the air. Two more yelps came as King cut down the other two hounds in their panic of losing the pack leader. King put away his weapons amd looked to Quinn, "what the hell was that? Where did that... That thing come from?" he asked. Quinn looked at him, "um... Im a summoner," he said, the bird having vanished. Quinn sighed, "Im sorry, I cast Chocobo, it is a neutral type summoning spell, and the first summon anyone learns, its my most powerful offensive spell," he said, feeling he should be open with King. King smiled, "oh... Sorry it just surprised me, dont worry about it... I want to know how you knew so much about the wolves-er- hellhounds," he said. Quinn smiled, "i cast Libra, a low level white magic spell that lets me see data on any monster in range," he said calmly. King nodded, "well, having you along is already making this journey a lot easier," he said and Quinn looked at him, "Quinn, not kid," he said referring to the fight, King kept calling him Kid. Kings face reddened a little, "Right, sorry about that Quinn," he said, "lets keep going," he said starting to walk. Quinn followed behind but as he walked white cubes formed around him, "cure," he whispered and King was wrapped in a soft white glow. He breathed in surprised but smiled, "what... What is this," he asked, "have you never been healed before?" Quinn asked and King blushed to Quinn's surprise, "well... Ive always healed up using potions or Inns I've um... Never journeyed with anyone, I've always been a party of 1." Quinn looked surprised then smiled, "well now your not, anytime you need to be healed just say so, in and out of battle," Quinn said happily, "I've got your back." King smiled slightly, "for someone so young your rather mature," he said, "but we need to keep moving," he said and Quinn nodded, "Well... With where we are... Id say we need to head south to Baron... Maybe get a ride on an airship to Mysidia," he said and King nodded, "sounds good," he said happily.

As they walked they were frequently attacked by monsters, though with both Quinn and king working together they were generally able to make quick work of them. Quinn used libra to help King, and King took out the monsters, and after the battle Quinn healed them up. Quinn stayed as the healer leaving the fighting for Quinn, but casting libra, protect, and cure so often was starting to wear him down, if he wasnt careful his mp would drop to zero in the middle of a fight. Quinn slowed his walking pace, "U-um king... I-its getting hard to walk..." he said, he hated how weak his voice came out, he sounded so childish. He felt so weak compared to King. King turned his head and looked at the boy, "o-oh! Magic exhaustion i completely forgot mages can only cast so much magic at a time," he said as he turned around dropping to his knee again in front of Quinn, which really only made Quinn feel worse, "I-I'm fine... We can keep going," Quinn said. King shook his head, "why didn't you say you were tired, you've been healing me non-stop for hours," he said scanning the boys face. Quinn shook his head, "i-its fine, if it wasnt for you i would have been killed by monsters the moment i entered the forest, healing you is all i can do to help..." he said sadly, his thoughts of his own weakness on the brink of spilling from his mouth. The only thing that stopped him was the soft smile that King bore, "we can rest," he said softly and Quinn smiled lightly. He walked to the center of the slightly open forest and breathed in, green orbs dancing around him, "kirin," he whispered and as the orbs burst into light they were joined by the small creature called kirin, Quinns Eidolon. The small creature let out a small cry and the small area around them was surrounded by a slightly glowing circle, "thanks Kirin," Quinn said and kirin cried out happily then vanished and Quinn dropped onto the ground. King ran over to Quinn going dowm beside him, "kid! Kid get up! What did you do!" he yelled out. Quinn sat up slowly, "i-im fine, i set up a barrier to repel monsters so... So we can... Both... Rest" he said very slowly. King shook his head, "im gonna go out on a limb and guess you used the last of your mp to conjure it, you should have just slept, I could have stayed up, your just a kid you cant push yourself," King blabbered on, Quinn barely able to hear him. "You did a lot too... You need rest yourself, ill be fine," Quinn said smiling as he curled up on the ground, sleep over took him, all the world went black, just as he saw king lay a little ways away from him.

Quinn felt something, he looked around, he felt... Heat. He was surrounded by fire! Quinn jumped back but... He felt no pain in the fire. He saw a soft glow at the side of fire... It was him! He saw his own body, laying limp on the floor. His mother and father holding hands by him, fending of the fire. He could hear them speaking, "Find... Trustworthy... Follow your heart... And beware... Fire... Baron!" Quinn shook his head as his mother and father glowed a white light and collapsed as the familiar yellow and blue barrier formed around Quinn's body. Quinn shook his head then felt himself fall backwards, the fire slowly vanishing untill it was replaced with a blue sky and the soft glow of the barrier, king standing and looking down at Quinn, Quinn unable to stop a soft blush from crossing his face as the man looked down at him, "its alright, you were dreaming," King said in a soft surprisingly soothing voice. Quinn sat up just as the barrier stopped glowing around them, "do you feel alright to keep going? Baron is still a day away," he said. Quinn nodded as he grabbed his staff and small bag, "yes... Im fine... My magic is replenished," he said rubbing his eyes. They both set out again towards Baron, but Quinn couldnt help but remember the dream, 'beware... Fire... Baron,' echoed inside Quinn's head, "what did you mean," Quinn whispered to himself, "what... What do i do?" he asked himself.