Final Fantasy XV - The Light Of Dawn

Chapter 15: The Fall

Outside, a Niflheim ship hovered over the partially destroyed Citadel. Ardyn and Emperor Aldercapt stood and observed from their own ship as another ship dragged the crystal from where it was being held within the citadel.

"Well, I dare say everything has proceeded according to plan." Ardyn smiled then looked to his comrade. "No?"

"Indeed it has. We have broken the wall, all that remains is to break the city." Aldercapt nodded.

"Shall we take our leave then? The sun will soon set. We need not be here to witness the terrors of the night."

And with that, the two men walked inside their ship as the doors closed and the aircrafts themselves flew to the imperial dreadnaughts they came from. From the aircraft they managed to borrow, Phoebe, Nyx and Ashley saw the crystal being stolen as they made their way to the citadel.

"The Crystal!" Phoebe cried out then looked ahead to the citadel, seeing the balcony. "You are going too fast! We must land!"

"Yeah, you're gonna have to give me a minute on that!" Ashley stated in a matter of fact manner, trying to keep the aircraft steady.

"There is no time! I will go on my own!" Phoebe scoffed.

"What, you got wings underneath that dress? you can't use magic!" Nyx laughed a bit, not knowing of Phoebe's secret.

"Not all miracles are made by magic Nyx. As I said before, I do not fear death. What I fear is doing nothing and losing everything!" Phoebe shouted as she jumped off the ship toward the balcony.

"Oh come on!" both Nyx and Ashley yelled in unison as they both jumped out and warped to the balcony, Nyx grabbing Phoebe on the way.

"You can thank magic for that miracle, your highness." He laughed as they proceeded to stand up and head inside and all three of them made a sprint for the treaty room.

In the treaty room, Glauca, proceeded to try to kill King Regis who in turn used a magical shield to block his attempts. "You have the crystal!" Regis shouted. "What more would you take from me?!"

Glauca did not give him an answer, instead he proceeded to smash the shield and grab the kings wrist, pull him forward and slice the ring off of his finger, causing it to roll into the middle of the room and leaving the king to hold his hand in agony.

"King Regis!" Lunafreya cried as she came out of hiding.

"The ring of the lucii.." Ravus gasped a little, picking up the ring and then proceeded to look to the king. "I lost my mother, my country, my birth right. When Phoebe came along, she became the one thing I despised because of her Lucian heritage. Once I realized that she was no threat and she needed someone there for her, she became something I wanted to protect and as such, Niflheim was the only life left to me..but all of that was for this!" Ravus explained, looking at the ring. "The ring belongs to me now."

Glauca turned to Ravus as he spoke, dashing at him and lifting his sword, ready to strike him down but just as he was about to hit him, Phoebe, Ashley and Nyx entered and Ravus had placed the ring on his pinky finger, time around him slowing to a crawl as he turned to speak to the kings of yore.

"Hear me, Lucian Kings of old! for I am Ravus Nox Fleuret and none is more worthy of your power than I!" he called out only to be rejected and deemed unworthy and as such, the kings of yore set his arm on fire without a second thought. "No! Why?! Why do you refuse me?!" He screamed as he fell to the floor, writhing in agony as time returned to normal, causing Glauca to jump over him as Nyx, Ashley and Phoebe entered.

"Phoebe!" Lunafreya called out as she ran over to her daughter and held her close.

"Uncle Ravus.." Phoebe whimpered as she watched the ring roll over to Regis who picked it up but she then saw Glauca go after her grandfather. "Look out, Grandpa!" she screamed as she ran over to Regis with her mother and guided him to a hidden door while Nyx and Ashley engaged Glauca in combat.