The airship was silent, and had been silent since the destruction of the sphere. Hours have passed and those that could slept. Tidus was on the deck searching the night sky, the stars were so bright and distant. Tidus pulled his legs to his chest and set his head upon his knees. Thoughts of Yuna and his child engulfed him, shutting everything out.

His sigh was filled with so much sorrow.

Tidus. Tidus jerked from his position, now he was hearing things. Even if it was a hallucination, he loved hearing that voice again.

"Yuna?" He whispered fearfully looking around making sure no one was there. Tidus. Please stop it. Tidus' face scrunched up in confusion at her whispered words. "Stop what? Yuna where are you? Are you here?" He spoke so fast that the words practically ran together.

No Tidus, I'm in the Farplane. Before you ask, I don't know how this is possible. "Yuna...why did you do it...why did you leave her?" His words were sullen and he patiently waited for the ghostly answer. Minutes passed and Tidus started to worry.

I couldn't live without you. I know you said you would always be there for me, but without seeing your face, your smile, and your laugh...it was so hard. Tidus I couldn't be there for her, I regret everyday the pain I caused her, and hope dearly that one day she can forgive me abandoning her...maybe...maybe I am just a coward.

"A coward...Yuna you saved the world, defeated Sin. Went against a thousand year old tradition-"

With you. The voice interrupted passionately. Without you life wasn't the same...without you I wasn't the same.

Tears began to roll down Tidus' face, it had all been his fault. Tidus please stop blaming yourself. Don't ruin your life like I did mine, give her some happiness, and when the time comes we will be together once more.

The ghostly voice was starting to fade. "I love you Yuna." His voice was quiet and his eyes closed. He heard no response. The wind picked up slightly, Tidus felt the sensation of being lightly kissed upon the lips.

His eyes shot open. Before his aching eyes knelt the figure of someone he loved more than life itself. "Yuna how-" He was silenced by her finger on his lips. "I love you Tidus." No longer caring how it was possible he pulled her into his arms desperately. Under those bright stars they held each other crying in each others arms.

Chapter 21

Deep within the ship, a rather indelicate person was thumping his head against the wall. "Wakka, what the hell are you doing?"

He turned quickly embarrassed that someone had seen him "Oh Lu...I was...um...testing the wall's strength."

"Pathetic excuse. Do you have anything better?" Wakka sighed admitting defeat. "I'm just worried about her ya. If she is hurt I'll...haunt Lady Yunalesca for the rest of my afterlife." Lulu had to try desperately at Wakka's 'serious' face.

"Well don't hurt yourself." She turned to leave. "Umm...Lu?" His voice sounded like a little boy who is afraid of being yelled at. Since her back was to him, she felt it safe enough to smile. "Yes Wakka?"

"I know that this is a bad time and all, but I...you...um." "What Wakka?"

"I uh...don't get mad at me...I uh kinda love you." Wakka's face turned as red as a tomato. I was definitely comical. Lulu began to walk away again, and said over her shoulder, "Wakka I kinda love you too."

On the deck the two figures continued in their embrace, while two other set of eyes watched from the cargo hatch. "Well he's crying again." Jecht's voice was gruff with emotion. He loved that his son was finally happy again, maybe he hadn't been the best father, but he cared deeply for his son.

"Give him a break. It's so nice to see my daughter again." Lord Braska's voice was soft and had taken on a whimsical tone. Jecht looked worried by the voice. "You're not getting soft on me are you?" Braska ignored the reply.

"She has grown up so much." Jecht once again looked at Braska again. "You don't seem surprised that she just appeared out of no where." Braska finally tore his gaze from his daughter and looked at his friend. "Why should I? After all we appeared out of no where."

"Yeah well it's a little freaky if you ask me." Jecht turned back to watch the two again. Braska smiled softly. "Well as they say, Yevon works in mysterious ways." Jecht shrugged, "Come my friend let us leave them alone." Braska and Jecht walked quietly back to the elevator. "Your sons intentions are honorable I hope." His voice was teasing as the two disappeared behind the closed doors.

Chapter 22

Damien walked through the hallways, trying to figure out a plan. He would be the first to admit that he wasn't the best one to rely on for this sort of thing. "So there is a n Aeon that hasn't been sent...man, I don't know."

"Riddle." Damien was ripped from his thoughts. He looked at the his companion, the big blue guy was staring down, with a 'isn't obvious' look. "Riddle tell answer." Damien face scrunched and he moved his head to the side pondering over the suggestion, "the riddle, huh." several minutes passed as he continued thinking. "Well I guess its worth a try. Now how did it go again?"

Kimhari's face registered surprise before it turned to a look of disbelief. "What!? You expect me to remember that after all that has happened, I'm only human jeez." Damien passionately defended himself against the incredulous look Kimhari had given.

"Since the dawn of time this is true, the sun and moon parted by time and space, brought together by one of both, a child of time, of light and darkness. When all the sleepers awaken a sacrifice must soon be made. Destroy both light and dark, and the world shall plunge in a nonending spiral of death, the living and the dead together as one forever." A husky voice said from the other side of the hallway. Damien looked at Lulu, "That's it your not human, no person could remember that." Damien said teasingly. He however was not really embarrassed, and it really hadn't surprised him that she had memorized it.

"So what ya make of it Lu?" Wakka walked up to the group standing next to Lulu. "Yeah I mean like I'm sure I said before I'm not good at riddles." Damien looked questionably at Lulu.

"You see Braska, they're having the meeting without us." Jecht pushed his old friend towards the steadily growing group of people frequenting the hallway. "Don't leave us out. Hey where's Auron?" Jecht scanned the faces of the others they all shrugged lightly.

"Okay guys, we're here!" Rikku came running out of nowhere and stood blushing looking at the floor. Auron walked up to them from the same direction Rikku had come from. Questioning looks made Rikku's blush turn a dark crimson. "Oh...um we were just trying to repair the sila-finder, you know." She sound unconvincing even to herself.

Jecht looked at his friend and then at Rikku, and once more at Auron. His eyebrow lifted and he smirked, "So that's what you were up to, huh?" He started to wiggle his eyebrows in suggestion. Auron moved uncomfortably, "We don't have time for this now."

Lulu, out of sympathy changed the subject. "The solution is simple, we have to awaken the Aeon."

"Do we have too?" A timid voice asked from a distance. All eyes turned and, save for Jecht and Braska, nearly all of them turned white. A small laugh lacking any sign of happiness echoed through the ship, "You guys look like you've seen a ghost."

Chapter 23

After much time, everyone was able to close there mouths and calm there bulging eyes. However the stuttering hows continued as the group that had frequented the hallway was now seated at the banquet table. Wakka and Lulu sat on one side of the deep mahogany lacquered wood, at the end of the left side sat Auron and Rikku, on the right side was Damien, and Kimhari, and across from Wakka and Lu was Jecht, Braska, Tidus, and...Yuna.

Wakka continued to stare in disbelief at the girl, she looked just as she had all those seventeen years ago. As harsh as it seems, at this point Kiley had almost been completely forgotten, right now the only one that remembered her at this point sat sullenly with his head in his hand still trying to solve the riddle.

"I don't really know what happened. One minute I'm in the far plane and the next I am-" Yuna was desperately trying to explain to her friends when she was cut off by a loud bang on the table, shocked they all looked at where the vibration had started. "It just doesn't make any sense!" Damien stood angrily, but began to blush as he realized what he had done.

"I'm sorry, but I am trying to explain." Yuna said regretfully. Damien's eyes scrunched and he pulled his head back, yevon he was confused. "What are you talking about, all you've been talking about is how you mysteriously appeared." Damien was angry right now at everyone sitting at the table, had none of them actually cared about Kiley, did it even matter that they didn't know where she was or that she might die.

Yuna's face fell in sorrow, no one had ever talked to her so harshly. Tidus jumped up from his seat to hold Yuna and glare at the offender. Of course this only infuriated Damien even more, for a second Damien was glad Kiley wasn't here to see this. "Oh go ahead and protect her, she's not the one in danger, but obviously she means more to all of you, well fine then I'll save her myself!" Damien stormed out of the room heading towards the bridge. Yevon he was pissed.

Alone in the dark room, he sat down at the pilots chair. The ship was on autopilot. He looked at the sky of swirling clouds that obstructed his view of the ground. After several deep breaths he was able to calm himself down. "Okay...now the riddle." He said talking to himself. "You need help boy?"

Damien turned the chair and saw Cid. Damien gave a questioning glance at the old man. The bald guy shrugged and sat down at the newly built 'captain's' chair. which was five feet behind the pilot's seat, and five feet in front of the sila-finder wreckage.

"So how's that riddle go?" Cid asked looking sympathetic at the young blonde.

"Ummm...Since the dawn of time this is true, the sun and moon parted by time and space, brought together by one of both, a child of time, of light and darkness. When all the sleepers awaken a sacrifice must soon be made. Destroy both light and dark, and the world shall plunge in a nonending spiral of death, the living and the dead together as one forever."

"Yevon boy, you still haven't figured it out, it couldn't be any simpler. Think boy what does Tidus mean? No clue, huh? It means sun, boy! Now this is easier, what do you think Yuna's name indicates?" Damien thought silently he guessed where Cid was heading but enjoyed torturing the older man, "Ummm..." He scratched his head in exaggeration, pretending ignorance. Cid breathed in a large calming breath and released a defeated sigh. "Okay boy, Yuna indicates the moon. Now Kiley she's there lil girl right? Well she would be the child of both light and darkness, the child of the moon and the sun. Now as you guys already figured out the sleepers would be those Aeon thingies. Now it seems to me the way Seymour is trying to restart or what the hell ever, the spiral of death he needs to sacrifice both light and dark, in short Kiley.

Chapter 24

Drop...drop...drop...My body ached everywhere, I didn't want to open my eyes, I didn't want to know if I was still dreaming or if...if I was awake. I could feel the cold wet stone pressed against my face, where was I? Guess I'll have to open my eyes.

My pupils where dilated, I could barely see, not that there was much to see. Blue stone walls faced me at all sides. From where I lay there was no way out. Shakily I pulled myself up. The funny thing was I was still wearing that green skirt, and the frilly tank top. It wasnt even dirty from sitting on the ground. As weird as it seemed I knew I was no longer dreaming, but if I wasn't where was I?

"We can't let that happen! Kiley can't die! It's not right!" Damien was pacing the floor of the airship angrily, while Cid watched on with a great deal of sorry in his eyes. "Afraid there's not really anything we can do son, dont even know where they are."

"So what you just give up on her? She's as good as dead know so no need to get ourselves killed, right?" Damien swirled around his sarcastic reply injuring the old man's ears.

"I'm not saying that son, I'm just saying getting all worked up now isn't gonna get her back any sooner." Cid drew a deep breath in. "Well isnt it easy enough for you to see?" A voice from the hallway asked, both Cid and Damien looked at the owner of the voice.

"What do you mean Jecht?"

I was to die, and with my death the sin would be reborn. The souls of the dead would be amongst the living, if that was the case, then maybe my death wouldn't be totally meaningless, after all my parents would be together like Yuna...mom...always wanted. I wonder if every person that knows that they will die has the same attitude of how the world would somehow magically be better if you were no longer there. Depressing thoughts, but then again what did I have to be happy about.

I had found my father only to lose him again in a short period of time, I had won the Blitzball tournament only to have it taken away from me, and most importantly, I had realized I was in love only after realizing I would die soon. My life pretty much sucks right now, doesn't it?

Chapter 25

"The way I see it that dude with the weird hair, Seymour, will have to send or whatever, that aeon that sill exists right? Cause then the next part of the plan is activated." Jecht now sat in one of the co-pilot's seat slightly below the pilot's seat.

"NO!" a voice cried from the doorway, a voice that for now irritated Damien to no end, he finally understood the resentment Kiley had felt all those years. He watched the doorway as the rest of the 'gang' ran through it with Lady Yuna leading the party. "If Seymour awakens the aeon, then Tidus will...he will...I can't do this again, I won't do this again."

"Not even to save your daughter?!" Damien sprang from his feet, by Yevon he had enough of this. "This isn't even about you, this isn't about the two of you getting another chance, this is about Kiley. I know your lives were like tragic and all, but you don't see Auron denying the future or anything. He has accepted his fate why can't you. And while I'm at it, what the hell was wrong with you to leave an infant alone in this world, or would you rather have just forgotten about her, you don't think you've done anything wrong because she doesn't exist in your eyes, is that right, is that the reason." Exhausted and disgusted Damien turned away from the sight.

"I couldn't be a mother to her. She didn't need me, I looked into those eyes when she was born and I saw strength that even after decades of time I could never possess, I knew she could live." Yuna's head hung as fresh tears cascaded down her eyes.

She wanted with all her might to remember the end of the dream, but as Lady Yunalesca had told her, it was not for her to know until that time.

Kiley continued to scrape at the black stone dejectedly. Child. Kiley jumped her mind returning to her dark prison. Child they will come for you, soon. Do not fear little one, as people say these things have a way of working themselves out. Kiley I am curious, you seem to have accepted your role in this rather well, your soul does not fight with itself. I wonder what you would do if you were given one wish. What would you do?

Kiley's mind flooded with images of her friends, and of Damien. She prided herself on knowing her mind better then anyone in the world, but even she had no idea, of what she would wish for.

Child they come to take you away, do not be afraid, I will be with you to the end, we will see this through together.

Yuna felt a hand rest lightly on her shoulder, she knew Tidus was still here and took comfort in that. "If Seymour does need to send the aeon then we know where they are heading, we know where we can intercept him and take Kiley back. We have to go to the Omega Ruins."

Cid jumped up, "Right! Rikku set a course for the Omega Ruins and lets use are new toy, you know that turbo engine thingy." Cid's smile was wickedly happy, finally he would be able to see this baby in action.

As the airship sped through the sky with sky with unbelievable speed Kiley stood shakily as a symbol on the floor glowed eerily. Seconds later a blur of color moved rapidly through the stones ad slowed at the symbol, showing it to have been a person, the glyph had transported him to the room, no wonder she saw no doors. She saw he was a Guado. A servant to Seymour very likely.

"Sorceress Kiley, I have been ordered to remove you from the ruins and locate you to another position. Please come with me or I will force you to."

"Oh yes like I would really fight you so I could stay in this marvelously comfortable room." Kiley rolled her eyes and moved to stand on the glyph by the Guado. She looked down and saw the light shot up from the stone and through her, It felt as if she was disintegrating and saw herself blur quickly however it was over and she was once again whole. "Come." She noticed the Chocobos tethered to the wall, scared of their surrounding. "Stand still." The guard ordered as another Guado came to stand behind Kiley, she felt the her hands being tugged behind her back and a rope twist around her wrists. "So you won't be tempted to use magic."

The other Guado pulled a delicate strap of fabric and raised it to cover me eyes, promptly the Guado guard behind me tied the cloth to my head, blinding my vision. The guado guard carefully lifted me to the back of one of the three brightly feathered birds. I heard the other two mount, "Lean forward, we will be moving fast." the guard grabbed the reins tied to my Chocobo and urged both his bird and mine into a quick run.

I could feel the change of direction occurring constantly as the birds took us into the jungle and out of the ruins.

It would seem that the airship coming to rescue her was not fast enough, for as it raced towards the ruins, she was moving quickly the other way.

Chapter 26

The airship landed lightly due to Cid's guidance. Immediately the doors opened and the group of 'saviors' raced off the ship into the unchanged ruins. Remembering what Lady Yunalesca had told Kiley about the Aeon, Tidus lead the group to where the faith was supposed to be. He noticed that their were no fiends, strange because seventeen years ago they were everywhere here. They moved past the area where they had fought the Omega weapon, to a room that had been hidden all those years ago.

They slid to a stop at the back of Seymour. Damien moved to stand beside Tidus. They all had their weapons drawn. Seymour watched them out of the corner of his eye and smiled that slightly evil smile. He turned to face them, "Welcome, I have been expecting you. Lady Yuna how wonderful it is to see you, my bride again." Tidus effectively blocked off Seymour's approach to Yuna.

"Where is she Seymour, where is my daughter!?" Seymour's eyes widened sarcastically in mock surprise, "Oh did you want to see her, too bad she isn't here anymore." Seymour was roughly grabbed as Damien held a dagger to his throat, "Where is she?" Damien's face and voice conveyed his anger and irritation. Seymour's eyes narrowed.

"If you want her to live I suggest you take your hands off me." Tidus came forward and nodded at Damien who slowly released his hold on Seymour. "Why haven't you sent the aeon yet, why do you wait?" Yuna asked behind Tidus' back.

"Lady Yuna do you not know? I waited for you. You see the aeon will not grant me it's gift, and Lord Braska is no longer a summoner. Why do you think I brought you back from the farplane. I need you to send the aeon."

"And if I don't?" Seymour smiled wickedly, "I will kill you all and your daughter."

Kiley felt the Chocobo slow down to a trot, she had already grown tired of riding upon the yellow feathered animal, but apparently their journey was not yet over. "Hey! Where are we going? And how long will it take to get there?"

Kiley heard the clawed feet of another chocobo approach her side and soon the fabric that hindered her eyesight was gone, "We are already here." Kiley stared at the terrain before her horror and sadness attacked her senses, Welcome child, welcome to Zanarkand.

Chapter 27

Kiley was carefully removed from the chocobo's back. Her eyes had never left the expanse of broken rubble of the city she had seen in her dream. She saw the road before her and saw were it lead. It was the very same road she had traveled upon in her dream, now it was the only one that remained, she knew what lay at the end of the road...the tower, and the end of her journey.

Yuna, danced with her heart filled with pain, for at the end of this dance just as it had happened at the end of her dance seventeen years ago , Tidus would again disappear only this time he would never reappear. "Too bad that even after all this, you Tidus, and Jecht will not see Kiley again. I must leave now before she finishes her dance, It is a shame only four of you will have the chance to see Kiley again. Oh, and there is no longer any harm in telling you she is in Zanarkand." After his speech Seymour rushed through the door and felt the stone close behind him.

Rikku stared dumbfounded at the wall, "Four..." Rikku quickly counted how many were present "But there are nine of us, well I guess really seven. How come-" Rikku cut herself off as she saw both Jecht and Tidus begin to fade once more. But what stopped her words were the pyreflies that were gathering around Braska, Auron, and Yuna. It made sense now, four, for four were the only ones alive, it also explained why Seymour had left so abruptly he obviously didn't want to be *accidentally* sent.

The four that remained looked heartbrokenly at the places were their friends had once stood, where the Summoner had once danced, and at the cold stone of the now awakened final Aeon.

"Well we can't stand here forever we have to go save Kiley." Wakka spoke hurriedly as he brushed the tears from his face. Rikku's eyes never left the sot that Auron had occupied, she felt her heart breaking once more. It was her fault for loving a ghost.

Lulu saw a flash of blue and saw a sphere begin to form to the side, at least they had a way out now. "Come we must go to Zanarkand."

The ruined tower stood before her, the lobby no longer could be seen, the whole building had changed in appearance all that was left of the magnificent structure was the very bottom of it and the levels underground. Pyreflies gathered in large hordes around Kiley, they seem to be attracted to her, like she was a magnet. The guados were impatient to finish their journey, and pushed Kiley gently through the doorway.

As she stepped inside the pyreflies swarmed around her before moving in a straight line towards a far distant doorway, she was being lead much as she had been by the butterflies. She had been first lead by the living but now she was being lead by the dead. It was fitting really. One particular pyrefly stayed by Kiley's side she felt a presence she had not felt since she was a baby, she knew without a doubt her mother floated by her side, with as was Lady Yunalesca.

Kiley no longer saw the guados, she did not realize that her hands were no longer bound and the guards no longer followed. All she saw was the road before lit with colors if blue, red, green, ,yellow, and purple. All she heard was the music of time, the music of ages gone by. her jade green skirt billowed in the wind, her hair lifted and flew as she walked on. She took comfort in her mother's presence.

"Okay folks we're here, you sure this is where lil Kiley is?" The four nodded solemnly, "Well I may not be the smartest person in all Spira but I do know that the mourning should wait until lil Kiley is safe, now you go save that girl, with no regrets."

Chapter 28

Kiley followed nimbly behind the trail of souls, while above her near the entrance her four saviors battled the Guados. Once defeated the road was simple, since all the pyreflies were with Kiley, no fiends attacked the group, they ran hard to catch up with Kiley. Every now and then they would catch glimpses of her further below them. She walked casually while they ran, yet she was always just ahead of them, just out of their reach.

Lulu looked around and noticed that they were now in the quiet and empty cloister of trials. There was no longer a point to it's existence so it was silent, and now just a place for memories.

Kiley walked deftly into the chamber that looked much like the room Lady Yunalesca once had at the top of the tower, Come my child, you are but feet away from the end of your exhausting journey, follow the lighted ones through the door, my child I can no longer come with you, my journey and story has finally come to an end, but before I leave you to face your destiny I ask you again if you could have but one wish what would you ask for?

Kiley seemed torn did she really know herself enough to answer that question, she wanted to be selfish she wanted to live, but she couldn't ask for it, she couldn't see wasting such a precious gift like that. Do not answer just yet you still have time. Now my child, now you may remember what you have forgotten, now my child you may pass through the doors, child of life, child of death.

"Hurry we don't have much time." Lulu whispered to the others as the ancient elevator took them down to the lower level. "But we didn't see Seymour what if he hasn't even arrived yet."

"He has I am sure of it, I feel deep down that he once more awaits Kiley and us. But this time no one will be lost, we will make sure of that.

The ancient machina stopped and let the weary travelers out. They stood fro a moment gathering their courage, and their strength, they got their weapons ready and raced through the door to Lady Yunalesca's chambers without looking back and with no regret.

Chapter 29

The ruined room was black, all that remained was the floor, below the floor nothing but endless black could be seen. The floor looked as if it floated in the middle of the dark, between life and death. one wall stood somewhat shattered to the left. And before Kiley's eyes she saw the blue haired half human half Guado.

Kiley heard the pounding of footsteps behind her. She turned gracefully and saw Wakka, Rikku, Lulu, and Damien enter through the door she had just walked through, her eyes filled with tears, she was so happy that she could see them one last time. "Stay back." ordered Seymour. He walked to the crumpled wall and pointed to a rather oddly shaped door, "this...this is what separates the living from the dead, the one that controls who will come and who will go, would be the most powerful being of all, and you Kiley, you have the key to giving me this power. Do you not feel it."

Kiley looked at him as if he said 'I am the king of all Chocobos and you must bow before my magnificence.' Kiley felt her lips turn as she pictured the image, nothing like a laugh to break the dramatic moment.

Her smile faded as she felt something around her neck grow heavy and pull her to the door. She looked down and saw the forgotten necklace she had purchased at the store in Luca, she remembered seeing an image, a shadow of a Guado, as she had picked it up, she had seen Seymour's shadow. A question nagged her incessantly, why?

Seymour smirked lightly and pointed to the holes on either side of the door, "The sun." he pointed to one, "and the moon." he pointed to the other. "Did you not read the whole riddle, 'the sun and moon parted by time and space brought together by one.' The puzzle did not speak of your mother and father. A coincidence that their names represent the sun and moon, but no more then that the riddle spoke of what you had hanging from your neck the whole time. If it had been about your parents I would have needed them to be here."

Seymour lifted his hand and made a gesture, a calling of sorts for her to come. "No!" Damien ran to block Kiley's path, "if you go to him he will kill you." Kiley looked at him with clear eyes, "you knew that didn't you, you knew he would kill you, why aren't you fighting it Kiley, it's not written in stone," at Kiley's smirk he continued, "okay if you want to get literal it is written in stone, but that doesn't mean you have to give in to it...I...I love you. And I won't see you die!"

Kiley's eyes softened, In front of the pair Seymour waited impatiently rolling his eyes at Damien's vehement statement. Kiley stretched herself up and lightly kissed Damien's lips, "I love you too." His lips smiled underneath hers. Seymour had had enough of this, While the couple was occupied time was slipping away. Kiley saw in the corner of her eye Seymour lift an object up. Suddenly her mind was engulfed in memories of her dream.

The others came to his side, all were crying. Lulu fell beside Kiley her tears were uncontrollable. Damien sat on the other side of Kiley and quickly gathered her barely alive body in his arms, her eyes were beginning to glaze over. Wakka knelt beside Lulu and held her as her shoulders shook violently. His own tears streaming down his face it was all for nothing. Rikku staggered and fell roughly to the ground her little like sister lay dying before her and she was helpless to stop it.

Damien carefully moved the hair out of her face, "I love you." Kiley's delicate lips now tinted with blue slowly turned as a delicate smile appeared. Her thoughts racing What would I wish for if I had one wish? I wish...I wish...

Damien watched in horror as her body became stiff and lifeless, her eyes lost their shine and the world went dark for her.

Her story had finally ended.

Epilogue

I wish...I wish...I wish my father had never disappeared.

The room was dark as a figure came crashing out of there dreams screaming at the memory. Footsteps echoed through the hut. A blonde figure beside a brunette rushed into the room. The father encased the child in a protective hug, the mother patted the hair lightly.

"What did you dream." The mother asked kindly, lovingly. "Was it a nightmare?" the child nodded its head repeatedly. "Well you're awake now, the dreams can't hurt you." The child smiled innocently, the memory of the dream already fading underneath the loving gaze of the mother and father.

The child was beginning to once more fall asleep. The father laid the sleeping child upon the bed and kissed the forehead. "Goodnight my angel, goodnight my little Kiley."

The mother smiled lightly, "Let her rest, come on Tidus the party is still going on." The mother waited quietly for Tidus to come, glancing again at her precious daughter.

"I love you Tidus."

"I love you too Yuna."

They embraced lightly an excited the hut and headed towards the brightly lit campfire, where Wakka and Lulu sat with their newborn infant. The lovers sat don with the rest of the people of Besaid and the visiting Al Bhed. The Luca Goers were also present at this party, It was a celebration of life after all. Garinea, a healthy baby girl, had been born just days before to Wakka, and Lulu, and Yuna had announced that she was pregnant one more, it seemed Kiley was to have either a sister or brother in a matter of months. Among the guests children were seen.

One in particular had become great friends with Kiley, his name was Damien, for some reason the young two year old seemed to have recognized him even though she had never met him. The sounds of music, laughter, and love wafted through the air.

A voice whispered in Kiley's sleeping ear, a voice that made her smile in her dreams. Your wish has been granted, we all thank you for your sacrifice, live happily little one live a long happy life filled with love and laughter.