Well as of about a week ago I started playing with the idea of a follow up fic to that epic (and I mean that purely in the lengthy sense of the word) I wrote back in 2005, Final Fantasy Forum Fanfiction; basically thinking about what I had wrote/planned for the actual second part of the story which was supposed to take place just weeks after the first story. It was basically a two part story similar to Lord of the Rings that would focus on TMC’s solo journey as well as all the other characters from the first in an adventure of their own.

TMC’s part was essentially a complete freaking rip off of the Prince of Persia: Warrior Within in almost every way possible. Pretty much it was just a way for me to give my character more story time and more kick ass time basically focusing on me more in the spotlight way many people expected me to take up from the beginning of the first fic. Other than that it was supposed to tell the tale of TMC’s remorse in a kind of broody Vincent/Lucretcia way meanwhile he is also striving to overcome his own inner darkness coping with the legendary dark knight he once was, the evil Nightmare.

The second part of the journey which focused on TMC’s other friends (SG, Jason, RS) and the SWIFT’s (RD, Ross, K_D, Leona, Vesp, Reonheart, Drift, Pantera) as well as a few of the rebels from Wykitron (STOWA, Mathias) who have an adventure that rip offs Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, but yet is more original than the TMC section. Basically this part of the fic was naturally to include our other hero’s in another adventure, but this one was more of a mind game, not just for them, but also for the reader that kinda makes everyone question if what happened in the first fic is reality or not. If you remember the SWIFT training center was attacked in the first fic and I made up some other teenaged tragedy involving the friends from Madelheim (TMC, SG, Jason, RS, Kimana, Kerithor). So basically I was playing a mind game with the reader making it appear that everything that happened in the first fic was just some sort of illusion/dream that coincidently happened to involve all the main heroes from the first fic who are either actually dead or unconscious and well on their way to death. In reality this is just an illusion created by the castle and the three antagonists hoping to confuse our heroes so that they will fail in their quest.


Well I had the first TMC, PoP: WW, rip-off chapter written as well as a couple confusing flashbacks that attempted to confuse our other heroes. It seems I’ve deleted it off my computer thinking I would never write it and sadly I think when I moved out of my parents place a couple years ago I threw the huge pile of papers of FFFF which was all rough drafted hand-written back then. Unfortunately it also had my entire timeline for pt. 2 which I thought I had kept, but I can’t find it anywhere. I checked the old computer I used back in the day when I wrote all of that to see if it still had the file all I came up with was the shitty 1st chapter for TMC’s part and a single flashback explaining what happened to the friends, which I will include by request should anyone actually want to read it. I had some other cool flashbacks and notes written, along with an airship battle with all the Bahamuts to keep Mathias, STOWA and whoever else stayed back on the airship busy, but I guess that’s all gone along with the handwritten first part.

That was the original plan for pt. 2; now two-three years later after a number of events have happened and all the active members here have been mixed up I begun thinking writing that would be clinging onto the past in sense and just not fair to all the members who are active now and either didn’t want to be in the fic the first time around or just missed their chance. All the old characters who were in it before will be in it again though I’ve thought of various ways to tie in real life with the fic again. For example since Ross, RD, K_D and others aren’t active anymore they won’t really play a major role in the fic this time around. They will still be mentioned and may have a cameo appearance of their own for those who still pop in, possibly even nabbing a spot in a major battle or two. As for all the characters who died in the first part they will remain dead, naturally, especially since they all seem to be inactive anyhow, though they may make a cameo appearance of their own in a flashback or something. I’ve got another idea to include in them that is kind of taken from Harry Potter, but I don’t want to give away the goods on that yet.

Relient A is the only exception to the dead characters being still active, very dedicated to the site and a mod capable of editing my posts =P So basically you have two main choices: resurrection or clean slate with a new character and villain again or hero this time. I’ll contact you via PM to let you know the details on that.


The prologue of pt. 2 is basically going to briefly explain the adventure I had originally planned which we will assume did happen as it was kind of a way for me to tie up loose ends with all of the characters and each of their internal struggles coping with what has happened in their adventure. It’s also good explanation of how BM comes to be in the story who was originally supposed to be in the second part anyway (sorry to cop you of your original spot-light, but you’ll get another one, a better one).
As far as the actual story goes, I got nothin’ solid so far. I was thinking possibly something along the lines of an enemy is still alive, which is probably just The Turk since he was really the only one who survived and possibly another new character or two as his accomplice who help him summing some sort of beast or meteor/sin-like thing to destroy the world, possibly a disease (Geostigma/Kefka/Resident Evil reference) which the heroes must find a way to stop.
My other idea was to take a sort of DMC approach to the story where the villains are trying to bridge the gap between the human world and demon world unleashing chaos, meanwhile one main villain is consumed with a lust for power and trying to resurrect or possibly harness AzA/Yojimbo’s power to become some sort of overlord and rule everything. One things for certain the story will take place a couple years after the first fic as things have changed as have the characters a bit so once I get everything planned out I’ll create another character application topic for those who weren’t in it the first time to get roles, outfits and weapons, while also giving some of the older characters a chance to change outfits and weapons as well.


Now that I’ve rambled my share about past ideas and present let me mention the point of this topic is to see who is interested in me writing a second part to my fanfiction FFFF, even though I kind of already have an idea most people will be up for it. It’s also a feedback/chat about my fic topic to tell me what you liked about it and didn’t like, maybe what you’d like to see. And please for the love of Sephiroth impaling Aeris do not put your characters death on the list of things you didn’t you like you conceited bastidges lol. As I’ve said a hundred times before all the rolls were pre-determined.
Other than that I’d like to see who’d be interested in being in part two as I’ll probably need at least one other villain and an accomplice or two. I was thinking Ayesuku as a main villain if he’s up for it, though to do him justice I’d have to come up with a truly elaborate and intricate plan worthy of the master of elaborate intricacy (yes I know those two words mean essentially the same thing, but that just adds to the ingeniousness of it).

Also take note: If I do give into demands and write a sequel to FFFF it is going to be a few months before I get to work to on this project as I am currently writing a Devil May Cry fic at the moment, which I will finish first before I begin writing this. I’ll try to work on both, but if you think about it that doesn’t really make much sense to do so at the least I’ll probably get settled on a storyline and a good sequence of events that happen in the 2 year intermission between the first and the second while I write my DMC fic.
I’m not going to give a time estimate at all for when I’m going to start this project because I don’t want to disappoint anyone. I’m already kinda disappointed with myself for not having as much of my DMC fic done now as I’d like to. Besides that I’m only about two years behind starting that webcomic I’d like to. So if it takes a while to get to this you’ll have to forgive me for that, because while I have no actual life I do have a full-time job and some other obligations, not to mention a number of personal problems that rear their head from time to time in turn robbing me of time, creativity and motivation that could be spent on this project.


Last, but not least I want to thank to everyone who took the time to read my first story and everyone who will read it again or for the first time as I work on my DMC fic in the meantime. I also want to sincerely thank everyone who actually bothered to read this entire post rather than skimming it. I really appreciate your dedication and support as I poured my heart and soul into the first part of the story. In fact not many people know the whole romance if you will struggle my character goes through was based on real frustrations and emotions; though so much more has happened since then its amazing. Basically I want to say thanks for giving a damn that I gave not just my time, but a part of myself and my life up for this forum. It really makes it worthwhile when I know someone even it’s not everyone appreciates what I am doing.

I most definetely appreciate how much effort you put into that fic, at the moment im reading through it a second time, and i think i speak for all of us here at FFF when i say that a sequel would be absolutely awesome, and i will await it with baited breath. I have got my hopes up now TMC, dont crash them down! i'm looking forward to learn more about your story, and how the swifts are doing. and im not a bastidge...

go go TMC!

I'm glad you are thinking of continuing the story! I was actually thinking and secretly hoping you would after you posted that short story on DA!

It's a shame all your old idea's for the story got thrown away but then again maybe it's a good thing seeing as we have so many new members now and you probably have or will have a ton of new idea's for the story. I also really like the idea of having the non-active members appearing in the story as bit parts. You could easily do that seeing as you plan to set the story a couple of years after the original... It would be like Lulu and Wakka in FFX-2... Without the babies! lol!

I like the idea of having Ayesuku as the main villain. I think he would make a good one... Not saying that he is evil but I think his comical ways on FFF lend themselves quite well to a villain-esque character. That is of course if he agrees to do it.

Part of me also wants to put my character forward for being a bit naughty... I kinda like the idea of going over to the darkside for a while and then maybe seeing the error of my ways and being good again, but of course it would have to fit into your idea for the storyline. Maybe it's something we could discuss in the future?

Anyway I know it's a while off but even the talk of a new FFFF excites me! I can't wait to see more idea's an things from you. I'm sure if you need any help everyone on here would be willing to support and assist you with ideas and what not.

I remember when I first joined the site I read all up until what you had currently done. I sent you a PM asking to be in the next aprt that you could add and you said yeah. Then you stopped. I always knew you hated me TMC...

I say go for it though if you've got the time and the desire. I'll read.

Don't worry I'm not going to get your hopes up only to crush them by not writing this fic unless I happen to die or something, hey anything is possible, tomorrow is never guarenteed. I am going to write it I just have other things to do first, namely another fic to get through which I keep procrasitinating as is.

Due to me watching a lot of Snatch and Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels I kind of want to have different characters on seprate adventures whose paths eventually cross at some point or another and unintentially effect the others. I was thinking of maybe having the characters from the first fic who are still active on an adventure to take down a villian of thier own meanwhile a small group of other friends are also struggling to take down an antagonist of thier own and thier paths both cross at times, possibly even intertwining. I don't know its just an idea.

Anyway I'll use the rest of this post to show you what the first chapter of the original part 2 was like along with a flashback that survived the years. And yes reading through the first chapter again I can't help but shake my head not only at the poor three year old writting, but the fact that its is a pure rip of Warrior Within.


Chapter __ (I really need to finish writing the first part of FFFF so I know what number this chapter will be): Upon the Boiling Sea

Somewhere deep out at sea a ship is sailing for an ancient island. The weather that night is stormy and not good for sailing, but that doesn’t dampen the crews spirits. As the ship sails a mysterious figure wearing a dark blue cloak gazes out at the sea and thinks.

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He is remembering the city of New Wykitron. It is late at night and he is running down the streets, running from a large shadowy creature that is not quite visible. The young man continues to run around a corner and then quickly jumps up on a second story balcony and he thinks he has lost the shadow beast until he sees it in front of him still in hot pursuit. The figure jumps over to a couple more balconies and then back down to the ground still running hard. Eventually the cloaked figure reaches a dead end and no matter how hard he pounds on the door it won’t budge. The shadow beast runs down the alleyway and the figure trapped draws out a large sword; a Buster Sword and right as the demonic beast reaches the figure he is snapped back to reality.

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Just in time too for a mast falls just barely missing him and on board the ship a couple demons run at him. He throws one into another and kills one in front of him. A demon try’s attacking the figure from behind, but is too slow and gets cut down by the young man. In the distance a demon gets up and the figure takes a fallen demons sword and throws it at the other demon impaling it through the head and killing it. The threat seems to be over so the figure puts his Buster Sword away, but right as he does many demons surround him. The cloaked figure throws off his dark blue cloak revealing himself to be TheMissingCloud and draws his Buster Sword once again. Along side the ship is another ship filled demons and a girl dressed in black walks to the edge of the ship, Silent Reaver sword in hand. The scantly clad girl is Necro_Bahamut from Al Barra Kenai and she stairs at TheMissingCloud for a second as he does to her, his crimson cape fluttering in the wind.

N_B: …Kill him! *Smirk*

As those words come out a wave of demons attacked TheMissingCloud and he fought them all hard defeating a few before jumping onto the other ship. Both ships were fairly damaged and the human crew was putting up a good fight to help TheMissingCloud and protect their ship. TheMissingCloud fought on the other ship until another mast fell destroying part of the ship’s deck and he fell with it to the deck below. He ran down the hallways fighting a few demons there and then ran up the stairs to the ships second floor taking out a demon on the way up. When TheMissingCloud reached the top of the deck he saw Necro_Bahamut standing there wielding two Silent Reaver blades waiting for him.

N_B: You will never reach the island alive!
TMC: For your sake, you’d better hope I don’t!

TheMissingCloud ran up the steps and attacked Necro_Bahamut, but she blocked his blow. The two continued to fight hard exchanging sword stokes until Necro_Bahamut managed to hit TheMissingCloud’s Buster Sword just right knocking it out if his hand and sending it sailing through the air only to land in the ocean.

TMC: Shit my sword!
N_B: Ha ha ha ha ha!
TMC: You bitch!

TheMissingCloud jumps back a couple times avoiding Necro_Bahamut’s swings.

N_B: Sorry, but someone has to win this battle!
TMC: I really liked that sword!

TheMissingCloud jumps back again avoiding another deadly swing and pulls out a smaller concealed sword that he had on him the entire time. They continued to fight and eventually both locked sword strokes pushing on each other’s blades in a test of strength and endurance.

N_B: It seems the Goddess of Time has slightly underestimated your abilities.
TMC: The Goddess of Time!?

The phrase catches TheMissingCloud off guard causing him to drop his guard slightly. Necro_Bahamut grabs TheMissingCloud sword with her two and sends his blade flying through the air behind her landing in a wooden pole. She hits TheMissingCloud in the stomach in with the hilt of her sword and then kicks him overboard. As TheMissingCloud floats unconscious in the water he remembers the conversation he has with the Valkilrie Village elder and wise man not more than a couple days ago.

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Wise Man: When Azarath Angel granted you immortality it messed up the time line as laid out by the Goddess of Time.
TMC: The Goddess of Time?
Wise Man: Yes. She is the guardian of the timeline and when something exists that should not she sends her guardian beast the Darkaha to fix it. …You were supposed to die so it will catch you and see to it that you meet your fate.
TMC: And if it does this will all be over and the beast will leave, right?
Wise Man: I’m afraid it’s not that easy. The Darkaha can only be given one order at a time and after it catches you the Goddess of Time will tell it to go after your friends. They should not be alive either and their death will finally fix the timeline.
TMC: Then I will kill the Goddess of Time. If she is dead she can not give the Darkaha the order to kill my friends. Then once it catches me it will all be over.
Wise Man: If you let the Darkaha kill you, you will not go to the afterlife and live with that special someone of yours. Normally those who die by the Darkaha’s hands become the Goddess’s slave for eternity. But if she perishes you will just wonder around as a lost soul for eternity, never meeting those dear to you in the afterlife.
TMC: Then I must kill the Darkaha. If it is dead if cannot kill me nor my friends…but every attempt I’ve made to kill it so far has failed.
Wise Man: Yes there is only one weapon that can kill the Darkaha and it is hidden somewhere deep within Castle Distortion on the Isle of Eternal Despair.
TMC: How do I reach the castle?
Wise Man: It is on an island in the south. One of the Preternatural Isles, but it only appears once every 100 years for exactly 100 hours, before sinking back into the ocean for another 100 years.
TMC: How long will it take before it has been another 100 years?
Wise Man: Today is the day the island will appear, but will sink again in another 88 hours for it is already mid-day.
TMC: Well it’s better to try than wait here for death.
Wise Man: Madness! Even if you manage to reach the island in time you will still have to face the Goddess of Time!
TMC: I will travel to the Isle of Eternal Despair, find this weapon in Castle Distortion and then defeat the Darkaha.
Wise Man: Go then young warrior, but know this: Your journey will not end well. You can not change your fate…No one can.

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End of Chapter __

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A blinding white light surrounds the friends and when it recedes they find themselves lying in a hospital bed. All three of them are in the same room and even after they get up is appears is as if their still lying in bed.

SG: Where are we?
RS: It looks like the hospital back in Madelheim.
Jason: Something isn’t right. We all got out of bed, but yet it appears as if we’re still lying down.
SG: Might as well wonder around and see if we can find out what is going on.

The three friends walk out of the room and see Kimana standing next to Kerithor, the two are talking to a doctor.

SG: Hey Kimana!
Jason: And Kerithor, what is he doing here!?

The friends try to interact with the others, but they are ignored as if their not even there.

SG: Hey! Hello!?
Jason: …I knew something wasn’t right, but why don’t they see or hear us?
RS: Perhaps were ghosts.
SG: How is that possible?
RS: Well it explains why were in two places at once, since our bodies appear to be in bed, but yet were also standing out here.
SG: Yeah but how can we be ghosts if we’re not dead?
Jason: Maybe the castle just took us to some alternate universe like it has been doing to our other friends.
RS: Let’s listen in on this conversation and see if we can learn something.
Kimana: We came here as soon as we heard the news. How are they doctor?
Doctor: Not good I’m afraid.
Kerithor: Where is TheMissingCloud? Why isn’t he in the room with the others?
Doctor: I’m afraid we lost him.
Kimana: What!? No!
Kerithor: How!? When!?
Doctor: Last night. His condition was pretty bad when they brought him here.
Kerithor: What happened to the driver of the other vehicle?
Doctor: He died in the crash there was nothing we could do and it’s a miracle TheMissingCloud survived as long as he did.
Kimana: How are my other friends doing?
Doctor: It’s hard to say at this point. Experience tells me the chances are low, but miracles do happen everyday so don’t abandon hope. Sorry I have to go a patient needs me, if there is anything else you need feel free to ask the nurse.

The doctor walks off leaving Kimana and Kerithor alone. The two walk back to the waiting room and the friends follow them while talking amongst themselves.

Jason: So let me get this straight, we we’re in some kind of a car crash, TMC died and now we’re probably going to die too?
RS: I guess.
SG: No way this can’t be real! The castle, our journey around the world before to stop evil that is reality.
RS: Remember the SWIFT’s said they had experiences like this when they were out. They said everything that has happened is fake and they died in reality according to the images the castle showed them.
Jason: Do you think that’s what happened to us?
RS: Not exactly, but still it’s a possibility.
Jason: Then just like the others our coma is caused by a disconnect with reality. Just like them maybe everything that we thought was real isn’t…our journey to defeat the dark lords and restore peace what if that’s just some kind of dream that we all happen to be having because in reality were unconscious.?
SG: I don’t want to believe that this is reality. It seems too…unreal.
RS: Shh their talking again.

Kimana and Kerithor sit down in the waiting room and Kimana rests her head on Kerithors shoulder while tears start to run down her face.

Kerritor: Hey are you ok?
Kimana: *Sniff* Uh-huh.
Kerithor: You sure? You don’t sound ok, what’s wrong?
Kimana: Its just that all this is happening so fast. We all graduated less than two years ago, then less than a week ago we got married. …You know ever since the wedding TMC has been acting strange.
Kerithor: Hey, hey, hey, now don’t even begin to think that this accident is your fault! It’s not! The driver of the truck was obviously drunk and it’s really his fault our friends are in the position they are now.
Kimana: Our friends? I thought you didn’t like them ver much?
Kerithor: Hey we’re married, your friends are my friends and my friends are your friends. You know what’s yours is mine, what mine is yours.
Kimana: I guess.
Kerrithor: …Besides I’ve grown up a lot in the past two years. I may not have been too fond of your friends back in high school and I know I sorta picked on them a little bit, but it was in a friendly way. …The truth is I was jealous. I wanted to be friends with them and to be a “part of the gang” but I was never allowed in. They also seemed a bit more hostel to me than usual after we started dating a little more than a year ago. Heh just recently we we’re starting to get past that and really liking each other as friends when this happens!
Kimana: Everything was going great and we just got back from our honeymoon at Paradise Port to find out my friends were in a car accident.
Kerithor: Hey it’s out of our control. There’s nothing we can do except keep believing that our friends will make it through this ok.

Just then the sound of (those heart rate machine thingys) ringing could be hard as a jumble of nurses and doctors rushed into the room where Restless Soul, Jason and Stephen Griffith’s bodies were laying. Kerithor and Kimana got up and ran to the room followed by their friends in spirit. When they got there they saw doctors using (those one pulse machines things where they yell “clear” before using it), while each of the three friends heart monitors displayed a horizontal green line.

SG: What the hell is going on!?
Jason: Their dying, we’re dying!
SG: C’mon, we gotta do something!
RS: There’s nothing we can do.

Then things started to gradually fade to white again as the room disappeared. The three friends wake up in Castle Distortion once more to see the SWIFT’s standing around them.
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Wow that flashback has an uncanny resemblance to somewhat real events as of recent...why are certain things in my story coming true =P

I definently think you should start writing again, and i will look forward to it.. personally i wont give my personal oppinion on what idea you should follow.. as for me endings and developments has to be unknown and shocking at least for the persons who reads it :)..

I am sure that i once again will be one of your dedicated readers, and will look forward reading it ;)

^Good because if you didn't...I know where you live...Dainland is close enough to an exact address =P (jk)

I've got an idea for a plot now and I must say it is amazing, I was really proud of myself for coming with something so tricky, though I can't ruin the suprise for everyone.

Aside from that I was really just making this post to see who all wants to be in the story this time around, even though I've PMed a few people with questions about thier characters. Also more importantly all the members who were in the fic the first time around who are now relatively inactive (Ross, RD, Drift, Pantera, Reonheart, Leona, whoever else is still alive in my fic, but inactive, Matthias) If anyone knows what they are up to and what they have been doing with thier time that would be awesome to know. As I said I'm trying to tie in a bit of real-life with the story when I do the whole "80's ending" to explain where everyone is two years after the first fic. For example K_D will be running a pub in my fic as that seems to be what he is doing IRL.