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Part 2 of The Chain of Light: A tale of Nine Heroes
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2025-04-26
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Against Stone Bricks my Heart Beat Shatters

Summary:

A small Au Ra (Wind) is left in a panic after a hoard of Ul'dah's "soldier's" (more like mercenaries in Four's opinion) pass in front of him.
Left drowning to old memories and trauma, he can only count on his childhood friend Four to help him pick up the pieces.

Notes:

Second Piece in this series. This happens shortly before ARR starts.
Welcome to the stage my two favorite blorbo's: Four and Wind.

For LU enjoyers only:
Wind is an Au ra which are a human lizard hybrid. Wind is from the Far East and was sent from their to Ul'dah as a child refugee to stay safe from the Garleans. He has been adopted by a kindly old gentleman in Ul'dah.

Four is a Lalafell because he doesn't get tall rights ever. He doesn't know where he came from, he just knows that his grandfather adopted him as a baby. They moved to Ul'dah after an accident at his school on Old Sharlyan. He's known Wind for years and they've gotten close over the years.

For FFXIV enjoyers only:
Wind is the Link from Wind Waker.

Four is the link from the Four Swords games and also Minish Cap. (Don't ask about the timeline.)
Like before their backstories are heavily FFXIV based so it'll be easy to understand over time.

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Soldiers pass in front of Link,
After the years of living in Ul’dah
He was used to their presence in the city
But he wasn’t the only one there.

Gripping onto his arm harshly,
Nails digging into his skin through his clothes,
Pupils blown wide as can be,
Trembling from an intense panic.

His friend. His brother. His partner in crime.
Terrified and hurting,
And he can’t get rid of the soldiers,
No matter how passionately he wants to.

All he can do is this,
All he can do is turn Wind from them.
All he can do is grab his friends hands
All he can do is try to get the other to breathe.

To breathe through the memories,
To breathe through the pain,
To breathe through the fear.
To breathe out and know

That as long as his brother Four is here,
It will never happen again.
He will not lose his family again.
He will not be hurt by the Garleans or any soldier again.

“Four” will never let it happen.
Link will do anything to keep it from happening.
And the two of them will be okay
If not today then tomorrow.