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I wake up slightly to feel the bed jolting at movements. I open my eyes to see Noctis tossing a bit in his sleep. "Noctis." I call him as I shake him gently, but he still tosses in his sleep. "Noctis!" I say a bit louder and his eyes finally open. His eyes shift towards me as he sits up and I look at him worriedly. "Did you have a nightmare?" I ask him but he just stays silent as he turns his head away from me and looks down. "Noctis, it's alright. You can tell me." I say as I lean in a bit closer. "Yeah. I had a nightmare." he says and I scoot a bit towards him. "Can I ask what it was about?" I ask him and he looks back at me. "I'd rather not talk about it." he says and I look at him with a frown. "Noctis, please tell me." I say and he sighs as he looks down. Noctis explains to me that in his dream, he was following Pryna through portals and how he was fighting off Magiteks. He said that when he fell through the ground, that's when I had woken him up. I look at him with a frown and lace my fingers through his and hold his hand. He then squeezes my hand slightly and looks at me. "I feel like this is all pointing to something, Aura. That something will go horribly wrong." he says to me. "Is that why when I told you about the prophecy, you didn't want me to leave your side?" I ask him. "I'm just worried that something could happen to you. It's a possibility that the empire are trying to kill us because of that prophecy. I don't want you to get hurt, Aura." he says and I give him a small smile. "And I don't wanna see you get hurt either, Noctis. But I know you can handle yourself. Know that I can handle myself also." I say and he nods. "Let's just get back to sleep." he says and I nod in agreement. We both lied back down on the bed and he pulled me closer to his body, then fell asleep once again.
                          
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I feel myself start to wake up and I open my eyes to see Noctis still sleeping in front of me. His arm wrapped around me as he slept. I look out the window of the room to see the sunlight shining through the curtains. I try to carefully sit up and head out, but Noctis holds me tighter and closer to him. "Noctis, I gotta go." I say and he groans as he nuzzles his head in the nape of my neck. "Noct, I'm serious." I say as I try to pull him away, but he was too strong to push away. "Noctis!" I call him and his eyes open slightly as he looks at me. "Please let me go. We need to get going." I say to him and he sighs as he loosens his grip. "I'll see you later, alright?" I say to him as I get out of his arms and he nods. I walk out of Noctis' room and head over to my room to take a quick shower. After I take a shower, I get dressed in my usual attire, then head downstairs to meet up with Akiko, Aileen, and Iris. "Morning, girls." I say as I walk down the stairs. "Morning, Aurie." Akiko says with a small smile as I make it to the bottom floor. "Are you feeling alright today, Iris?" I ask her and she smiles at me. "I'm fine. Thank you for asking." she says and I smile at her. "Are you guys coming with us?" Iris asks and I look at her with a raised brow.
                          
"Where to?" I ask as I put a hand on my hip.
                          
"Caem. Gladdy didn't want me to go alone, so he said to ride with him and the others to Caem." she responds and I look at Aileen and Akiko.
                          
"Well, knowing prince charming, he's not gonna wanna let Aurie out of his sights." Akiko says and I glare at her.
                          
"As much as I'd like to argue with her, she's right. Ever since Noctis found out about the prophecy, he'll never let me out of his sights." 
                          
"What prophecy?" Aileen asks and I look at her and the others.
                          
"It's kind of complicated. I'll explain in the car ride to Caem." 
                          
"Well, why don't I ride with you guys. It's kind of crowded in the guy's car, and you guys are a group of three, so there's enough room. Plus, we'd be all girls in one car. It'd leave me at a bit of ease." Iris says and I look at Akiko and Aileen.
                          
"It wouldn't be a problem with us since we're all heading to the same place." Aileen says.
                          
"But you'd have to ask your brother first. I don't think he'd approve if you didn't tell him."
                          
"Oh, yeah. I'll tell Gladdy."
                          
Suddenly, the four men walk down the stairs, then make it down the steps and look at us. "Shall we, then?" Ignis asks and the four of us look at them. "Yeah, I don't wanna keep Cid and Cindy waiting. They're fixin' up the boat as we speak." Gladio says and I look at the girls. "We ought to thank them." Ignis says. "Actually, Jared's the one we ought to thank." Gladio says and I look down with a frown. "Yeah... he really thought of everything." Prompto says and I nod in agreement. "Hey, do you think we could tag along on the boat ride?" Aileen asks and Gladio nods. "I don't see the problem. We're all heading to Altissia anyway." Gladio says and we nod. Iris then walks up to her brother and Gladio looks at her. "Gladdy, you wouldn't mind if I ride with Aura and the girls, right?" Iris asks him and he looks over to me. "You wouldn't mind?" he asks me and I shake my head. "No problem at all. We'd be happy to take her in our car." I say and he looks back at Iris. "Alright. Be respectful to them." he tells her and she rolls her eyes. "I know, Gladdy. You don't have to tell me." she says and he nods. 
                          
We head out of the hotel and go to the gas station to see the Regalia and the Audi. "I filled them up for you." she says and I smile at her. "Thanks, Iris." I say and she gives me a sweet smile. We walk over to the Audi and as Iris, Akiko, and Aileen get in the car, I look back over to Noctis, who looks at me. "You gonna be ok?" he asks me as he walks up to me and I cross my arms and look at him with a raised brow. "It's just a car ride to Caem, Noctis. I think I'll be fine." I say to him and he chuckles. "Yeah. I guess I'm just being over protective." he says and I nod with a giggle. "I'll see you in Caem." I say and he nods and starts to lean in, only to jump at a sudden honk, more like two honks. "There's not enough time to makeout, love birds! Get in!" I hear Akiko yell and I turn to glare at her. "Tell Aileen to follow us, alright?" Noctis says and I nod. "See you later." I say and I get in the car. "Why do you and prince charming decide to makeout now?" Akiko asks and I smack her arm as I glare at her. "We were not making out! He was about to kiss me if you, and probably Prompto, didn't honk the horn!" I say and she laughs. "If we let you guys kiss, we'd be stuck here for ages watching the two of you makeout." she says with a chuckle and I roll my eyes as Aileen takes the top down and we drive to Caem, and as we drove along, Iris was a great conversationalist.