Rydia hadn't sensed something coming as soon as Riku had, but she had enough of a connection to the Eidolons to know when something just wasn't right. She turned away from her old and new friends as the sky went completely black, rushing over to the balcony rail to witness what came next. Aside from Zeromus, she couldn't think of anyone from her world who had magic strong enough to even change the weather, though that didn't mean much now that she was going to be up against adversaries from all across space and time. Seeing the legions of flying monsters and fiends coming toward the castle, she realized she didn't have time to let herself be afraid of what was coming, and nodded with determination before suddenly finding herself eye-to-eye-to-eye-to-eye with the enemy...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/4/44/Ahriman14.jpg)</div></div><br/>The small group of five Ahriman had caught her off-guard as they flew up from below the view of the balcony, though not off-guard enough that she wasn't able to jump back out of the way as three or four petrification eye blasts hit right where she had been standing, glaring at the creatures, she drew her Mystic Whip, then held out her hand as light shot out and took the form of another summoned creature. A large white dragon appeared in a protective curve around the green-haired summoner, appearing to float on a thick cloud of mist as it looked at its opponents with eyes of the same blue the sky had been until recently. An Ahriman flew at the dragon and tried to swipe at its face with its skinny little claws, but the dragon caught the hand in its knife-like teeth, eliciting a shriek of pain from the monster before it slammed it into the wall and put it out of its misery. Growling, the dragon released a breath of mist hotter than fire, making the rest of the flying demons shriek and fly around as their unfortunately huge eyes had a less-than-comfortable temperature change.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, down below the surface of the lake between the castle and the mountain range on which the sorceress stood, something (or someone, as Firion knew) massive kept hidden, waiting for the right moment to surface...