I have no idea why, but this has been kicking around in my head the past couple of days. It’s almost non-existent, but still. I figured I’d put it here.
They’d all be the same age in this AU to keep things simpler.
Naturally they end up together on the same team.
Noctis is the heir of one of the governing council seat in Mistral, but ran off to join Beacon Academy to be a hunter instead. (Why? Who knows. Maybe he just felt like seeing the world.)
Ignis and Gladio are his friends and worry about him. So both follow him, to hopefully bring him home. (They actually both end up joining the academy as well, oops.)
All three’s applications were accepted.
Prompto just finished at Signal Academy and was accepted to beacon.
Prompto and Noctis literally crash into each during the initiation ceremony.
Ignis and Gladio had it planned that they’d make an attempt to find each other first, then locate Noctis while in the forest.
Noctis and Prompto make their way through the forest, and arrive at the objective at the same time as the Gladiolus and Ignis.
Noctis grabs one of the chess pieces and bolts with Prompto in tow, who runs with him even though he doesn’t quiet get why they’re running.
Gladiolus and Ignis also grab one of the chess pieces and take off after him.
Eventually Prompto gets tired of running and shorts stops, pulling Noctis backwards.
He didn’t realize how close behind the other two are and they all crash into each other.
Intros are made, and things get sorted out for the time being. They ultimately decide to talk about what they’d do later. They begin to work together to get back safely.
They arrive safely back with their chess pieces. (None even realized they had grabbed the same ones.)
Prompto’s a bit horrified when the headmasters uses his first name when picking team names.
Prompto’s name is considered extremely odd since it’s neither a color or from nature, So he actually prefers going by his last name, Argentum, because it fits in with everyone else’s a bit better
I can picture a hilarious scene happening where, when all four boys are on stage, they announce his name and they’re all like, “Who the hell is Prompto?”
Up until that point, he had give his name as Argentum, and so has to fess up to the other three that, surprise, his full name is Prompto Argentum.
Then they hear their team name.
PIGN. They’re team Pigeon. With Prompto being their leader.
Imagine Final Fantasy 