::bows to readers:: So sorry for never updating any of my stories, I really do feel bad! ::dodges various flying objects:: I plan on fixing up and completing as many of then as I can! *^_^* But for now, here's a FFIX fic that I just wrote, I don't think that it will be many chapters long, I'm actually almost done writing it, I think, so expect this one to be completed! *Promise!* I'll put a chapter up every Monday since I made the mistake of typing this on my laptop and I can't access the internet unless I'm in the school building and it's just too much of a hassle to transfer the files to the other computer... ()-_-

This is kind of an inside Garnet's head type of fic, and I added some scenes to the game too. It starts a few days before the ending FMV when Zidane comes back.

Please remember to review and tell me what you think! *^_^*



-Prologue-

Every morning brought the same scene, and every evening brought the identical as well. The nobles, the heirs, the princes, the men of high stature. Large processions, flaunts of wealth, attempts to win over the people. They all came, and they all went. "Routine," said Rumor, "it's what keeps her alive." Rumor was the only clue that most had of the situation. Their strong-will Queen had grown almost stoic over the past few years. Rumor told the reasons.

"She was in love with a theif from Lindblum."

"I heard he was an actor."

"I heard he wasn't even of this planet."

They whispered.

"That's why she refuses to marry."

Few knew the tale of how a theif fell for a princess, and how the princess fell just as hard back. In the midst of reconstruction, no questions were asked, minds were occupied. Little wondered what had happened. Now that the town was restored, the questions arose.

"Someone told me that she attended a funeral service recently, in secret of course. It wasn't such a secret though, no suitors arrived that day. Everyone knew that she wasn't at the palace."

"Who was is for?"

"It was for the boy who stole her heart."

They all knew about him.

"I was visiting a friend and I saw her there. She was with that Tantalus theatre troupe. They were saying goodbye to one of their star actors. He was only seventeen, such a shame really. Just beginning his life."

They all knew about her.

"Yes, I was there too. Appearently, she couldn't take it anymore and started to scream, 'He's not dead!' over and over. Yelling at them, telling them they didn't try hard enough."

They knew the pain in her heart.

"If you stand by the castle wall last at night, you can hear her singing their song. She still believes that he is alive."

She wished that he was.

"She has to stop being so picky. Royal law states that she has to be married by her 20th birthday. What will they do if she doesn't choose a king? Make General Beatrix queen?"

They laughed.

"No, she'll choose. You know that she will."

It was a choice she didn't want to make.

"Well she better choose soon. Her birthday is in a few days."

She dreaded the date with all her soul.

"Besides, who would want a peasant for a king anyway?"

She did.



Yeah, yeah, I know it's short but don't worry, there's a lot more to come! Keyword: Prologue, they are almost never very long! *^_~* Please review and please be kind! Thank you! *^_^*

Hugs and Fruitcakes,

Mimi