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Underground Stories: Naperic Legacy (Case 01)
Preface
Cape of Good Hope
December 2009
Here she stood just like he said. He told her to be here, and she still believed him. That was two years ago, so maybe it didn't matter to him anymore.
It did to her.
She told him that he would be the one to pierce her heart, and it would be okay if it were him that did it. Not anyone else.
Nobody else.
The circumstances were different now. They weren't on the same side anymore as fate drove them apart. Their views, their values, and their love. For a long time she blamed him. He wasn't around enough. He always wanted to control her, making her believe what she wanted was her decision. That was his orders after all, and he had to abide by them.
In truth, it was all a lie.
Lies were fabricated to make her feel accepted within the home of the very people who wanted her dead- who preferred her dead.
That's when her knight, her true knight, came along and opened her eyes to make her see how controlled her life really was. He offered freedom and liberation and hated these people as well.
They said when a sorceress loses her knight she goes crazy. Ultimecia apparently did, but she knew she wasn't her. Their fate wasn't the same. It wasn't going to be the same, and she wasn't going to let that happen.
Here she stood alone in this field of white and yellow flowers with mountains to the north and the sea to the west. This is where they once made a promise. A place that she believed- she truly believed- would give her prosperity and love. Now a place that promised her timely death, but she wasn't going to let that happen, either.
She seeks freedom from control. Control from the ones who wanted her dead, control from her father's expectations, control from the very people who seek liberation from the oppressive powers that be.
From everything. From everyone.
Liberation was going to come. She was going spread her angelic wings and show the world how strong she really had become. But they didn't sprout from her back just yet because she had one last thing to do.
In her mind his words rang out strong and true.
I'll be waiting here. If you come here, you'll fine me. I promise.
A footstep crushed the flowers nearby announcing his arrival. The sorceress turned, and there he was with his blade drawn.
Her ex-knight.
He had kept the promise after all, but he wasn't here to love her. He was here to kill her.
A/N: This has been quite the work in progress over the past few years, but it's finally here. This story has been written over and over again due to me losing access to files and my old accounts PrettyBlackDiamond and SelphieLoire. Recently, I picked it up again and got serious about it. The original story was called Final Fantasy 8: Naperic Legacy, and the older version is still probably on here. This is a completely revised and updated version to that. It's come a long way from what it used to be, and I plan to update frequently.
I kind of wanted to give the story a relative time in this century. The story was originally written in 2009. So, the game's events take place in 2007, and the story is mostly in the year 2009. You will see dates throughout the story.
Anyway, hope you enjoy reading it!
(REVISED ON OCT. 18TH, 2015)