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This is my second fan-fic here at fanfiction.net. My first one is Repentance, so if ya get done with this one and are bored you have another to go read. I got bored at work one day and it gave me time to think of a fan-fic. This is the beginning and I have as much fun reading it as I had writing it. Any suggestion/criticism is welcome.
Almost forgot, I don't own any of Square's characters, they do.
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History Repeats
Chapter 1
The night fell across the land of Guardia, bringing with it the darkness. This was no ordinary darkness; it was the kind that made your skin crawl when you stepped outside, the kind that made you think there was something around every corner. This didn't stop the fleeing blonde haired queen from running frantically through the forest that surrounded Guardia's great castle. Her eyes were filled with tears and her mind was filled with questions. Stumbling over protruding roots that grabbed at her feat, smacking into hanging branches that blocked her path, barely keeping herself from breaking down and crying, she ran for her life to the only person she could trust at the moment: Lucca.
Lucca was awakened by a loud banging at the door and someone shouting her name. The dream she just had still lingered in her mind and she was only half awake when she finally arose from bed. Putting on her glasses, she stumbled down the stairs, avoiding the loose papers and parts she left around, and glanced at the clock as she walked by.
'It's 2 AM, who is bugging me at this time of the night', she thought to herself as she lit a lantern and blew out the match used to light it.
Finally answering the door she was meat with a tear faced Marle. Marle pushed past Lucca and slammed Lucca's door behind her, using the ten bolts on the door to lock it.
"Marle what's wrong?", asked Lucca as she realized something very wrong was in the air.
Taking a moment to gather her wits and to stop the flow of tears Marle whimpered, "He…he….he's after me. I…I have to get out of here. He….he told me to run", she said before breaking into tears again.
Lucca gave Marle a shoulder to cry on and tried to make sense of what she was saying.
"Whose after you", asked a confused Lucca.
Between sobs Marle was able to get out a sentence, "I don't know, he is…he's not the same person"
Taking control of herself, she forced her head off of Lucca's shoulder and stopped the fountain of tears once again.
"We need to leave now Lucca, he told me to run. We need to leave", begged Marle as she continued to hold back the tears.
Another loud knocking was heard at Lucca's front door.
"This is Guardia's Royal Guard Captain. Open the doors there is a matter we need to discuss with you", came the loud and brutish voice from the other side of the door.
"Lucca we need to leave, NOW!", pleaded Marle one last time.
"Why is the Royal Guard Captain after you Marle?", asked Lucca, now even more puzzled.
"I can't explain now, just get me out of here", Marle commanded.
"Okay, I have just the thing. You might not like it but I didn't take the Epoch apart like I said I would. We can use that to get somewhere safe, then you have to tell me what this is about ok?", suggested Lucca.
"Ok, anything will work just do it", commanded Marle again.
The knocks at the door grew louder and the captain spoke again. "We know your in there Queen, come out and we can end this", he commanded.
Lucca grabbed Marle by the hand and rushed her down to the basement where the Epoch sat under a tan sheet meant to protect it from dust. The aforementioned dust flew everywhere as Lucca tore the sheet off and grabbed her tool belt and gun before jumping in the Epoch to start it up one more time. The Epoch gave a loud buzzing noise as Lucca jammed on the pedal. Deducing what must be wrong, Lucca took the control panel off and start fidgeting with wires.
A crunching sound was heard as the door upstairs gave way and footsteps invaded the ground floor of Lucca's house. Another few seconds of silence and then the splintered remains of the basement door fell down the stairs as Marle jumped in the Epoch and shut the top hatch.
"Lucca, START THIS DAMN MACHINE!", shouted Marle as Lucca fiddled with a few wires that came from the Epoch's dash board.
"I'm trying, I'm trying. This thing hasn't been used in awhile, I'm surprised it still works", responded Lucca as she frantically worked.
A humming noise emitted from the Epoch's engine as Lucca connected together a few wires that she noticed had been torn apart from each other.
"There that should do it", beamed Lucca, proud that she was able to get it working.
Without Lucca's inquiring, Marle flew across the control board and slammed on the switch of the destination she wanted. The Epoch let out a sharp crack and then disappeared just as the Royal Captain came down the stairs and sighed as he knew he was too late.
"I am going to get demoted for this for sure", moaned the Captain out loud as he took his helmet off.
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'Why did it have to be my job to inform the king, I'm not even a knight yet', thought the nervous squire.
Running down the hall as he plucked twigs and leaves from his uniform, decorations he had gained when he chased the Queen through the forest, he thought of all the stories that told about the King's temper. Turning a corner that stopped in front of the King's room, he straightened himself out and slowed down to a fast walk.
'Man o man am I in trouble. I've heard of people making the king mad, I am so screwed', again thought the squire as he prepared to knock.
"Enter", commanded a booming voice from behind the door.
'Gulp, well here it goes', said the squire to himself as he opened to door and stepped in.
The room was filled with mostly darkness, the only light source came from the moon's light that shone in through the window. The air smelt of rotten food, food that the squire remembers the king refused to eat even when they left it for him. The king sat in his chair and swiveled it to point at the young squire as he entered the room.
"Have you captured her yet", asked the King with impatience in his voice.
"N..No sir. She escaped in a machine that Lucca had", responded the squire as he used all his willpower to keep his teeth from shaking against each other.
"Damn idiots, the whole Guardia army cannot catch a mere woman. Pitiful", scornfully said the King. The whole air around him crackled with his anger as he pondered the nights earlier events.
'How dare she have the nerve to run from me, ME', spoke the King to himself.
'I told you that you wouldn't catch her', chimed in a younger voice that was also inside the King's head.
'I thought that you would have died by now, boy', responded the older voice.
'I'm harder than that to kill', beamed the younger voice with pride.
'I am not in the mood for you boy, leave me be. You are the reason that she escaped in the first place', said the older voice as it wished the younger one would just go away.
'Just came to gloat that they are in a place you can't get them', teasingly said the younger voice.
'Its true I can't create gates yet, but I have my ways', evilly said the older voice.
"Squire, fetch me Taban. Use force if needed", commanded the king as he swiveled his chair back to face the window.
"Yes Mi'lord", said the squire as he quickly walked away, thanking all the gods he was alive.
The lightning in the distance of an approaching storm filled his room with a flash of light. He regarded the lightning as a good omen, proceeding to watch the light show in the sky as bolt after bolt touched ground and filled the sky with light.
'Soon Marle I will have that pendant, I have all the time in the world. Unfortunately I can't say the same for you.'
This is my second fan-fic here at fanfiction.net. My first one is Repentance, so if ya get done with this one and are bored you have another to go read. I got bored at work one day and it gave me time to think of a fan-fic. This is the beginning and I have as much fun reading it as I had writing it. Any suggestion/criticism is welcome.
Almost forgot, I don't own any of Square's characters, they do.
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History Repeats
Chapter 1
The night fell across the land of Guardia, bringing with it the darkness. This was no ordinary darkness; it was the kind that made your skin crawl when you stepped outside, the kind that made you think there was something around every corner. This didn't stop the fleeing blonde haired queen from running frantically through the forest that surrounded Guardia's great castle. Her eyes were filled with tears and her mind was filled with questions. Stumbling over protruding roots that grabbed at her feat, smacking into hanging branches that blocked her path, barely keeping herself from breaking down and crying, she ran for her life to the only person she could trust at the moment: Lucca.
Lucca was awakened by a loud banging at the door and someone shouting her name. The dream she just had still lingered in her mind and she was only half awake when she finally arose from bed. Putting on her glasses, she stumbled down the stairs, avoiding the loose papers and parts she left around, and glanced at the clock as she walked by.
'It's 2 AM, who is bugging me at this time of the night', she thought to herself as she lit a lantern and blew out the match used to light it.
Finally answering the door she was meat with a tear faced Marle. Marle pushed past Lucca and slammed Lucca's door behind her, using the ten bolts on the door to lock it.
"Marle what's wrong?", asked Lucca as she realized something very wrong was in the air.
Taking a moment to gather her wits and to stop the flow of tears Marle whimpered, "He…he….he's after me. I…I have to get out of here. He….he told me to run", she said before breaking into tears again.
Lucca gave Marle a shoulder to cry on and tried to make sense of what she was saying.
"Whose after you", asked a confused Lucca.
Between sobs Marle was able to get out a sentence, "I don't know, he is…he's not the same person"
Taking control of herself, she forced her head off of Lucca's shoulder and stopped the fountain of tears once again.
"We need to leave now Lucca, he told me to run. We need to leave", begged Marle as she continued to hold back the tears.
Another loud knocking was heard at Lucca's front door.
"This is Guardia's Royal Guard Captain. Open the doors there is a matter we need to discuss with you", came the loud and brutish voice from the other side of the door.
"Lucca we need to leave, NOW!", pleaded Marle one last time.
"Why is the Royal Guard Captain after you Marle?", asked Lucca, now even more puzzled.
"I can't explain now, just get me out of here", Marle commanded.
"Okay, I have just the thing. You might not like it but I didn't take the Epoch apart like I said I would. We can use that to get somewhere safe, then you have to tell me what this is about ok?", suggested Lucca.
"Ok, anything will work just do it", commanded Marle again.
The knocks at the door grew louder and the captain spoke again. "We know your in there Queen, come out and we can end this", he commanded.
Lucca grabbed Marle by the hand and rushed her down to the basement where the Epoch sat under a tan sheet meant to protect it from dust. The aforementioned dust flew everywhere as Lucca tore the sheet off and grabbed her tool belt and gun before jumping in the Epoch to start it up one more time. The Epoch gave a loud buzzing noise as Lucca jammed on the pedal. Deducing what must be wrong, Lucca took the control panel off and start fidgeting with wires.
A crunching sound was heard as the door upstairs gave way and footsteps invaded the ground floor of Lucca's house. Another few seconds of silence and then the splintered remains of the basement door fell down the stairs as Marle jumped in the Epoch and shut the top hatch.
"Lucca, START THIS DAMN MACHINE!", shouted Marle as Lucca fiddled with a few wires that came from the Epoch's dash board.
"I'm trying, I'm trying. This thing hasn't been used in awhile, I'm surprised it still works", responded Lucca as she frantically worked.
A humming noise emitted from the Epoch's engine as Lucca connected together a few wires that she noticed had been torn apart from each other.
"There that should do it", beamed Lucca, proud that she was able to get it working.
Without Lucca's inquiring, Marle flew across the control board and slammed on the switch of the destination she wanted. The Epoch let out a sharp crack and then disappeared just as the Royal Captain came down the stairs and sighed as he knew he was too late.
"I am going to get demoted for this for sure", moaned the Captain out loud as he took his helmet off.
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'Why did it have to be my job to inform the king, I'm not even a knight yet', thought the nervous squire.
Running down the hall as he plucked twigs and leaves from his uniform, decorations he had gained when he chased the Queen through the forest, he thought of all the stories that told about the King's temper. Turning a corner that stopped in front of the King's room, he straightened himself out and slowed down to a fast walk.
'Man o man am I in trouble. I've heard of people making the king mad, I am so screwed', again thought the squire as he prepared to knock.
"Enter", commanded a booming voice from behind the door.
'Gulp, well here it goes', said the squire to himself as he opened to door and stepped in.
The room was filled with mostly darkness, the only light source came from the moon's light that shone in through the window. The air smelt of rotten food, food that the squire remembers the king refused to eat even when they left it for him. The king sat in his chair and swiveled it to point at the young squire as he entered the room.
"Have you captured her yet", asked the King with impatience in his voice.
"N..No sir. She escaped in a machine that Lucca had", responded the squire as he used all his willpower to keep his teeth from shaking against each other.
"Damn idiots, the whole Guardia army cannot catch a mere woman. Pitiful", scornfully said the King. The whole air around him crackled with his anger as he pondered the nights earlier events.
'How dare she have the nerve to run from me, ME', spoke the King to himself.
'I told you that you wouldn't catch her', chimed in a younger voice that was also inside the King's head.
'I thought that you would have died by now, boy', responded the older voice.
'I'm harder than that to kill', beamed the younger voice with pride.
'I am not in the mood for you boy, leave me be. You are the reason that she escaped in the first place', said the older voice as it wished the younger one would just go away.
'Just came to gloat that they are in a place you can't get them', teasingly said the younger voice.
'Its true I can't create gates yet, but I have my ways', evilly said the older voice.
"Squire, fetch me Taban. Use force if needed", commanded the king as he swiveled his chair back to face the window.
"Yes Mi'lord", said the squire as he quickly walked away, thanking all the gods he was alive.
The lightning in the distance of an approaching storm filled his room with a flash of light. He regarded the lightning as a good omen, proceeding to watch the light show in the sky as bolt after bolt touched ground and filled the sky with light.
'Soon Marle I will have that pendant, I have all the time in the world. Unfortunately I can't say the same for you.'