Clipped Wings
by Wing'dCallisto
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns Garnet and Zidane, as well as Gaia and Terra and... bleh... everything else in FF9. I'm just a fangirl.
Author's Note: Repost. Please review. I know it sucks, but the only way I can improve is if YOU click on the little 'Go' button down there and submit a review for moi... ^_^ Also, I hope this isn't toxicly fluffy. ^^; Thanks to Becca (Kichigai) for being the only person to review this before I reposted it. Yay. Flames make me act Ninja-Like! ^^;
Summary: Underneath the wide night sky, Garnet muses.
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How long has it been?
... It's been... six long months. And still, I am unable to forget you. Am I senselessly mourning my loss? But I know you're out there, somewhere.
It's a clear night tonight, and I gaze out through my window at the stars. They are so distant, yet seem so close. I wonder, for a moment, if I reach my hand up high enough, would I be able to take one of those bright spheres into my hand? It would provide so much light, all that I could ever need. My life is in darkness. But, no. I shake my head. I would be stealing it's light. Stopping it from shining down on the world and illuminating other people's darkness. In the end, I would have to replace it.
I contemplate running away, giving up this title, escaping this world full of rules and regulations, and going to find him. Spending each day in a new and exotic location. Constantly searching for answers. The fact that I may never see him again is the only thing that holds me back. My quest would prove pointless. And I can not throw my name away that easily.
But... would it really be that hard? Am I really Queen Garnet til Alexandros XVII, ruler of Alexandria? Am I Sarah, one of the final members of a dying race? Or am I Dagger, a thief's companion? They are all who I am, yet I can only really be one of them. Each holds it's own responsibility, some more than others.
Oh, Zidane... how I long for you to embrace me once more. It is with you that I was truly my own person, it is with you that I learnt things that I will never forget. I wish I could sprout wings and free myself from this cage, go and find you. I'd be free, free as a bird. Until that day, I remain, my wings clipped, and my eyes full of hope.
... I stand, looking over Alexandria. It all looks so vast from up here, but at the same time it is small and vunerable. Just like Terra. Just like Gaia. Just like the eternal sky and the innumerable stars.
Are you gazing up at them, too? Your eyes reflecting the clear, dark night, your mind taking in it's beauty? And do you think of me, think of the memories, the time we spent together?
You were so special to me. You and everything you did.
I pull my window shut and I drop the lace curtain once more. The stars disappear from sight, and I turn away.
by Wing'dCallisto
Disclaimer: Squaresoft owns Garnet and Zidane, as well as Gaia and Terra and... bleh... everything else in FF9. I'm just a fangirl.
Author's Note: Repost. Please review. I know it sucks, but the only way I can improve is if YOU click on the little 'Go' button down there and submit a review for moi... ^_^ Also, I hope this isn't toxicly fluffy. ^^; Thanks to Becca (Kichigai) for being the only person to review this before I reposted it. Yay. Flames make me act Ninja-Like! ^^;
Summary: Underneath the wide night sky, Garnet muses.
--------------------------**
How long has it been?
... It's been... six long months. And still, I am unable to forget you. Am I senselessly mourning my loss? But I know you're out there, somewhere.
It's a clear night tonight, and I gaze out through my window at the stars. They are so distant, yet seem so close. I wonder, for a moment, if I reach my hand up high enough, would I be able to take one of those bright spheres into my hand? It would provide so much light, all that I could ever need. My life is in darkness. But, no. I shake my head. I would be stealing it's light. Stopping it from shining down on the world and illuminating other people's darkness. In the end, I would have to replace it.
I contemplate running away, giving up this title, escaping this world full of rules and regulations, and going to find him. Spending each day in a new and exotic location. Constantly searching for answers. The fact that I may never see him again is the only thing that holds me back. My quest would prove pointless. And I can not throw my name away that easily.
But... would it really be that hard? Am I really Queen Garnet til Alexandros XVII, ruler of Alexandria? Am I Sarah, one of the final members of a dying race? Or am I Dagger, a thief's companion? They are all who I am, yet I can only really be one of them. Each holds it's own responsibility, some more than others.
Oh, Zidane... how I long for you to embrace me once more. It is with you that I was truly my own person, it is with you that I learnt things that I will never forget. I wish I could sprout wings and free myself from this cage, go and find you. I'd be free, free as a bird. Until that day, I remain, my wings clipped, and my eyes full of hope.
... I stand, looking over Alexandria. It all looks so vast from up here, but at the same time it is small and vunerable. Just like Terra. Just like Gaia. Just like the eternal sky and the innumerable stars.
Are you gazing up at them, too? Your eyes reflecting the clear, dark night, your mind taking in it's beauty? And do you think of me, think of the memories, the time we spent together?
You were so special to me. You and everything you did.
I pull my window shut and I drop the lace curtain once more. The stars disappear from sight, and I turn away.