Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles does not belong to be, neither do any of the places in this story except Kaiuna. The enemies are all in the game, but the main characters (at the minute this is Kia and Suin) belong to me. Sorry if they are like you and/or your characters!

Chapter One-The Beginning

2 years ago, a town was formed from people from everywhere escaping the monsters. For, even though the crystals had protected the town from miasma and monster, they had to be renewed each year with myrrh, and two years ago, all the myrrh trees everywhere wilted and died. The monsters, with newfound strength attack the towns and villages, and forced Lilties, Yukes, Clavats and Selkies everywhere to flee. They built a new city, surrounded with walls reaching up into the sky, and crowned with a bubble, which let air in, but miasma out. But even though this town kept the monsters out, it trapped the people inside. The city is divided into two sections. The smaller section is the 'rich' district, which only the richest people live in, and the roads are paved with marble. In here are also universities, palaces, library, and other luxuries. But anyone not rich enough to live in here (which was 89 percent of the population) lives in the slums. These are riddled with crime and poverty. Welcome to the city of Kaiuna.

Kia sprinted round the corner, followed by five Lilties, her long, unkempt blond hair streaming out behind her. The bag in her hand, holding only a piece of meat and a tiny cup of water was sacred here. Luckily for her, Selkie speed outmatches Lilties any day. The Lilties were part of the self-proclaimed rulers of the slums. All food went to them first, with the scraps maybe finding the stomachs of everyone else. Kia was an outlaw from the outlaws. She was once a part of their ruler ship, but, stealing just about everything she could find, she escaped with her two friends. She glanced behind her. The Lilties were catching up. How? She had been awake for the last three days, while these guards were freshly awake.

Then, suddenly, she fell over a loose pebble. Tripping, she crashed down to the ground, and slid along the road. She quickly got back up and dived into a run, but she was too late. The Lilties caught her, and quickly ripped the bag from her and tied up her wrists with rope, before leading her to a warehouse with two doors leading to the city, and two open trapdoors, which she knew led to the outside world. They sat her down on a table, and tied both her feet to the steel legs. She struggled, but they had tied her too well. The tallest Lilty stepped up to her and cut one of her wrists. The blood dripped out, and the five Lilties sniggered before strolling out, closing the two doors behind them.

Kia, stunned, knew exactly what they had done. It was a rumour around Kaiuna that if you were too dangerous to the Hand (the name of the clan that ruled the city), they would sacrifice you to the lizardmen. Lizardmen could smell fresh blood a mile away, which was why they cut her wrist. These lizardmen would take you to work in Moschet Manor as a slave. The owner of Moschet Manor, Jack Moschet, was one of the main rulers of the monsters. He ruled over the land that was once dominated by Marr's Pass and Alfitaria. By the way, Kaiuna is situated just west of Alfitaria, the great capital once ruled by the Lilties. The sound of footsteps woke her from her dreams. At once she knew whom they belong to. They were coming.

Out of the twin trapdoors spewed several lizardman, all armed with spears. The last one to climb out was a ferocious looking giant Lizardman, armed to the teeth with daggers, maces, swords and other evil weapons Kia didn't know. There was about 30 of them in total, too many for her fight if she was unbound and with her racket. They circled her, moving slowly in until they formed a tight circle. The leader stepped forward, and looked Kia up and down before spitting at her.

"Selkie scum. Though, His Lord might like you." he rasped. She flinched at his voice. He barked out a few words Kia couldn't understand, before shuffling back over to the trapdoor. The 3 next largest reptiles strode over to her, and unbound her feet. Before she could kick out, they grabbed them and tied them back together. Then, they lifted her up, as if she was no more than a feather, being picked up by the wind. They carried her over to the crude trapdoor, and threw her down. She hurt all over as she stopped at the bottom of the muddy slide. Then, the Lizard in front of her picked her up again, and strode off down the mucky tunnel.

After about half an hour, they burst out into sunlight. Kia gasped. Even though the smell of Lizard flesh burning in the sun was horrific, she could smell the fresh breeze for the first time in her life. Sweet birdsong filled her ears as they marched towards a camp, just in front of a forest. They marched into it, and she was roughly pushed into a wooden cage, at the bottom of a large pyramid of cages. There must have been at least 50 cages there, and of those, 3 of them were human, 30 of them were animals, 13 were empty and the rest were filled with Lizardmen. 'Criminals' Kia thought. The humans were in a row at the bottom, with the beasts above them, and the Lizardmen above them. Even in their lowest moments, the Lizardmen were more important then the animals and people. A rather large splodge of muck landed in the cage, just in front of her. Yuck.

She glanced around at the two other people, either side of her. One of them was a Clavat, and a girl at that. She can't have been more than 6, and she was crying after just being woken up by the new arrival. A smelly lizardman (who was in charge of the cages) hit her cage, which scared her to sleep again. And on the other side was a male Selkie. He was already staring at her, and she blushed. Lots of the boys at home had fancied her, but not a stranger like this. He was wearing a tatty bandana, and torn and muddy white clothes. In fact, he was quite handsome. She immediately dismissed the thought from her head, and started looking around for a way out.

She saw that the camp was starting to be packed up, and a large cart was being prepared from a stock of planks. It didn't look like it would hold their weight, but the Lizardmen started placing the animals on at the bottom. Three big cages were then placed on top, and the lizardmen were sorted into two of them. In the final one, the boy was chucked into first, followed by the little girl. Two Lizardmen then picked her up and flung her into the cage after her. She landed in an embarrassing position, landing on her front, at right angles to the boy, and their faces were only centimetres apart. She quickly pulled away, and the boy looked away, but she could see him blush under the flop of hair. She smiled.

Suin was enchanted by her as soon as she was flung into her cage. To him, she was just so…beautiful. But he turned his mind back to the job. He had to free the Lord's Son from the slavery of Jack Moschet and kidnap his wife, Maggie. She would be used for bartering for the release of the slaves. And if he picked up the girl during his plan…even better.

The rattling of the cart had soothed away as Kia fell asleep. When she was awoken, it was dark, and the stars lit up the darkened sky. It reminded her of a song she had heard from her granny, from when she had gone on a Crystal Caravan.

"Dreaming of the stars on high, that speak to me in secret signs, drifting on a breeze, only I can feel…"

The cart had stopped, and as she peered out into the darkness, she could see the outline of the great Moschet Manor. It was time for her adventure to begin…

Author's Note: Well this is the start of the story! By the way, Kia is a raccoon tail selkie, Suin is a Bandanna selkie, and the little girl is a White Coat Clavat. More characters coming up in the next chapter, plus lots of fighting! Please review!