A young, tall, dark, slim, woman, with dark blue hair, and blood-red eyes,whom was wearing a loose, white, short-sleeved shirt, long pants, and a pair of dark boots, that reached only past her ankles, and a scythe tied to her back underneath her shirt, stood on a cliff, near the border between Alexandria and Lindblum, over-lookingthe Evil Forest, which spread half-way across the fields at the base of the cliffs near the city of Alexandria, it had been petrified ever since the Princess of Alexandria, Garnet, the Captain of the knights of Pluto, Steiner, a young black mage, Vivi, and the Tantalus troupe, which included, Zidane, Baku, Blank, Marcus, and Cinna, had crash landed and escaped from the forest.
She thought about how the Princess was now Queen, and of how the queen had restored everything to the way it originally had been in Dali, before her mother, Queen Brahne, had started using the small town to create weapons, or, more specifically, the black mages. A new princess was going to be born soon, for Queen Garnet had been preganant for several months now, the very continent, on which they all lived on, seemed to be holding its breath in anticipation. Even Zidane, the flirtatious man who had travel across this world and others, with her, seemed anxious, according to the rumors. The young woman's thoughts eventually switched back to the mystery of the forest. Unlike the Queen and her friends, she had yet to set foot in the forest.
The forest was still a sight to behold, and still just as dangerous as before the mist had disappeared, because, since the forest resided in an area surrounded by cliffs the mist was able to remained, as did all the dangerous, evil monsters that had given the forest its name.
A young man, of about the same age, with blond hair, brown eyes, and pale skin, walked up to her, wearing pretty close to the same thing as her, but a bit more worn-out than hers.
"Sapphire, how long are you going to keep staring at that stupid forest?" the young man questioned.
"You just don't see it the way I do, Trey." She said as she turned to look at him, blushing slightly at the thought that he had actually come to find her.
"If you think it's so beautiful, why don't you go live there?" he yelled at her.
"Maybe I just will, but it wouldn't be any of your business if I do!" she replied, becoming enraged that he was yelling at her.
"Well, we need you to come and help with the farm! So just hurry it up will you!" Trey said turning around and looking over his shoulder at her.
"Alright, already! I'll be there in a minute, just head on back without me."
"Fine, but if you aren't back soon you'll be in a lot of trouble, and I'll be in trouble too because I was supposed to bring you back with me." He replied as he started the trek back to there small village.
Sapphire blushed as she turned around, wondering why he had gotten so mad at her for thinking the forest was beautiful.
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Sapphire sat there for a few hours after the young man left. Then she finally decided to get back at Trey, yelling at her by going down and exploring the forest for a while.
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As she passed through the Ice Cavern she observed at how much it had changed since the Black Waltz who had kept it frozen, had been killed by Zidane. It was still beautiful but not as much as it had been, when it was still frozen.
When she reached the end of the cavern, she found a pretty moogle, with light-green fur, white wings, and a dark-green pom-pom, sitting near a tent at the entrance, staring off in the direction of the Evil Forest.
"Hi, little moogle" she said.
The moogle flipped around to look at her, surprised that anyone would travel through the Ice Cavern. "Oh! Hello, kupo. Umm… Who are you?" it said as it looked nervously at her.
Sapphire smiled, then said "I'm Sapphire. What's your name, little moogle?"
The moogle seemed less startled now as she replied, "Kupo, my name is Magix."
An awkward pause started then, so Sapphire began looking in the direction Magix had been looking, "So, what where you looking at?" she asked.
"Oh, well I heard music coming from the Evil Forest Recently. I'm positive it's human music, so it kind of worries me that someone might have wandered there." She replied, turning to look at the forest again.
Sapphire stood for a moment, wondering what the weird little moogle meant. Then she heard something, a small delicate sound, almost like singing, coming from the direction of the Evil Forest. She couldn't make out what was being sung, but it drew her, that someone had gone to sing in the forest.
"Well, I'm going to go find out who's making that music. I was headed there anyway, so if you come along we could both find out." She said enthusiastically.
"Sounds good to me, kupo!" so the two of them headed towards the forest to find the source of the music.
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When they reached the edge of the forest Magix stopped, Sapphire turned to Magix, "Hey, what's the matter, why'd you stop? I thought you wanted to come with."
Magix shook her head, "Do you have any weapons? It is too dangerous to go in there with out one."
"Oh, yeah I brought one." she replied as she pulled a small scythe out from under her shirt.
"I guess that will do for now. Let's go, the music is getting louder so whoever is making it shouldn't be too far away, kupo!"
"Right!" she agreed as she jumped up and swung her scythe, ready for anything.
And so the two of them ran into the forest towards the music.