Everyone was preparing in Lindblum to go to the Black Mage Village.

They had found out from Regent Cid that Black Mages that could talk

normally were on Kuja's ship. Vivi had suggested that they go to the

village to try to get some information.

Zidane was ready, and was waiting for everyone at the castle.

He was in the conference room, thinking about Dagger. He had become

even more worried about her after she lost her voice. She had suffered

so much, and Zidane was worried about her.

He decided to go wait in the guest room at Lindblum castle.

When he got there, he saw Dagger sitting on a bed, looking at the

floor. Zidane could tell that she was thinking about everything that

had happened: her mother's death, Alexandria's destruction. She had so

much to worry about.

Zidane walked up to her."Hey." He said, trying to cheer her up.

She looked up at him. It hurt him to see so much pain in her eyes. She

looked back down at the floor.

Zidane sat next to her. He was trying to think of a way to

cheer her up. He would do anything to make her happy, especially while

she was in the depressing state she was in. He loved her, but she

didn't know that. He just hoped that she loved him back. That's why he

would do anything for her.

"Don't worry."he said reasurringly."We'll kick Kuja's butt for

everything that he's done when we find him." Dagger continued to stare

at the floor.

Now, in a comforting and soft voice, he said,"Hey, I'll always

be there for you if you ever need anything at all, you just have to

let me know, and I'll do it for you." She looked into his eyes, tears

filling hers. She hugged him, crying on his chest. He hugged her back,

stroking her hair."Shh,"he said,"everything's gonna be okay." They

continued hugging each other until she fell asleep in his arms.