Princess Of The Thieves

Introduction

The last time you heard anything of our ambicious crew, Kuja was defeated and peace was restored to the planet and its damaged Kingdoms. Zidane had finally returned after some time away from his home and his friends. Everything was seemingly returning to normal. But two people were suffering from loneliness: Zidane and Queen Garnet. Though they had finally been reunited, they were separated once more, both swept up the chaos of on going reconstruction and the size of Daggers tasks while being Queen. Zidane had no choice at the time, but to go back to being a Master Thief and an extra hand to rebuild his home. Soon the two could not live without each other, the taste of being together once more becoming an addiction, and Zidane found himself stealing into the queens castle and then her rooms.

Of course it wasn't without its consequences. Dagger was soon pregnant with an heir. It confused the Councilmen and guards on how she had gotten burdened and Dagger allowed them to try to figure it out on their own for her own amusement. It wasn't very long before she tired of their questions and brought a very happy Zidane in front of the Court to claim him as the father.

And at first no one liked him. He was a thief, a raider of the rich, and a total brute! Many people threatened his life and even tried to go through with their plans, but were only to find a quick death for their failed attempts. Many were simply beaten by his kindness at the queens dinner parties and social lunches as he flirted and charmed his way into the noble ladies hearts.

He also stole their stuff. Their charms and glittering necklaces catching his eyes and making his fingers itch as he walked among them. He had also invited his old troupe of thieves to the party as his long lost friends, under the guises of waiters, and allowed them to go through and pick pocket the rich. It was a fun game for a while, before Dagger caught Zidane with his fingers in the skirt pocket of an unaware noble woman. Before a huge argument had started, he fessed-up to his activities and had to scale them back. He also learned not to keep his bounty, he immediately gave it to his friends to get rid of the evidence.

After three months, he had won the Kingdoms approval and the marriage was set before Queen Dagger was too big to fit in her dress. It took another month to get ready, but they were wedded just in time, a belly bump starting to show, and the announcement publicly made.

Zidane was very pleased with himself when he found that he was being called a hero by the common people and even had a monument somewhere in own his kingdom. They remembered the man he and his love defeated months earlier.

His pride faltered though when Dagger was finally giving birth to his child. He was so nervous, he couldn't stay in one place and it didn't help that the castle itself was full of panicking maids and confused guards. Steiner was given orders to keep him out of the way, the ever so annoying to Zidane guard dragging him away to the library. He paced wildly there, cursing his babysitter, worrying over every situation he could think of happening while he was away from her. Steiner tried to calm his nerves by saying Dagger was in good hands, but Zidane only worried further, a new situation hitting him every second.

Daggers screams were silenced suddenly after several agonizing hours, replaced with the cries of a newborn.

Zidane never thought he could run fast enough.

Everyone else thought he was a flash of color.

As Dagger rested, he was able to see he had helped create a little girl. She wasn't tiny, but she looked so fragile as she cried and struggled against the doctor. When she was passed to him, he cradled her protectively in his arms, afraid to drop her, afraid to make her cry louder. Her unfocused eyes opened and she looked around the room. Zidane took note of his daughters blue eyes, the same ones as his. He also noticed she had a few traits of her mother, but would not be able to see them clearly for a few months. He then decided to to name her properly Diane, a mixture of his and Dagger's name.

His pride soared as the popularity of his first born rocketed among the people and she slowly started to morph into a female and pint size clone of her father. Due to this, he never went anywhere without her and never did anything without his little Princess at his side. He had decided she would be just like her father, whether Dagger liked it or not.

Now just to get her to experience the life of a thief.