Here is my new story, Saif Al Jabbar. The title is the name of a certain constellation (or was it a star? I forgot) and the main themes of this fic (aside from romance and action/adventure) will be astronomy and words having second meanings that foreshadow things. Hope you enjoy!
Prologue: Late Night
It was a dark and stormy night as Lloyd Irving looked out the window of his room in his adoptive father's house. Flames danced and laughed in the fireplace, a cheery opposition to the morbid rain falling heavily from the sky.
"Lloyd?" a voice called from below before its owner walked up the stairs into Lloyd's room.
"Sheena!" Lloyd exclaimed happily. Sheena was his best friend... and the object of his secret affections.
"You couldn't sleep, either?" she asked, and chuckled darkly.
"No," Lloyd replied simply. "Say, Sheena..."
"What?" Sheena said, her curiosity aroused.
"..." Lloyd paused nervously, then forced a small chuckle. "...This kinda reminds me of that night in Heimdall."
"Yeah," Sheena replied, remembering the night when she had almost confessed her love for Lloyd - but had backed down. Her voice took a slightly more morbid tone. "Yeah, I remember."
"What's wrong?" Lloyd asked, putting his arm around her.
"N- nothing," Sheena stuttered. "Nothing."
"Why so sad?" Lloyd had noticed her darker tone of voice. "Remember? Tomorrow we set out to destroy all the Exspheres!"
Sheena forced herself to cheer up a bit. "Yeah. It'll be just you, me, and the world ahead of us."
"Yeah, it'll be gre-" Lloyd said, yawning midsentence. "Well, I guess I should get some sleep. You should too, we leave early tomorrow." He removed his arm from her side and lay down on the bed.
Sheena nodded, slightly disappointed, and walked downstairs. She couldn't wait for the new day to come.
Heheh, there's the prologue. It's intentionally short... I don't want to write a big romance scene for quite a while, I'm actually quite nervous about it :P