Author's Note - This fic I have originally created on a different site,
Final Fantasy: Worlds Apart. It has many much more features there, such as
images and announcements. My friend RVTrunks has edited my story and
produced it into book format, allowing me to publish it on to this site. If
you'd like to see the other version, go to http://www.ffwa.org/ and click
on 'Fan Fiction'. It will be in the list with a number of other fics.
Anyway, Enjoy your reading! This fic is going to spawn 50 chapters, with
Five Volumes. More Details will be revealed once all the first 10 Chapters
are posted.
To Walking Ends
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Chapter 1: Unfolding Terror
A rift in the clouds caused a ripple between them as a large air ship scouted through. Zidane Tribal stepped to the top of the deck of the Red Rose. "It brings back many memories to be up here." He looked around, taking in old sites as he passed them by from above.
Only two weeks after his return to Alexandria, Zidane had planned this to happen. He was going to ask Queen Garnet to marry him. He decided to disguise his occasion by telling her it was just a small date he had planned for them at one spot near Dali. The townspeople had spoken about it while he was there in Dali not to long ago, so he went there to check it out.
It was a very beautiful place, surrounded by arching trees and star shaped flowers. It was perfect he thought, and smiled to himself as he looked down from the edge of the rail.
Garnet came to his side happier then ever to be spending some quality time with Zidane. Her face flushed rose as he looked over to her by his side. She smiled affectionately back at him.
"It's beautiful out here, isn't it Garnet?" Zidane said looking out at the scenery.
She took a long look at the breath-taking scenery around her, then far below she saw the town of Dali getting nearer but it was still distant. "Yes, I remember when we were here, I couldn't take my eyes off the landscape." She looked at Zidane to be quite happy that she was enjoying herself.
Zidane smiled back, then, looked down to see her hand shaking. "Are you cold or something?" He said taking a glance over her.
"Well now that you mention it, I am." She bundled her hands together and rubbed them to put off some heat.
"Here." Zidane pulled her closer to him till her head rested at his chest. She wrapped her arms into his jacket for warmth of his body heat.
"I don't know what I'd do without you Zidane." She said snuggling herself closer to him. "I'm so happy to be with you right now, knowing that all the terror has passed and we.re together. I was completely depressed when you hadn't come back for a while. but then you had found your way back to me. I'm so glad you did."
Zidane was heating up inside, he felt great with her warm body touching his. "Garnet. now that I think about it I'm a little cold as well. It's summer time also, and this is starting to worry me a little. Do you think something could be wrong?"
Her faced parted from his chest and looked up into his eyes despairingly. "I sure hope not. not now, after all we've done. There can't be anything." She put her head back down on his chest.
"You.re probably right. Just a little chill from one of the frozen islands I guess." Zidane smiled and she smiled back.
She parted from him and took his hand. "So you say this place isn't far from Dali? Did we ever go there?"
He sighed and inhaled for his response, "No unfortunately we passed it by, and it is a very beautiful place. That's why I wanted to take you there."
"Yes this is really nice of you to have planned this for me but." She took her arms and folded them, "Well I wouldn't be here if you hadn't of won that stupid Hunt Contest!" She coyly punched his stomach.
He flinched in fake pain, then taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry, maybe I should of let Vivi win and get the date!"
Garnet paused and reflected on that day, Vivi had closed right up on Zidane's tail in the end, but Zidane stunningly defeated two more monsters getting the most points.
"Oh come on, you know you wanted this!" Zidane said playfully.
She put her hands on her hips. "That's what you want to believe!"
Zidane laughed and started running to his quarters with Garnet chasing right behind. "I'll get you for that!" She yelled to him, laughing.
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The captain of the Red Rose smiled to himself as the two parted the deck. They love each other he thought, and he was glad that Zidane asked him to fly to the place near Dali. The ship was nearing the departure point for the two, where he would then wait for them a couple minutes away. He didn't mind. He liked to help new couples. And helping the Princess might get him promoted, so he was in a double-win situation.
Sometime later, the ship started descending downwards from the star-lit sky to the destination Zidane had chosen. A few bumps in from turbulence awoke Garnet who was cradled in Zidane's arms. They had fallen asleep together, after being exhausted from chasing and the intimate kisses. She turned to face Zidane who was to her side. She smiled as his exhale turned white from the cold air. She snuggled in closer to him for more body heat, and to just be closer to whom she loved.
Zidane opened his eyes right into hers and stared at their beauty. They seemed to sparkle in the cold air around them; they focused right into Zidane.s eyes also, as if they were smiling at him. He closed his eyes and kissed Garnet on the lips. This sent a shock of warmth through her cold body, as she was gravely cold even with Zidane by her.
"Red Rose approaching destination, Queen Garnet and Master Zidane. We should arrive in a few moments." A call echoed from the intercom in their room.
"I sure hope it.s warmer down there," Garnet said rubbing against Zidane to get a little more of his warmth.
He didn't know why it was so cold; everyone back home had said this was the perfect day for anything. "Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't know it would be like this. I hope you.re not mad at me."
She frowned at this. "Of course I'm not mad at you, it's not your fault. In a way, it's good because were even closer to each other." She contently added a kiss to his cheek making him turn red.
It was so great to have her he thought, and soon she would be his wife! Well he hoped so with all his heart.
A cracking of boards and short-lived scream was heard from the upper deck. Garnet shot straight up from where she was laying. "What was that!?"
..AHHHH!" Another scream beckoned from one of the deck hands. Zidane got up and headed for the door, looking completely shocked as he opened it and peered out from the doorway.
"ZIDANE!" Garnet screamed as the door froze to a complete crystal white.
"What the hell?" He said backing away. Then the ground under him turned snow-white, the whole ship was turning to ice!
Garnet got off her ice-cold bed and halfway walking slid over to Zidane. "What's happening?!" She cried tugging to him.
"I don't know! But the ship is about to crash! Hurry, come with me!" He pulled her out of the room and glanced over the balcony of the ship. It was about one hundred yards from the ground, closing in fast. "We have to jump!" Zidane turned to Garnet who was pale white.
"Z-I-D-" Ice was circulating up her legs. Zidane took his foot and shattered the ice that was climbing up her legs. The ice broke and then started to melt back into the ice already below them.
He grabbed her, then swung her over his shoulder---and jumped. Flying through the air the two soared from the ship covered in ice to an already awaiting frozen forest. Zidane quickly casted Float (which he learned from Garnet) as he descended to the earth.
Garnet got down from the hold of his arms, glancing around the land around her. "Where are we? What's happened here?"
Zidane paused and looked for anything memorable. To his left he saw a sign. It read "Dali", and far beyond the sign he saw frozen houses and people, almost like they were frozen in time. "Garnet, something is seriously wrong. we have to get to Lindblum before it's to late!"
She nodded as he took her hand and they started running as quickly as their legs could allow to Lindblum. There was something wrong with Gaia, deadly wrong.
To Walking Ends
______________________________________________________________________
Chapter 1: Unfolding Terror
A rift in the clouds caused a ripple between them as a large air ship scouted through. Zidane Tribal stepped to the top of the deck of the Red Rose. "It brings back many memories to be up here." He looked around, taking in old sites as he passed them by from above.
Only two weeks after his return to Alexandria, Zidane had planned this to happen. He was going to ask Queen Garnet to marry him. He decided to disguise his occasion by telling her it was just a small date he had planned for them at one spot near Dali. The townspeople had spoken about it while he was there in Dali not to long ago, so he went there to check it out.
It was a very beautiful place, surrounded by arching trees and star shaped flowers. It was perfect he thought, and smiled to himself as he looked down from the edge of the rail.
Garnet came to his side happier then ever to be spending some quality time with Zidane. Her face flushed rose as he looked over to her by his side. She smiled affectionately back at him.
"It's beautiful out here, isn't it Garnet?" Zidane said looking out at the scenery.
She took a long look at the breath-taking scenery around her, then far below she saw the town of Dali getting nearer but it was still distant. "Yes, I remember when we were here, I couldn't take my eyes off the landscape." She looked at Zidane to be quite happy that she was enjoying herself.
Zidane smiled back, then, looked down to see her hand shaking. "Are you cold or something?" He said taking a glance over her.
"Well now that you mention it, I am." She bundled her hands together and rubbed them to put off some heat.
"Here." Zidane pulled her closer to him till her head rested at his chest. She wrapped her arms into his jacket for warmth of his body heat.
"I don't know what I'd do without you Zidane." She said snuggling herself closer to him. "I'm so happy to be with you right now, knowing that all the terror has passed and we.re together. I was completely depressed when you hadn't come back for a while. but then you had found your way back to me. I'm so glad you did."
Zidane was heating up inside, he felt great with her warm body touching his. "Garnet. now that I think about it I'm a little cold as well. It's summer time also, and this is starting to worry me a little. Do you think something could be wrong?"
Her faced parted from his chest and looked up into his eyes despairingly. "I sure hope not. not now, after all we've done. There can't be anything." She put her head back down on his chest.
"You.re probably right. Just a little chill from one of the frozen islands I guess." Zidane smiled and she smiled back.
She parted from him and took his hand. "So you say this place isn't far from Dali? Did we ever go there?"
He sighed and inhaled for his response, "No unfortunately we passed it by, and it is a very beautiful place. That's why I wanted to take you there."
"Yes this is really nice of you to have planned this for me but." She took her arms and folded them, "Well I wouldn't be here if you hadn't of won that stupid Hunt Contest!" She coyly punched his stomach.
He flinched in fake pain, then taking a deep breath. "I'm sorry, maybe I should of let Vivi win and get the date!"
Garnet paused and reflected on that day, Vivi had closed right up on Zidane's tail in the end, but Zidane stunningly defeated two more monsters getting the most points.
"Oh come on, you know you wanted this!" Zidane said playfully.
She put her hands on her hips. "That's what you want to believe!"
Zidane laughed and started running to his quarters with Garnet chasing right behind. "I'll get you for that!" She yelled to him, laughing.
*************
The captain of the Red Rose smiled to himself as the two parted the deck. They love each other he thought, and he was glad that Zidane asked him to fly to the place near Dali. The ship was nearing the departure point for the two, where he would then wait for them a couple minutes away. He didn't mind. He liked to help new couples. And helping the Princess might get him promoted, so he was in a double-win situation.
Sometime later, the ship started descending downwards from the star-lit sky to the destination Zidane had chosen. A few bumps in from turbulence awoke Garnet who was cradled in Zidane's arms. They had fallen asleep together, after being exhausted from chasing and the intimate kisses. She turned to face Zidane who was to her side. She smiled as his exhale turned white from the cold air. She snuggled in closer to him for more body heat, and to just be closer to whom she loved.
Zidane opened his eyes right into hers and stared at their beauty. They seemed to sparkle in the cold air around them; they focused right into Zidane.s eyes also, as if they were smiling at him. He closed his eyes and kissed Garnet on the lips. This sent a shock of warmth through her cold body, as she was gravely cold even with Zidane by her.
"Red Rose approaching destination, Queen Garnet and Master Zidane. We should arrive in a few moments." A call echoed from the intercom in their room.
"I sure hope it.s warmer down there," Garnet said rubbing against Zidane to get a little more of his warmth.
He didn't know why it was so cold; everyone back home had said this was the perfect day for anything. "Yeah, I'm sorry I didn't know it would be like this. I hope you.re not mad at me."
She frowned at this. "Of course I'm not mad at you, it's not your fault. In a way, it's good because were even closer to each other." She contently added a kiss to his cheek making him turn red.
It was so great to have her he thought, and soon she would be his wife! Well he hoped so with all his heart.
A cracking of boards and short-lived scream was heard from the upper deck. Garnet shot straight up from where she was laying. "What was that!?"
..AHHHH!" Another scream beckoned from one of the deck hands. Zidane got up and headed for the door, looking completely shocked as he opened it and peered out from the doorway.
"ZIDANE!" Garnet screamed as the door froze to a complete crystal white.
"What the hell?" He said backing away. Then the ground under him turned snow-white, the whole ship was turning to ice!
Garnet got off her ice-cold bed and halfway walking slid over to Zidane. "What's happening?!" She cried tugging to him.
"I don't know! But the ship is about to crash! Hurry, come with me!" He pulled her out of the room and glanced over the balcony of the ship. It was about one hundred yards from the ground, closing in fast. "We have to jump!" Zidane turned to Garnet who was pale white.
"Z-I-D-" Ice was circulating up her legs. Zidane took his foot and shattered the ice that was climbing up her legs. The ice broke and then started to melt back into the ice already below them.
He grabbed her, then swung her over his shoulder---and jumped. Flying through the air the two soared from the ship covered in ice to an already awaiting frozen forest. Zidane quickly casted Float (which he learned from Garnet) as he descended to the earth.
Garnet got down from the hold of his arms, glancing around the land around her. "Where are we? What's happened here?"
Zidane paused and looked for anything memorable. To his left he saw a sign. It read "Dali", and far beyond the sign he saw frozen houses and people, almost like they were frozen in time. "Garnet, something is seriously wrong. we have to get to Lindblum before it's to late!"
She nodded as he took her hand and they started running as quickly as their legs could allow to Lindblum. There was something wrong with Gaia, deadly wrong.