Hello my fellow readers sorry for the lack of activity!

Anyway for those who have read "The Beauty Underneath" Dakota and Vincent have three children. This two shot rolls around Rose Valentine, Dakota and Vincent's youngest daughter. She is mate bound to Zidane while her brother is mate bound to Garnet/Dagger. In this story Dagger gives the throne of Alexandria to Rose since she felt Rose would be better suited for as a queen. I support Zidane and Dagger as a couple all the way though XD. All Final Fantasy characters belong to Square Enix. I just own my OC's. Now enjoy!

Btw Vivi doesn't die for awhile in this story.

Rose's POV

I landed on the ground hard next Zidane. My mate immediately turned to me and helped me up.

"Are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah" I replied.

"I hurt like hell" my brother Dante growled. His mate the former Princess of Alexandria came up to us.

"Look at what's happening to the Iifa Tree"

We all turned to see the tree was becoming unstable and if we didn't get out of here soon we were screwed.

"I don't like the looks of this" Midnight said as he climbed onto my shoulder. Thanks to a spell my bonded dragon could change sizes and the same thing happened with my brother's dragon Syrax. Syrax had emerald green scales with golden frills and wing membranes. She had two horns on top of her head and two fins on the sides of her face. The membranes were also gold within the fins. She walked on four legs like her mother and brother.

Midnight was named after his dark blue scales. He has the same physique as Syrax only he didn't have fins on the sides of his face. Black underbelly scales traveled from his neck all the way to his tail. His frill and wing membranes matched his underbelly scales.

"So what Kuja said was true, the Iifa tree is beginning its violent reaction"

"We shall need to flee if we wish to live" Syrax told us. The others finished appearing around us.

"Yeah" Zidane agreed.

When our journey started Dante had joined Tantalus which was a theater traveling group led by Baku. They were also thieves and they had been paid by Cid the leader of Lindblum to kidnap Dagger. Undercover I served as the princess as her bodyguard. I had the position for a year and half and the people of Alexandria came to like me.

I sometimes was compared to Dagger. We both had the same dark brown hair the only difference that separated us was our eye color. My eyes were dark red a trait I got from my father, while Dagger had brown eyes. Both Dante and I had magic that we inherited from our mother and grandparents. Alongside our older sister Lucrecia, we also shared the werewolf gene that allowed us to transform into our wolf forms.

Dagger and I became close friends during our time together and she expressed to me on more than one occasion she never really wanted to be queen. So after the death of her adopted mother and when her mate bond between her and Dante was revealed she chose me as her heir. At first I refused but eventually I gave in and took the role of being a royal. For awhile Dagger lost her voice due to stress. She did gain it back later and she had used one of Zidane's knives to cut her hair. That freaked out Dante but he eventually was won over by his beloved's short hair.

Suddenly an airship landed next to us and Regent Cid came out to the deck.

"Thank heavens, you're all safe! Come quickly! We don't have much time!"

"Looks like we got a ride out of here" Dante joked.

Zidane and Dagger chuckled before we all headed to the ship. However I turned around when I realized Zidane had suddenly stopped.

'Ah, dammit" the gnome said giving a kick.

"You heard Kuja didn't you?" I asked my mate.

"Yeah" Zidane replied looking up to me. "Why don't you go on ahead? I'll catch up with you all later, I have to take care of something"

"Oh hell no!" I protested. "I'm not leaving you here to die"

"Zidane! What are you doing?!"

Steiner the leader of the Pluto Knights and Dagger's former guard rushed over.

"Steiner take care of Rose"

"What?! What do you mean by that?!"

"Kuja is still alive and I can't just leave him" Zidane answered.

"This is bullshit Zidane" Dante added rejoining us. "Going after Kuja now is a death wish, if something happens to you"

"I'll be fine Dante" Zidane interrupted. "Just promise you will keep your sister safe"

I was unaware of the tears I felt go down my face. The others finally rejoined us and Eiko jumped in annoyance.

"Zidane why are you doing this?!"

"Because I might have done the same thing if I was in his shoes, I probably would've fought against you guys and wreaked havoc in Gaia like he did, I know it sounds crazy, but I know, deep down inside , I have to do this"

"You no crazy Zidane, but you go help Kuja not good idea, is too dangerous" Quina argued.

"I can't just leave him" Zidane replied with determination. "There's no way I could live with myself, I'm going"

Steiner protested again but I held up my hand and he stopped.

"He's made his decision" I stated.

Freya and Steiner then said they would go with Zidane but my mate politely refuses claiming it was his moment and one day they would have one of their own, plus Burmecia and Alexandria needed them.

"You're a real simpleton, forget it guys, there's no stopping this fool" Amarant said. Zidane shot his rival a WTF look before Cid shouted for us to get a move on.

"Come on, let's let him do his thing and get outta here"

The red haired man then got on board the airship. Zidane chuckled before saying to us.

"Alright, you heard the man! Get out of here before it's too late!"

"Zidane you better not die and come back!" Eiko said before she turned and joined Amarant on the ship.

"Zidane, I need eat more different food, I still hungry! You need come back, take me more places, show me more food!" Quina fussed.

"I still can't believe you're doing this, You've changed Zidane till we meet again" Freya added.

After they boarded the airship did Vivian say goodbye.

"Zidane, you've taught me another big lesson in life, thanks"

"You be careful" Dagger said going over to Zidane and she kissed his cheek. "It was thanks to you I met Dante and had this adventure"

"You come back or I'll kick your ass Monkey Boy" Dante threatened before the two of them want to get on the ship with Vivi.

"You're stubborn" I told my mate looking to him.

Zidane turned to me and he gently grasped my hand and brought me into him. He pressed his lips against mine. A second later after our kiss was finished did Zidane pull away and he suddenly bowed before me.

"Rose, I mean your highness, you will be a great queen to Alexandria, I have faith in you as I always had, I loved you the moment I first saw you, I'm sorry for being selfish and I can't take you any further"

I walked closer to him and said.

"And I love you my stubborn mate, just promise me one thing, please come back to me"

When I said those words Zidane took my hand and kissed it. Then I finally got on board the airship with Midnight and Steiner. I went to the railing and not once kept my eyes off from Zidane as the ship came to life and began to rise into the air. Eventually I lost sight of my beloved and it was then I prayed.