Author's Notes: Final Fantasy 4 belongs to Square-Enix and I do not make any money from this fic.
May contain SPOILERS if you haven't played the game.

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Rydia hadn't meant to spy on Edward. She had been unable to sleep and was walking the halls of the inn she and her friends were staying at for the night when she heard soft noises coming from Edward's room. Concerned, she slipped his door opened a crack and saw him lounging in a chair, eyes closed, his fingers softly playing on his harp. Quiet moans and gasps fell from his lips, almost as if he were dreaming, but he was still playing as beautiful as he did when was awake.

There was something different about this music, Rydia could tell right away. It was no ordinary song, for she could sense the magic contained in its notes, but it wasn't like his usually harp spells. Besides, there were no enemies here and no friends in need of healing. Rydia opened her mind to receive and discover the magic that was woven among the notes that Edward now played. As she let her senses delve into the spell, she gasped softly and was completely surprised at what she discovered.

This was a song spell of memory. Edward was recalling his time with Anna through his music, bringing back the memories they had shared and actually allowing him to experience the feelings and sights and sounds of those times. Since Rydia had opened herself up to the spell, she was now enthralled in it, the song making her feel as though she was Anna. She could see another place in front of her eyes and a smiling Edward, who leaned in to kiss his beloved. Rydia pressed her lips forward to the air yet felt what Anna had felt: soft lips and a stirring in her heart, excitement and happiness and love all flooding through her.

Now Rydia could see herself in a beautiful castle bedroom with Edward and she could feel the music take form, hands began to roam across her body, cupping her breasts and gently touching her skin with deft and talented fingers...his fingers...Her legs were spread with those soft hands, flittering up her thighs and in between, where...oh gods, she had never felt this before, a sensation building from her chest to where he rubbed in circles, making her flush and gasp and then...oh then!

She came, both in her mind and in the real world, shuddering several times as she reveled in the new found feelings. Her breath came in pants now and she opened her eyes to see that Edward was arching his back in the chair, moaning for one long moment before collapsing back and panting as well. The music had now stopped.

For a moment Rydia was afraid that Edward would see her, or perhaps already knew she was there. She fled from his door as quickly and as quietly as she could, back to her room and into her bed, feigning sleep in case he would seek her out. Her thoughts were a tangle now, guilt at sharing in something that was so personal without invitation, excitement at having felt such things, confusion as to what to do now, fear that she may have been seen, and even sorrow that this was something Edward could only have in his memories since Anna's death.

She wouldn't say anything to Edward, she just couldn't, but tomorrow she would gather up the courage to look him in the eyes, to see if he looked at her with anger or sadness or even...no, that would not be. She was not Anna, she had only experienced love through Anna's eyes by way of the spell. Could she ever hope for more? Tomorrow she would see, when she looked into his eyes. Until then, she drifted off into sleep, dreams of stolen memories playing through her mind.