This is chappie 2! I hope you like it. Remember, I wrote this quite a while ago! I hope I've improved since then P

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Chapter Two: The Search begins

In the morning everyone went outside near the airship Regent Cid had lent them to borrow on their quest. It was Cid's latest model, the Hilda Garde 5. It was a chilly morning, and there was fog around the area, so everyone was ready to go.

"Dagger, Doctor Tot will take good care of you until we get back…" Zidane reassured her. "And we'll be back with that plant real soon…"

"Zidane… I don't want you to go… I want you to stay here… please…" Dagger sobbed.

Zidane grabbed her hands. "Dagger… I won't be far from you… and besides, I'll be right here in your heart while I'm away…" Zidane said, pointing his hand to her chest, where her heart would be.

"And I'll write to you every day. Make sure those moogles don't run late on delivery!" Zidane said, making Dagger smile a little.

"If you ever feel alone, just sing our song. And I'll be singing it too… I promise. And I promise you I won't return without those plants… besides, when we find the first plant, we need to come back for the next passage, anyway."

"Zidane… I'll miss you so much…" Dagger said. The two hugged each other tight. "I'll miss you too… I love you so much, Dagger…" Zidane said.

"I love you too…" Dagger struggled to say, as she was trying to fight her tears.

They broke the hug and kissed goodbye, then Zidane went onto the airship where the others were waiting. Everyone waved Dagger goodbye as the airship flew off into the North-west part of the world.

Dagger and Doctor Tot stood there until the ship was out of sight.

"Come now, Garnet. The chilly weather won't be good for your illness…" Doctor Tot mentioned, so they went back into the castle.

Soon the Hilda Garde 5 was hovering above the lost continent. They landed on a grassy patch, near Esto Gaza and got out.

"I-It's so f-f-f-freezing!!" Eiko complained when they all got out.

"That's cause it's snowing you little dweeb." Amarant snorted.

"Excuse me!? What did you just call me!?" Eiko yelled.

"Guys, we gotta find that plant!" Zidane said with an angry tone. "The sooner we have that leaf the better."

"Sorry Zidane, we'll start searching!" Eiko called.

"Where should we look?" Beatrix asked everyone.

"'Near a forest and a cave…'" Zidane said to himself.

"I suggest we go near the volcano, there might be a cave nearby." Frately said.

"We must hurry!!" Steiner said. Everyone began to walk towards the big volcano, or the fire shrine.

When they got near it, there wasn't a forest nearby. Not to mention there was no grass either.

"I don't think there'd be a plant around here…" Vivi said.

"We find no tasties here!" Quina added.

"I guess we should keep looking…" Zidane said.

"Hey!! I just got an idea!! What if we all split up! We'll find the plant MUCH faster!!" Eiko yelled over the group.

"Not a bad idea, Eiko." Freya said. "Shall we split into groups?"

"I'll go on my own. I'm not getting paired up like the last time…" Amarant said.

"No one should be left on their own; you never know what monsters could be lurking all over the place." Zidane warned.

"Then how about we split into groups of 3? Then there'd be 3 different groups." Beatrix suggested.

"Sounds good to me. Now we just need to decide what groups…" Zidane said.

"How about you, me and Vivi, Zidane?" Eiko asked.

"Sounds like a group. What about you guys?"

"Beatrix and I can go with Quina." Steiner suggested.

"Are you sure about that, rusty?" Zidane asked.

"Most certain!"

"Then are you alright with your group, Amarant?" Zidane asked sarcastically.

"At least I'm not with the brat…"

"Hey! Don't you dare call me-"

"Hey, guys!" Zidane yelled.

"Garnet, you'll have to stay in bed." Doctor Tot told the sick queen.

"But I have my duties to do, Doctor Tot…"

"You are in no shape to rule a country. Consider the nest few weeks' days off for you."

"What will happen though? Who will go to all the meetings? Who will order the knights? What will happen if-"

"Garnet, everything is under control. Stress will only make your condition worse. Please try to relax…"

"… Okay, Doctor Tot…"

"Guys, we've already looked there!!" Eiko yelled at Zidane and Vivi.

"How do you know? This whole stupid continent looks the same!!" Zidane said, getting rather frustrated now.

"There's no cave on the lost continent… I wonder if Doctor Tot read the passage wrong?" Vivi pondered.

"I don't think so… maybe it's just not on the mist continent…" Zidane said, lowering his voice.

"Well, where else would it be!? There's no other island around here!!" Eiko yelled.

"Hey, what's over there?" Vivi asked the others, beginning to walk towards a slope.

"What's over where?" Eiko asked, following Vivi.

"Guys, we need to stay together!" Zidane called after them.

"But Zidane, there might be something… AHHH!!" Vivi yelled. The slope was actually a cliff!

"Vivi!" Eiko yelled.

"Eiko, don't go over the—"

"AHHH!!" Eiko cried.

"…cliff…" Zidane said to himself in utter disappointment. He walked over to the cliff and looked over the edge.

"Are you guys alright??" Zidane asked.

"Yeah… but I think we're stuck down here…" Vivi said.

"Jump down, Zidane! We gotta stay together!" Eiko called.

"What good will that do? There's nothing down there…"

"Well how are we gonna get out!?" Eiko asked.

"I dunno, maybe we should find the others…" Zidane thought.

"Zidane, you keep looking for the plant! We'll be fine here!" Vivi assured.

"I can't abandon you guys here!"

"You gotta find the plant for Dagger! If anyone can, you can!" Eiko yelled up to him.

"… But…"

"We'll be fine! Just go!" Vivi yelled.

"Okay, but I'll be back real soon for you, plant or no plant!" Zidane called, and he ran off to try and find it.

"We're getting nowhere slowly…" Amarant complained, following the 2 Burmecian residents.

"We'll find the plant, it is rare you know." Freya said.

"I've never heard of or seen the Chikalo plant in all my travels…" Frately exclaimed.

"Well maybe cause there's no such thing as a chika whatever plant…" Amarant complained.

"Doctor Tot would not lie about this, and he is very wise. I'm sure we'll find the plant if we keep looking!" Freya said.

"Well we're gonna be out here for a long time…"

"There no plant or tasties in place…" Quina sooked to the Alexandrian couple.

"Do not lose hope!! We will find the plant at any cost!" Steiner pledged.

"We've been almost everywhere… where could the plant be?" Beatrix asked.

"I say we look near the volcano!" Steiner said once again.

"We've looked there, Steiner…" Beatrix sighed.

"Where water is, plants grow!" Quina exclaimed.

"Hm… you know, you may just be right! Let's go look near the shore!" Steiner called as he headed towards the nearest beach.

From Kupo to Mosh,

Kupo, what's going on in the castle?

I heard a rumour that Queen Garnet is sick!

I hope she gets better, Kupo…

Stiltzken is going away again, Kupo.

Do you think Stiltzken will come back this time?

I wonder if Queen Garnet will ever get better, Kupo…

Well there you have it! Chappie 3 is coming soon!