Believe it or not, this is a really fluffy chapter! Written by yours truly-Skye Mage! Yeah I leave all the gore up to Lead to deal with! XD Here No. Three dwells in despair but thankfully he is visited by a plucky little chocobo! Yeah, a chocobo! Weird huh? One second he is rippin up some crazy shit, the next he is petting chocobos..your probably all like 'what the hell kinda fic is this?' hah! Well hope you enjoy!
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I own nothing from Final Fantasy IX; it is property of Square Enix. Jewelette and her chocobos are OCC created by moi.
Chapter Two: Nowhere to go
The next day felt as long as a decade.
The only clue to his forgotten identity was that he been some sort of mage. He attempted it and easily created a ball of fire in his clenched fist and froze the water in the chicken yard with a simple ice spell.
This had excited him but in the end he hit another dead end.
Okay, he knew how to cast magic..what now?
He dressed up in his savior had cleaned and mended. With Jewelette's assistance to pull on his jacket, for his wings had a hard time fitting through the slits on the back. But once it was on, he marveled how it fit so perfectly almost as if it was made specially for him and him alone
..which it probably was..
Within one of his inner pockets he found a small crystal orb that glowed in his palm. He had no idea of what it was, neither did Jewelette. But he held onto it, just in case it was important.
He had spent the remainder of the next day and a half-lost in thought, yet there was nothing to think about really so often he immersed himself in an almost meditative state while standing among the chickens pecking at his feet.
He preferred to be outside, the cramped air inside didn't set well in his lungs. The wounded mage felt so lost. It was among the worst feelings in this world to forget whom you are and with nothing to go on at all save for a ragged steepled hat and a blue cloak with a feathered collar.
He had come from seemingly nowhere, with nowhere to go.
That afternoon he plodded across the old lady's property eyes cast down at the wet ground, thinking off nothing in particular, when he came up upon a chocobo. He recognized her as Lola (Jewelette introduced him after he had gotten out of bed when the bright yellow bird poked her head through the open kitchen window) and her baby (he assumed) for it looked like a miniature version of her, only the feathers were a pale yellow-almost white, not like the lemon-gold plumage of the mother.
He stood several yards from them. The mother looking up watching him intently.
..She must've thought I was sneaking up on her, he mused to himself..
She gave a short snort at him and her crest went slightly down which did not look like a good sign. He was backing up slowly, not wanting to get tangled up with a four hundred pound bird that looked like she can decapitate him with her razor sharp beak in a single stroke, when the baby looked up from her meal and spotted the stranger.
Curious she took several steps from her mother toward the retreating mage, giving him a sort of "I'll beat you within an inch of your life if you dare and try anything." Glare.
Black Waltz Three had almost replied "Yes ma'am."
The two birds trotted over-well the baby bird more likely charged over to him, almost knocking the startled mage close she was no taller than his knee, enormous black eyes gazed up into his own, looked like she was trying find his face within the darkness. Meanwhile the mother circled him slowly sniffing him out-the Waltz froze expecting the larger bird to dig her beak into the back of his neck if he made the slightest move. But she sensed no ill will from this man; nevertheless she watched his every move intently.
..Well, at least she's doing her job, he thought with a smile..
The baby was eager to become friends with the visitor, she whined softly up at him stretching her short little wings and rubbed her head against his deformed hand. He stood there and watched her repeat the action unsure what she was doing.
Slowly he knelt down all the way into the dew soaked grass-he still towered over her-and cautiously reached up to stroke the side of the baby's neck.
He was expecting the mother to lunge forward and bite off his talon, but she didn't.
The baby's feathers felt so soft beneath his rough fingers, the little bird seemed to like this for she stretched out her neck and made this soft little noise in her throat. His hand traveled up under her pearly-grey beak and scratched under her chin lightly. Her sudden whine startled him and she flapped her wings again. He understood this was her way of expressing her delight.
The waltz felt something stir within him as he looked down at the baby chocobo, a sensation he had never before felt in his known life
..Truly it was the first time he had ever felt this..
An emotion welling up within his breast, that made him grin down at the bird-child, he began to laugh-
A light little giggle escaped his lips, a bell-like thrill that rolled over his tongue and out into the sweet condensed air. The baby whined along with him, it was not a poor unhappy whine it was full of laughter and the love of this new life she was currently exploring.
How long he sat petting the frisky little chocobo he had no idea...Its seemed forever, but this sort of thing made him feel joyful made him forget the oppressive worry of not knowing who he was.
"You are a pretty little girl aren't you?' he asked "such a pretty girl.."
..Or boy..
"Or-are you a boy chocobo?"
The baby whined
"I just cannot tell I'm no expert on telling a chocobo's gender, you see"
The baby whined as if to laugh, if the mother had eyebrows she would've raised them.
'But you look too pretty to be a boy, how about I call you girl for now, I hope you do not mind, would you?"
He began to think that she did understand him, for she nodded her head at his reply. He laughed
"O-kay then, a girl it is!" he laughed again, the 'little girl' chocobo joining in.
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Okay yeah, really sappy chapter-nothing you'd probably expect after a fight to the death huh? Well this proves to be very important later on..in ten chapters or so! XD Hope you enjoyed it! Reviews are most appreciated!