Chapter four here. I got inspired by my two favorite reviewers for this story and could wait my usual week to update.

Shout Out Time.

First is Sky Mage. I'm glad the fact that I updated made you happy and brightened up your day. Sorry it was a bad day to begin with but I'm glade I could help. I also had no problem with Lead's review. That is his opinion and everyone has them. I just wanted to explain that when my Stories come out however I see them they come out that way even if I want them to be different. I also don't think it was a flame. Flames are when people tell you that your story sucks or something like that for no reason. What Lead did I consider constructive criticism and I improve my writing through that. As to next chapter well here it is. I totally know what it's like to have chronic writers block that's why the last chapter took so long getting up. Hope you get out of it. Can't wait to see the new Nightshade and I understand about Broken Hearts, everyone has to do that occasionally so I wont be sad. Thanks for clearing that up about you two with you being the editor. Thank you also for your input about who should get some love. I never thought about that for the black waltzes I may do that but unfortunately I cant do that with who I was asking for as that would be so wrong….can't tell you why, it would give away a big part of the story. Finally thank you for asking about the place of Storms. I didn't think about where it was until you asked and then I was like 'Dame Where is the place of storms' and pulled up a world map of FFIX. It is going to be located in the mist ocean. Thanks again and I so love you and your partner in crime reviews.

Second is Lead. Yes lots of yelling and chaos. Bad for certain people like pregnant woman and sensitive people. I understand what you mean about Zidane but he is a father know and has other duties. That's why he gave in to Rusty so easily….for now. I'm also sorry but I think you are going to be disappointed with my two Black Waltzes and my rendition of the normal ones by the end of this. I hope you like them a little when I get them up thou. Also I know what you mean about Zidane and Amarant being two of the best character to ever be made but only one of them is going to get major screen time, sorry. As to Vivi we will just have to see. Also you didn't upset me about Eiko, You just gave me your opinion and advice. I take that as constructive criticism that I consider and usually use to improve my writing. I don't know if she will be childish or not to honest. We just have to see how she unfolds.

Thanks for the reviews you two. Hope you keep reading. Now on to the story.

I own NOTHING except the idea and two OCs.

Chapter Four: A Moment Between Friends and Some New Info.

After the events of two days ago everyone had settled down. Freya unfortunately had to return to Burmecia and to her duties. If she could have gotten away from them she would have stayed to help but that wasn't possible in her position.

Quina was….well Quina was off some where. You just never know with that one.

Steiner was off training the guards. He no longer did active duties since he had a kid on the way and was 43 now.(A/N) He trained the new generation and his successor for when he retires for good. He still is Garnets personal guard along with Beatrix. Though Beatrix is on maternity leave until the baby is born giving Steiner more work protecting the Queen and his wife.

Zidane was still no where to be seen. Garnet says he is at the top of the castle but considering that no one was allowed up there except the royal family no one knew for sure.

Garnet kept up with her regular routine. She accepted that there was no way she could participate in this adventure and wasn't going to dwell on it. She was going to put all her trust in her friends to take care of Vivi.

Amarant had disappeared to who knows where. Eiko assured everyone that he wasn't far off and that if he was needed then he would show up.

Eiko was trying to stay chipper and upbeat about the whole situation. They had taken down the Lifa tree, defeated a queen and her army, defeated guardians to open a path way to another world and defeated a crazy lunatic saving two worlds in the process. She was confident that they could save Vivi.

Vivi had been avoiding people since the day he was brought back. You could find him in a secluded area staring off into nothing. No one knew what he was thinking when he got like this but most just left him alone. Eiko was the only one to try and pry into his thoughts when he got like this. In fact she was looking for him now.

She was running up and down the corridors of the castle looking for him. There was no way she was going to let her best friend sulk and mope about this all on his own. She was going to be there for him when ever he needed her.

She stopped when her ears caught something. It was faint but she was sure that that was Vivi humming. Following her ears to the source of the sound she found Vivi in his room looking out the window at the setting sun. She smiled as she saw him sitting there. After all these years he was still fascinated with the simple things. She walked over and sat down next to him startling him from his trance.

"It's a beautiful sun set." She commented as she turned to look at him. He just turned back to the window watching as the sun continued to go down.

"It is but….I feel like I have seen a better one somewhere."

"You mean like from your unknown past?" At that Vivi jumped and turned to look at Eiko again. She just smiled and looked out the window again. "I know you still haven't remembered your past from before your grandpa and that you gave up when you found out about it from Kuja. But finding out that Kuja wasn't your creator is making you wonder if he told the truth about you doesn't it?" She asked as the sun continued to get lower and lower.

Vivi just fidgeted in his seat as Eiko became quiet. It was true that he wasn't so sure anymore, but then if he wasn't created by Kuja what was his past? "I thought I finally had the answers I was always looking for…and…if-if that was my past I didn't want to remember, but now…"

"Now you want to find the truth and remember don't you?"

Vivi gave Eiko a grateful look. He couldn't always figure out how he wanted to say something but she always knew what he wanted to say.

"What's wrong?"

Vivi jumped and turned to look at Eiko again. "Wh-what?"

She frowned at him. "You're humming your melody again, so what's wrong?"

Vivi just smiled at her even if she couldn't see it. "Nothings wrong. I was just thinking that it may jumpstart my memory and I have been feeling down a bit lately."

Eiko reached over and took his hand. "You don't have to worry. We will find a way to fix this and then you don't have to worry or feel down so cheer up a bit ok." She gave him a smile when he turned his head to face her. She would find a way to cure him even if she has to do it on her own.

Vivi turned his head to look out the window again. The sun was almost out of sight and there was only minute's left until it disappeared for the night. Truth was he wasn't down about his predicament. He should be, by all right that is what should be bothering him but….he couldn't stop thinking about Eiko. He could live with never being with her but no one new what happened when you stopped. Would he be aware of his surroundings or not? He didn't think he could handle never seeing her again but that very well might happen to him. He hoped that wasn't the case.

They sat like that together in silence even after the sun went down and it got dark. They didn't move until it was time for dinner. Then they walk down together neither noticing that they sill held each others hand.

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Every one ate diner together and just enjoyed each others company like they always did. As people finished and were about to retire to their rooms for the evening Dagger stopped them. "Doctor Tot had something he wanted to tell us in the library. He said it was important."

Groaning and yawning everyone filed down the hall to the library to see what was so important that it couldn't wait until morning. As they got there they found Doctor Tot leaning over a book on the table muttering to himself.

"Hey doc, what did you want us for?" Big Red asked for everyone.

The doctor jumped at hearing someone in the room with him and turned around. Seeing as it was only them he relaxed visible and turned back to his book. "Well yes. Good to see you all could make it. I found the most fascinating thing while I was trying to find the village of the black mage inventor." He turned to them holding the book open in front of him. Looking at them he gestured to the chairs and couches in the room. "Please sit this may take awhile and it is also a bit shocking if I do say so myself."

Everyone that was present went over to the sitting area. Amarant stood leaning against the wall behind Eiko. Steiner and Beatrix sat on one of the couches. Garnet sat in a stuffed high back chair and pulled her feet up to get comfortable. Eiko sat on a similar chair while Vivi sat on the floor next to her chair.

Once everyone was settled Doctor Tot continued. "While I was searching I found a passage in one of the books referring to a village called Molan. The passage stated that the village of the black mages was difficult to find and get to. Now I found this intriguing since the book I found the passage in was over 200 years old."

"Doctor Tot, how could that be? We all have been to the black mage village and it is relatively new and easy to get to." Garnet asked from her position.

"Unless Kuja was working with notes written by a long dead person." Amarant stated from his position against the wall. Eiko drooped at that suggestion. If that was true then helping Vivi was going to be harder then anyone thought.

"Yes well I thought the same thing to until I relooked at Kuja's book. He seemed to know the man personally. So I did some looking around and found the most extraordinary thing your highness. The black mages weren't invented, they were actually a close cousin to your original people. Some tragedy befell them many years ago and they disappeared from the world. Then about three generations after that another entry showed up about them. With that in mind I started looking for entries about the Molan village and found that it is located on an island located in the mist ocean. The mist ocean is so dense with mist it is no wonder that we have never found it before."

"But if that's the case how are we suppose to find it?" Vivi asked genuinely curious about a second black mage village.

"Well there is this item called the guiding stone. It apparently is a fragment of a stone in that village that has strange properties. Take a piece of the stone and they will call to each other in some way. Once they are back together the main stone will take the smaller fragment into it and become seamless again, also-"

"Thank you Doctor Tot but where do we find the Guiding stone?" Garnet asked stopping her old mentor from going on a tangent about something no one understood.

Doctor Tot just stared at the queen for a moment before answering. "Well I thought that would have been obvious dear. You and the young princess each have a piece of the guiding stone."

"We do?" Eiko asked as everyone looked up startled by that. What could it be that they had that was the guiding stone.

"Yes dear. Garnets necklace and your matching stone are guiding stones. Alexandria was always very open to other cultures in ancient times and as I said before they were practically your cousin race so it makes sense. Also if you remember your stones have called to each other on occasion."

Thinking back it was true. The first time their stones called to each other was shortly after Dagger was crowned queen and the city was under attack.

"So this means we can leave in the morning." Amarant stated.

"Why yes you can. Your majesty shell I get a boat arranged for them?"

"Yes Doctor Tot please do, and as for you if you're going to leave in the morning you should get a good nights sleep."

Amarant grunted and pushed himself off the wall. "Come on kids you need to get to bed." With that he left with Eiko trailing behind him after she jumped up.

Vivi stayed a little longer with his adopted parents talking to them. Who knew when he would be able to see them again if ever. After awhile he wondered into his room to go to bed and when he went to sleep the melody of his forgotten past lulled him to sleep.

Tomorrow will be the start of a new adventure for them all.

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Ok first off I Just realized how old Steiner is having his first kid. I am sorry for any one who finds this disturbing I really didn't plan that one out to well. I don't even know how old his wife is.

Second I know those stones might be for something else but for my story that is what it is. I did warn you all that it had been awhile since I played this game all the way back in the first chapter.

Third the melody that Vivi knows will be a major part of this story and I will be putting up a link to the song soon.

Forth Molan is Irish for servant of the storm. When I name things I try to give them appropriate names. If you want Garths name meaning just ask and I'll put it in the next chapter but I wont always give you the meaning right away. Don't want to give away the plot threw names.

That's it so merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone.