The heart of a summoner

Chapter 4

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Ever since Garnet Til Alexandros 17th become Queen, the kingdom Alexandria had become the most populous kingdom. Garnet, or Dagger as her closed friends called her, was the most loved, and extremely beautiful, Queen in the history of the planet. Garnets time as Queen was nicknamed the Golden Era; mostly because it was the only time that there was jobs for everyone, so the people had nice homes and money for clothes and food. There were no thieves or beggars in Alexandria, unlike most of the other towns and kingdoms.

Most were still recovering from the war. Lives were being rebuilt like the towns and countryside. There was also the problem of the increasing number of monsters, mostly dragons, so if homes were not being built or food being harvest, people were fighting monsters. Some people turned it into a full-time job, going from town to town being paid to kill monsters.

But no one would easily forget what Garnets mother did. Who could forget the gigantic monsters that she called to destroy her enemies?

You see, Queen Brahne of Alexandria was using highly advanced magical weapons to terrorize the neighboring kingdoms. Brahne was thought of as the most ugly person to every existed and people couldn't understand how she could give birth to someone as pretty as Garnet. Of cause what most people didn't know was that the real Garnet died when she was a young child, but a few days later, when the King and Queen were walking down the beach, they found a small boat laid shipwreck. But what really caught they attention was the cries of a small girl; who look just like Garnet, but with a small horn on her forehead. The Princess grow up not knowing that she wasn't the real Garnet.

It was only when Garnet ran away did she learn of what her mother was keeping from her. Garnet ran away during a show on her sixteenth birthday to find someone who could (and would) be able to stop the Queen. She befriended a band of bandits, who were lead by a skilled thief, called Zidane, who were intending to kidnap her because they what'd to stop Brahne's desire to dominate the world. But they soon found out that the Queens plan were only a cover for something else, the people who know what it was were told by Queen Garnet not to tell a soul about it.

20 year old Queen Garnet looked towards the stage, not really paying attention to the show that was celebrating the day the Golden Era had started. Four years. Has it really been that long? Two years ago Garnet and Zidane (or no good bandit, as Adelbert Steiner called him or monkey-boy by Amarant Coral) got official married, much to the delight of the people. Everyone but Steiner and Eiko Carol; Steiner still hated Zidane for kidnapping Garnet – even though she left on her own- and Eiko was still in love with Zidane.

Over the past two years Garnet and Zidane had been trying to have a child, but were unsuccessful.

Zidane, releasing that the love of his life was not happy, look over to she if she was okay.

"Dagger, love are you okay?" he asked in a whisper. Dagger had become her pet-name, the only time he didn't call her it was when other people were around.

"I'm fine Zidane"

"You should be happy, you love these shows and everyone's here." He said stroking her light brown hair that was slowly growing to its original length, it was now midway down her back.

It was true, everyone was there. Vivi Ornitier and all his children where sitting in the front row, Freya Crescent and Pick (think that's his name) where sitting next to Vivi, Amarant Coral was siting in the shadows and even Quina Quen had managed to stop eating long enough to enjoy the show.

The performers where none other then Zidane's old group of bandits. Princess Eiko was siting next to Garnet watching the play as if it was a lifeline. Her light purple dress matching her bow, her horn was 12 inches long and still looked like it was made of gold. Garnet wished Brahne had kept her horn. In the chairs in front of the platform that Garnet and Zidane were sitting on was the King and Queen of a neighboring kingdom, Garnet's uncle and aunt. Cid (AN: is it me or is there someone called Cid in nearly all FF games?) looked older since he toke in Eiko, but looked happier than Garnet could remember; her aunt still look beautiful in her pale purple dress that look like a bigger version of Eikos', not that anyone cared.

All of a sudden there was a loud noise and a bright white light from behind the thrones that caught everyone's attention. When the light started to disappear everyone could see an old, worn out looking man who's aura cried power. A strange looking sword hanging from his wrist.

But what really caught peoples attention was the small bundle in his arms that was making a whimpering noise.

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