Title: Word of the Day v. FFIV
Author: Garnet Eyes
Archived: fanfiction .net, livejournal .com
Last Updated: 26 Feb 2011
Summary: 25 August 1999 edition.
Rating: K+
Characters/Pairings: Cecil, Kain, Rosa
Author Notes: parvenu, noun;
1. One that has recently or suddenly risen to a higher social or economic class but as not gained social acceptance of the others in that class; an upstart.
adjective;
1. Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
Disclaimers: Final Fantasy IV is owned by Square-Enix and I in no way, shape, or form profit off of my writing. This is simply for my own pleasure, and may at any time be removed and/or modified as I see fit.
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Cecil had always been up against severe opposition growing up. Not directly from adults or court nobility, but from their children, which had bothered Kain even then because he was the eldest of his friend circle and knew that the kinds of things being said to Cecil were not what children would think up on their own. Yes, the prince was adopted, but he was not a mongrel and he had never thought that he was owed a single thing. It had taken Kain and Rosa a long, long time to break Cecil from his shell but the bloodless prince had always had a need to prove to himself that his liege had not been wrong in adopting him. That those idiots called sweet, idealistic Cecil a stray dog was reprehensible and both blondes were perhaps a bit overzealous in their support of their friend. Not that the adopted prince couldn't stand up for himself, but the white-haired youth took a different tact in silencing his opposition.
Nowadays, no one questioned Cecil's rights as a royal of Baron, for he had grown into a beautiful man with a sharp mind and a strong presence. Be it dark knight or paladin, there was no question who would claim victory in a duel, nor whose strategies would accomplish the most. King Odin had not made a mistake in taking Cecil under his wing and not one man or woman could argue that point after the years that Cecil spent proving to himself, and by proxy everyone else, that he was worthy of his position.