Chapter 1-
Chapter 1-Mind
Games
Dagger lay in her bed, awake....she
just couldn't sleep. Lying there, she seemed to sense some kind
of presence....as if someone...or something was watching her,
like a cobra ready to strike. But this was no ordinary presence,
it was the same feeling she felt deep inside when Kuja was near.
Watching, waiting...she knew he was there...but where?
"Garnet..." She
gasped as she heard a voice talking to her from nowhere, she wasn't
even sure if she could hear it, as it seemed that the voice was
speaking directly into her mind..."Garnet..." The
voice whispered again, calling her, calling, calling..."Who
are you?" she whispered back. "I am me. That is all,
yet 'all' is nothing." replied the voice.Garnet paused
to try and work out this egnimatic statement. "What do you
want? Why are you calling me?" "My only purpose is
to help you, Queen Garnet...my purpose is to protect you from the
one who will destroy you. I am calling you so you can stop the
angel of death before he strikes.". Again, Garnet was
confused....who would want to destroy her? Who was this 'angel of
death' the voice spoke of? "I see you do not understand,
Garnet.....get out of your bed and allow me to show you the
murderer...". Still curious and frightened about the
killer the voice told her about, she climbed out of her bed and
stood near the corner of the room. "Do not be frightened..."
the voice told her "...we are going to look into
the future..".
Garnet watched as the whole room
seemed to change before her eyes, the rippling walls seemed to be
almost liquid as she stared, the movements were almost hypnotic.
She felt a bit queasy, as if she had motion sickness as night
changed into day and then into night again, over and over, she
shut her eyes, and after what seemed to be an eternity, she felt
it stop. "Our journey has ended." She opened
her eyes as she heard that same, low voice enter her mind.
She gasped again in shock as she
saw someone lying on her bed, sleeping...but what shocked her was
that she was watching HERSELF sleeping. "Watch..." Garnet
stood there, silent. She heard the very quiet creak of a door
being opened slowly...her door. A dark figure, barely visible
even though the moon was full, crept through the door...even
though she couldn't see his face, she somehow felt that he was
familiar somehow. She kept watching as the figure walked over to
the sleeping princess, stepping right into the moonlight coming
from the window. "Zidane...?" she whispered. She
reconised him now, Zidane was there, standing next to her
sleeping future self. His honey-coloured hair was streaked with
crimson liquid...and his clothes were also covered with it.
Covered in BLOOD. But what confused her even more, was his tail....no
more than a ragged stump. Even so, he still stood there, smiling
at the sleeping girl.
"What is he doing here....?"
she said to no-one..."You will see...". Her
future self awoke, and looking up at the blood-covered youth...she
spoke."Zidane? You're alive...." .....but he only
smiled. Garnet felt her heart beat faster...she saw him drawing
his dagger..? Still smiling at her, he drew his dagger and raised
it above his head. The girl screamed as the blade shone in the
moonlight, and the blade was no longer in the air, it was in her
chest. A flash of steel, a scream, and it was all over, as she
collapsed to the floor and lay in a pool of scarlet. Zidane had
killed her. It was then Garnet's turn to scream, as Zidane jumped
through the window, laughing like he was insane.
The scene faded, and Garnet found
herself back in her own bed. "You know what you must do..."
She heard the voice again. "No.....I will never kill Zidane..."
she said back, tears filling her eyes. "Then I will save
you myself..." . She heard laughter, but it filled her
with fear...it wasn't just any laugh....it was Kuja's. She tried
to scream, but something stopped her. She then felt herself
losing control of her body, like she was being hypnotised, and
then it happened.......
Kuja smiled. It had all gone
according to plan. He wanted to laugh out loud, but he didn't
want to wake his nemesis. For what seemed like centuries he had
barely existed, just a spirit, a soul without a body. But now he
had what he needed, a body to use...and who's body better to use
to get his revenge than that of Zidane's love...his 'Dagger'.
Slowly, he crept out of the door and down the hallway...down the
hallway towards...Zidane's room. He stepped up to the chamber
door, and turned the knob slowly...so not to wake him...
He opened the door...it was
perfect. Zidane was sleeping peacefully on his bed, his dagger
resting on a nearby table. Kuja picked up the blade, he felt the
sharp edge of it....it was just right to use. Stepping over to
the bed, he smiled again as his so-called-brother slumbered...but
he wasn't going to be like that for very long. He raised the
dagger above his head, his time had come. This was his moment of
glory! He was going to finish his nemesis once and for all! He
brought the dagger down, ready to stab Zidane through the heart....but
then, just as he was about to send his foe on a one-way trip to
the pearly gates, Zidane opened his eyes. "DAGGER!" he
screamed, as he rolled out of the way. Down came the knife, and a
golden-furred tail fell to the floor. Kuja, realising he had
failed, left Garnet's body to fall to the floor.
The next morning, general Beatrix
entered the room....only to find Garnet on the floor, a tail
lying in a pool of blood, and nothing more. Zidane was gone...
TO BE CONTINUED...