TO THE GIRL WHO'S GOT IT ALL
Chapter. 9
Even though Zidane hadn't
lived in the castle for
a very long time, it still
felt strangely like home.
He smiled at the two
female guards who were
standing by the entrance,
trying their best not to
fall asleep.
He bolted up the stairs
and sneaked quietly into
the queen's bed room.
He was careful not to make
a sound in case Dagger was
sleeping. He didn't feel
much like waking her up.
The guards let him pass,
they hardly even glanced
at him. They, too, were
tired. Zidane could hear
them sniff the air behind
him, he realised that he
smelled strongly of beer.
He opened the large oak
doors carefully and slipped
inside.
The moonlight was shining
trough the window, and down
on Dagger. She was sleeping
like a baby. Beautiful as
ever before.....
Zidane found himself standing
merely watching her. He couldn't
take his eyes off her. She
looked like an angel.
Suddenly she opened her eyes
and looked at him. "....Zidane?"
she asked, her voice barely a whisper.
Startled by this sudden movement
it took him a little while
before he answered. "Sorry, did
I wake you up?"
She smiled and shook her head,
"no. I was awake already."
He sat down on the bed next
to her and kissed her gently
on her lips. Oh how he had
missed her....!
He suddenly remembered the orb
and took it out of his pocket.
"Look'ere what I got," he said,
holding it up in the moonlight.
It looked more beautiful than
ever before with the silvery
light reflecting in it.
He gave it to Dagger, "it's
for you."
She gave him a kiss and lifted
the orb carefully in her hand.
"Oh Zidane, thank you so much!
It's beautiful.... But where
did you find it? And-" she
smelled at his collar and
wrinkeled her nose slightly.
"-Why do you smell like that?"
Zidane sighed slowly, "it's
a loooong story!"
"Well, where did you find this
then? I haven't seen this thing
since.... Since a few weeks
after my fifteenth birthday."
Zidane's eyes widened. "So,
you know what it is?"
Dagger laughed, "of course
I do, silly. But like I said
it's a long time since the
last time I saw it. Not since
Kuja showed up actually...."
Zidane remembered something
Teema had told him. "yeah?
Kuja was the one who stole it
in the first place."
Dagger yawned and sat up, leaning
her back against one of the
large pillows. "How do you
know that?" she asked him, raising
an eyebrow.
"Long story. But please, do you
mind telling me what it is?"
"This orb? You bought it for
me and you don't even know
what it is?"
"Er... I thought I knew, but
it turned out I was terribly
wrong. But it was so pretty,
and I wanted to give you
something special."
She smiled one of her most
beautiful smiles. "awww...
aren't you the sweetest...
Well, alright, I'll tell
you. It's the plug to
mothers bath tub."
Zidane could feel his jaw
drop. A plug? To the queens
bath tub? He had gone trough
all this trouble for a plug?!
"But-but-but... why is it...
how could it... this can't be!"
he muttered in disbelief.
"Look, that's impossible!"
"Why is it so?"
"Because I thought it was a
'wishing-orb', and it made
some maniacs levitate when
I asked it to! Can a plug
do that? I don't think so!"
Dagger shrugged, "but it can, though.
It was created like that, so that
no one would have to get up from the tub
to get soap for example. You could
merely ask the plug, and the soap would
come flying to you. I can still
remember it. I used to love that
bath tub!"
"But-but-but...?!"
"And whenever the one in the
tub was happy, the orb would
start to glow so that it was
possible to find it trough all
the foam. See? It was a wonderful
bath tub...!"
Zidane could not believe what
he was hearing. All this for the
plug to the royal bath tub...
He wondered how Kuja had ever
gotten his hands on it. But
realised that he didn't really
want to know.
"You look so surprised," Dagger
said, glancing at her beloved.
"And you still smell awful!"
She laughed, "wanna take a bath?"
Zidane shrugged. Well, at least
he had given her something
she aprechiated, even though it
wasn't as special as he had
hoped it would be.
"Yeah, let's go take a bath,"
he said.
[Authors note: well, there you go...
You're not mad at me are you? I
told you you'd be disapointed...
Please don't kill me!]
Chapter. 9
Even though Zidane hadn't
lived in the castle for
a very long time, it still
felt strangely like home.
He smiled at the two
female guards who were
standing by the entrance,
trying their best not to
fall asleep.
He bolted up the stairs
and sneaked quietly into
the queen's bed room.
He was careful not to make
a sound in case Dagger was
sleeping. He didn't feel
much like waking her up.
The guards let him pass,
they hardly even glanced
at him. They, too, were
tired. Zidane could hear
them sniff the air behind
him, he realised that he
smelled strongly of beer.
He opened the large oak
doors carefully and slipped
inside.
The moonlight was shining
trough the window, and down
on Dagger. She was sleeping
like a baby. Beautiful as
ever before.....
Zidane found himself standing
merely watching her. He couldn't
take his eyes off her. She
looked like an angel.
Suddenly she opened her eyes
and looked at him. "....Zidane?"
she asked, her voice barely a whisper.
Startled by this sudden movement
it took him a little while
before he answered. "Sorry, did
I wake you up?"
She smiled and shook her head,
"no. I was awake already."
He sat down on the bed next
to her and kissed her gently
on her lips. Oh how he had
missed her....!
He suddenly remembered the orb
and took it out of his pocket.
"Look'ere what I got," he said,
holding it up in the moonlight.
It looked more beautiful than
ever before with the silvery
light reflecting in it.
He gave it to Dagger, "it's
for you."
She gave him a kiss and lifted
the orb carefully in her hand.
"Oh Zidane, thank you so much!
It's beautiful.... But where
did you find it? And-" she
smelled at his collar and
wrinkeled her nose slightly.
"-Why do you smell like that?"
Zidane sighed slowly, "it's
a loooong story!"
"Well, where did you find this
then? I haven't seen this thing
since.... Since a few weeks
after my fifteenth birthday."
Zidane's eyes widened. "So,
you know what it is?"
Dagger laughed, "of course
I do, silly. But like I said
it's a long time since the
last time I saw it. Not since
Kuja showed up actually...."
Zidane remembered something
Teema had told him. "yeah?
Kuja was the one who stole it
in the first place."
Dagger yawned and sat up, leaning
her back against one of the
large pillows. "How do you
know that?" she asked him, raising
an eyebrow.
"Long story. But please, do you
mind telling me what it is?"
"This orb? You bought it for
me and you don't even know
what it is?"
"Er... I thought I knew, but
it turned out I was terribly
wrong. But it was so pretty,
and I wanted to give you
something special."
She smiled one of her most
beautiful smiles. "awww...
aren't you the sweetest...
Well, alright, I'll tell
you. It's the plug to
mothers bath tub."
Zidane could feel his jaw
drop. A plug? To the queens
bath tub? He had gone trough
all this trouble for a plug?!
"But-but-but... why is it...
how could it... this can't be!"
he muttered in disbelief.
"Look, that's impossible!"
"Why is it so?"
"Because I thought it was a
'wishing-orb', and it made
some maniacs levitate when
I asked it to! Can a plug
do that? I don't think so!"
Dagger shrugged, "but it can, though.
It was created like that, so that
no one would have to get up from the tub
to get soap for example. You could
merely ask the plug, and the soap would
come flying to you. I can still
remember it. I used to love that
bath tub!"
"But-but-but...?!"
"And whenever the one in the
tub was happy, the orb would
start to glow so that it was
possible to find it trough all
the foam. See? It was a wonderful
bath tub...!"
Zidane could not believe what
he was hearing. All this for the
plug to the royal bath tub...
He wondered how Kuja had ever
gotten his hands on it. But
realised that he didn't really
want to know.
"You look so surprised," Dagger
said, glancing at her beloved.
"And you still smell awful!"
She laughed, "wanna take a bath?"
Zidane shrugged. Well, at least
he had given her something
she aprechiated, even though it
wasn't as special as he had
hoped it would be.
"Yeah, let's go take a bath,"
he said.
[Authors note: well, there you go...
You're not mad at me are you? I
told you you'd be disapointed...
Please don't kill me!]
