Prologue

Prologue

[A/N- The only Adelbert Steiner biology in existence! Wooooo! The title refers to a fic about his parents. Once this is done I'll write that one. IF you ask nicely. ^_^]

His mother always had many suitors when she was young. So it was no surprise to any one when she became pregnant. Except maybe her father. Her father, basically, threw a tantrum. He demanded to know who had impregnated his daughter. But she never said who the father was. The son of the union was named Adelbert.  When Adelbert was three, he and his mother were kicked out of the house. So they went to live in the slums.

          Life was hard, but they were happy. Two weeks after their relocation, Adelbert's mother adopted a street rat. Literally. The rat was a native of Burcemia. The rat's name was Sheera. Sheera couldn't remember her last name. Nor how she had come to live in Alexandria.  One day, when Adelbert and Sheera were six, they were exploring  near the Mist. There they found someone very special.

          They found Kalli. Kalli was a female Black Waltz. None of the newly formed trio knew this however. The Trio(as they were now called) had many adventures as they grew up. Sheera learned bits and pieces of how to be a Dragoon, Adelbert learned parts of how to be a Knight, and Kalli learned all there was to know about mages. White mages, red mages, blue mages, green mages, black mages, and even the summoner tribe. The poor and middle classes knew to go to Kalli for magical questions. The rich totally ignore her.

          This story is about their greatest adventure. Their adventure through time and space. The adventure when they searched for Adelbert's father. They answers they found were going to affect the past, the present, but mostly the future.

          The lady sighed as she watched her children disappeared into the crowd. She knew it was time, but she missed they so much. They hadn't even left Alexandria yet! She didn't know how she was going to stand  three years of this. She just didn't know. She blinked as a fresh wave of loneliness washed over her. A sob escaped her throat. Crying bitterly she slid down to the floor. She had lost everything now. Her birth right, her love, her home, and now her son and adopted daughters.

"Guardians, protect my children. They are still so young. Please bring them back safely." She coked out.

{As always} voices whispered in her mind. {He is our secret hope} {If all goes as planned…}

"I know I know" she sobbed over and over. It didn't stop her worrying.

In fact, it made it worse.

Why should she, of all people, trust Eidolons?