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I should explain the situation first:
Zidane: Supposedly Dead
Dagger: Running Away
Vivi: Kidnapped
Amarant: Living with Freija
Freija: Living with Amarant
Steiner/Beatrix: Same.. guardians of castle
Eiko: Lives in Castle
Quina: Traveling
Inside Garnet's Bookbag:
Eidolon Necklace
Tiger Rod
Picture of Zidane
Picture of all her friends
Eidolon Gems
Wet black hair clinging to wisps of wind and rain blew
behind a beautiful young face.. Eyes of almond, lips of rose and skin of snow
ran through Evil Forest. Delicate hands gripped the sleeves of her blouse to
keep atleast a little warm. Running away from the castle seemed to be her only
choice, after learning Zidane was killed on King Ed. Plains. Dim white light was
close yet so far, as she ran faster and faster to get away from it all.
Finally reaching the end of the petrified forest,
Princess Garnet took off her rain hat and looked around. It had stopped raining,
but she had no idea where to go. It was still dark even though it was early
morning. Dagger, who decided to go by her alias, found a quiet little cave to
the east. She tried to make a fire, but to no avail. It was rather cold in
there, blue puffs of wind scattered the cave. As she ventured into it, she
realized it was Ice Cavern! The place she and Zidane.. went through.. She
wouldn't think of it! Not now.. she shook her head and held back tears, climbing
up a steep hill. Garnet's silent brown eyes were glazed with crystal tears,
making it hard to see. She fell down the cliff after tripping on a stone.
"Hey! Girl!" Garnet woke up to a burst of pain
in her head and to see a young boy standing over her. "Nice ones! Heh!"
he cackled, looking at her chest. Garnet blinked for a moment, wondering where
she was. As if the boy read her thoughts, "You're in Dali. I rescued you.
Hehehe! So what's your name?" Garnet sat up a little. "Uhh..
Dagger," she replied, looking around. For some reason this looked
familiar.. "Is this the Dali Inn?" The boy nodded, and Garnet was
suprised. She got up and thanked the boy and left. Somewhere she heard a little
boy crying.. Vivi? She withdrew to the well and peered inside.. lo and behold--VIVI!!
"Vivi!" Dagger shouted. "Are you alright?!"
"D-dagger?" Vivi answered timidly. "Yes! Yes, it's me. Hold on,
I'll get you out!" Dagger threw down a bucket she found near the well,
pulling Vivi up in it. She hugged him tight. "No time for questions,"
Dagger said, spotting an airship in the distance.
Passing through the garden, Garnet spotted something on
the floor. Picking it up, she tried to scratch the dust off it. "Alexan..wants
y...ncess Ga..dane is...t dead..." she read aloud. She tossed it into her
backpack, thinking it was maybe and Alexandrian coin. Up ahead she spotted a
cargo airship ready to take off, so like Zidane showed her she hopped up the
ladder and onto the deck. Taking out her coin again, she washed it in a little
puddle that was on the deck. It bounced off her leg and into the darkness of the
sky. Garnet sighed, wishing she knew what it said.
"So.." she looked at Vivi." What happened?
"W-well.." the little mage began, "I-I was walking around outside
the c-castle and these odd men took me and t-threw me in a crate. Next t-thing I
know, you were there over me and I was in a w-well." Garnet thought for a
minute. "Well.. I thought Zidane was dead, I was told this. So I went out
to search for him, and I found you!" Vivi just stood there. "Zidane..
dead..?" Garnet sighed. "Let's just go to sleep.." Vivi also
sighed and rested his head against Garnet's bookbag. They fell asleep and woke
up the next moring in a heap in the alleys of Lindblum.
"How'd we get here?" Garnet mumbled as she
slowly woke up. She grabbed a note pinned to Vivi's hat. It read, "Two
Travelers: Please ask before getting on someone else's airship! BASTARDS. -
Alexandrian Cargo" Garnet sighed.. she was kind of glad they were kicked
off, or she'd be back in Alexandria. Vivi shifted a little and woke up, too.
"Where are w-we..?" he uttered. Garnet said, "We're in Lindblum.
Read this note." She handed the note to him. After he read it, he sighed
and dropped it. "Y-you know.." he started, "We should head to
Gizamaluke. Maybe he can help us." Garnet agreed and the two ventured
through Lindblum, stopping to buy potions, to the gate. Vivi led the way as they
ventured across the Eunorus plains to Gizamaluke's Grotto. Once they got there,
Garnet said, "This is so weird.. we're following the path we took when we
went on our adventure.. you, me, Zidane, everyone.." Vivi agreed. They went
inside to see what was to await them
As soon as they got in, they were captured by Burmecian
soldiers and led to Master Gizamaluke. "Oh!" the master said,
"This is Princess Garnet til Alexandros 17th, please unhand her and her
mage!" The guards did as they were told and ran off. "What brings you
here, Majesty?" Garnet told him the story of her running away and Vivi told
the story of his kidnapped terror. "Why.. that IS odd, indeed,"
Gizamaluke pondered. "Zidane passed through here.. maybe a few weeks
ago?" Garnet squeeled in delight; Vivi widened his eyes. "I believe he
said he was headed to Burmecia to search for Freija. He told me she was missing
and that he knew Alexandria needed her, so he packed his bags and left. He told
Beatrix to tell you that he was on a journey." The two travelers just stood
there, mouthes gaped. Gizamaluke shifted in the water. "I do have airships
to take you to Burmecia.. would you like to go?" "Definatly!"
They both said at the same time. Gizamaluke instructed them to follow a tunnel,
where they found Burmecian soldiers and a large airship. "Safe journies!"
Gizamaluke said from below as they lifted off into the sunset.
In about an hour, they found themselves at the Burmecian
gates. "Here we are.." Garnet sighed, "Our fate is calling us
inside.. let us withdraw!" They thanked the Burmecian soldiers and went in.
They went through a large tower and appeared in a courtyard. There was a note
pinned to the door: "Friends of Burmecia, this is Freija and Amarant
speaking. We've joined forces with Zidane; he has learned Princess Garnet was
missing from the castle. We have dedicated our lives to go find her. Thank you.
- Freija and Amarant" Scibbled on the bottom was, "Garnet, my love, if
you ever find this, please know no matter what, I will love you forever. -
Zidane" Garnet's eyes welled up with tears as she read it. "D-don't
cry, Dagger.." Vivi offered. "We'll j-just have to follow them."
Garnet nodded and took the note with her and put it in her bookbag.
"Oh!" Vivi shouted. "Docter Tot might know!" Garnet's eyes
lit up. "Yes! We must go see him in Treno! But where is that..?" Vivi
sat down for a minute. "Hmm.. let's go to Summit Station and see."
