Forever…
by Karumi
Author's note: The second part of my fic 2/3. Hope you
enjoy reading it, as much as I enjoy writing and if you can please review.
Thanks! ^_^
Disclaimer: all FFIX
characters belong to Squaresoft.
Garnet felt as her chest began to burn and
her eyes started to watered. She check the pulse again for what seem like the
twentieth time; yet she knew the result would be the same.
Zidane was dead in her
arms; and there was nothing she could do about it. The realization of this made
her cry even more. She looked at Zidane's face; it was a little dirty and his eyes were
close, besides that, he didn't
have a scratch on him. Garnet tried to stop the tears from coming out; it hurt
so much.
She still hadn't question herself how she felt about Zidane,
she knew she cared about him and that he was someone she could trust…but did she loved him? She didn't know…and still losing him was the worst feeling she
had ever had. She didn't
even notice the storm behind her. She softly laid Zidane's head on the ground and started to take deep
breaths trying to calm down. The thunder behind her just roared louder.
~*~*~
"Your Highness! Queen
Garnet!" The guard yelled,
as he knocked harder on Garnet's
bedroom. He'd been trying to get
a response from her for the past five minutes, she wasn't responding; so he knocked even harder.
"Your Highness, are
you all right?!"
Garnet woke up with a
start; she was agitated and out of breathe. She tried to focus her mind on her
surroundings. She was in her bedroom, safe and someone was knocking very hard
on the door. "Yes? Who is it?" She called as calmly as possible.
"It's crew member Pier, your highness, I'm here to inform you that we have arrive to our
destination; and that we are currently in the process of disembarking." He finished waiting for a response from her.
Garnet took a moment
for her brain to process the information just given to her. "Thank you Pier, you may return to your post
now." Garnet answered a
little more calm now. She could hear Pier's footsteps as he left. She straighten up and
sat on the right side of her bed. "It was all a dream…a nightmare," she
thought to herself. She remembered it all …Alexandria…Kuja…Zidane…and most of all, the pain of losing him. She
stood slowly, her mind was raging, even though there was only one though; "it was only a dream…it was only a dream…it was only a dream."
She grabbed a tissue
from the drawer and wiped her sweat away. She couldn't get the dream out of her mind it was all she
could think about; and why had she dreamt it in the first place. Kuja… "Dreams…mysterious things…try to tell you something"; "what did he mean by that".
Garnet put both her
hands on her face, massaging her eyelids wit her fingertips. She couldn't think straight. Then a though came to her, an
idea; she turned off the lamp and rushed to the main deck.
~*~*~
When Garnet arrived at
the main deck, she looked around, but found no signs of the captain. She walked
over to the nearest crewmember "Excuse
me?" she tapped the man
on the shoulder, making him turn almost instantly towards her.
"Your majesty!..how…how may I help you?" the young man said, obviously nervous.
"Yes, is the captain
on board?" she asked trying to
disguise the hurry in her voice. "No, your highness; but I'm stand in captain…Captain Taylor; how may I be of service?" Garnet gave a sigh of relief when she received
the young captain's
news. Looking around she noticed only two other members of the crew at the main
deck. "How many people are
left on board?" she asked; she was
getting a little impatient now. "Only
the people in this room your highness," he replied.
"Perfect"
Garnet though. "Captain,
inform your men that we are departing with the crew on board." She ordered turning around in the direction of
her chambers. "But, your highness…" Taylor protested, regretting his words the
moment he said them. Garnet turned halfway around "can you fly this airship with the crew on
board?" she asked. Taylor
didn't hesitate "Yes, your majesty; certainly." Garnet smiled to herself. "Then I want this airship on the air in five
minutes captain; understood?"
He didn't protest this time "yes, your highness" he said and stated to yelled orders at the
other crewmembers left on the Hilda Garde.
Garnet had managed to
walk a few steps before he spoke again "Destination, your highness?" Garnet swallowed, she had made up her mind…"the Iifa Tree."
~*~*~
That's it for chapter 2. I was gonna finish the
entire story, but I'm
in the process of moving (plus summer school) and it would have been a while before
I could finished it. So I divided it in 3 chapters. I'll try to have the last chapter as soon as
possible. Thanks! for reading and happy 4th of July! ^_^