Chapter Two
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for Adalia, Adalia's Song and the idea for my story.
We've got these chains that hang
around our necks,
people want to strangle us with them before
we take our first breath.
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same
When temptation calls we try to look away
Barenaked Ladies
What A Good Boy
Loneliness. Everyday since Nida was very young that was all he had known.
His parents had abandoned him when he was eight, leaving him to die on the
streets of Galbadia. Nida had been all alone and scared, until he saw the bright
lights of Galbadia Garden from a distance. Nida had grabbed his broad sword (a
parting gift from his parents) and headed off to Garden. When he reached
Galbadia Garden, Nida was accepted and brought in to Garden to begin training as
a SeeD. Five years later Nida got wind of a rumour that his parents were back and
looking for him. Nida sent in a transferral application that very day.
Even now, eleven years after his parents had left him, Nida still couldn't
forgive them for what they did.
Nida Kisargi kept his eyes on the prize, until Rinoa came into the picture.
From the moment Nida felt her presence, he had wanted her. But Nida knew that
she was meant for Squall, and so Rinoa had unknowingly and unintentionally left
Nida alone.
Dreams die hard and Nida found that he was still attracted to Rinoa. That
was the reason he had volunteered to go and save Rinoa himself, even though
there were still the SeeDs left in the Garden who had went to Balamb Hotel earlier
this morning. Nida had moved the Garden from Balamb to Trabia as a safety
precaution.
The first thing Nida did was go and hunt for a chocobo in the Chocobo
Forest north of Trabia Garden, them he sat back for a moment to think of places
where Seifer could hide. Galbadia, Timber and Dollet were out of the question for
they were all planning to war with one another. Winhill and Balamb were too small
to keep a low profile for a character such as Seifer Alsmay. FH was out because
because the citizens had been put on alert, and if they discovered Seifer then
they'd announce his position to the whole world, something someone like Seifer
wouldn't want. Esthar would be a sensible spot for him to hide, but after the
Second Sorceress War they had made absolutely sure that there was no way into
the country except for the air station. That meant that the only place left was the
Centra continent.
Nida looked up at the sky, and it assured him that it was going to be a beautiful day.
Nida urged his chocobo into a fast, ground-covering pace, as he sat back and enjoyed the scenery
of the Trabia Snowfield, Esthar Forests, Esthar Plains, the ocean, Kashabald desert and the
plains of Centra that surrounded him.
Nida felt a warm, north eastern breeze ruffle through his locks and caress his face like a
long lost lover. It carried the smell of this springtime, and a thousand spring times before it.
His chocobo warbled happily as it felt the warm noon time sun on its feathers,
welcoming the spring time in all it's glory.
Nida urged his chocobo into a run, feeling his heart begin to pound faster with the
anticipation of a potential confrontation. 'Rinoa might be here; then I'll take her back to the
Commander. I won't be known as the SeeD that didn't cut it now! I'll show them, and I don't
need to defeat a sorceress to do so!' Nida thought to himself.
The chocobo seemed to wark in agreement, then sped up, hurtling toward certain
adventure and filled with the gravity and joy of being alive.
Nida felt his pulse begin to race even faster as he spotted the squat stone building that
served as Edea's orphanage.
When he got closer, Nida dismounted his chocobo and ran around to the back of the
building, hearing the shocked voices of several children and Edea trying to usher them into the
house.
The children were just stock still, gazing at something out in the distance. Nida followed
their gaze, looking over at two figures that were conversing in the field, one of them was very
familiar.
* * * * *
"A...a sorceress?" Seifer stuttered as he took a step back, knowing from
experience to be wary of sorceresses.
Adalia frowned. That wasn't exactly the answer she was looking for. She
had told him the truth, what more did he want?
Was this proving the Great Hyne wrong? She had always told Adalia that the
only thing that drives humans is the truth. All great quests had started out as a
simple search for the truth. It cannot be said (unless lying through the teeth) that
a quest for something didn't involve finding the truth on some level.
"Yes," she said finally, "I am a Sorceress, and I need your help."
"Seifer just stood there for a second, taking the information in. Seifer
suddenly to begin to panic inside his own mind. Why does she want me to help?
Is she going to bend me to her will like all the other sorceresses? Why am I
making the decision of whether she's dangerous or not by myself? Cid, Edea, help
me!
Seifer shot a quick backward glance. Edea had taken the children inside,
yet Cid had stayed outside to see what this girl wanted, concern etched on to his aging face.
"I..." Seifer began, then he looked into Adalia's vibrant blue eyes and knew he
couldn't say no to her. "I will join you on your quest, Sorceress Adalia," Seifer
said as he dipped into a deep bow.
"You!" Seifer heard a voice exclaim from behind him. Seifer turned around,
expecting to see Cid, but instead came face-to-face with Nida.
"You bastard!"Nida exclaimed as he swung a fist at Seifer. Seifer was taken
by surprise and the punch connected , sending Seifer to the ground. Nida may
have appeared weak, but he threw a powerful punch.
Seifer pulled the Hyperion out of it's sheath at his side and charged at Nida,
when all of a sudden he ran into what seemed like a barrier, though no physical
obstruction could be seen.
"I stopped your fighting before it got worse," Adalia said matter-of-factly
from behind Seifer, smug with the feeling that she could perform such feats that these mortals
could not.
"Who...who are you?" Nida stuttered, amazed at the power and the beauty
of this woman, yet fearful at the same time.
Adalia gave him a cold look. "I was just about to leave with Seifer when you
arrived."
Nida was confused. "You didn't answer my question at all, not even close."
"That's because you asked the wrong one," Adalia replied, sighing that she had to explain
everything to these humans.
"Oh, and what exactly is the right question?" Nida asked, starting to become
pissed off at this woman who had stopped him from fulfilling his wish for revenge.
"A mixture between what are you doing here? and where do you think
you're going? Actually, I don't quite know the correct question," Adalia giggled at
her own foolishness. "Besides, you're going to come with Seifer and I, aren't
you?"
"No," Nida said abruptly, "First, I have no idea who you are, though I have a
pretty good idea of what you are. Second, I'm in the middle of some important
business. Lastly, Seifer kidnapped and is holding hostage Rinoa Heartilly!"
"So? Why is that so important to you?"Adalia asked, becoming fascinated
by this other man, who housed so much passion though was a bit slow.
Nida felt a blush creep up his neck. "Because...uhhh...it's a direct order
from Commander Leonhart!" Nida finally managed to get out.
"Well, as much as I hate to be the bringer of bad news," Seifer said with a
grin not unlike that of the Cheshire cat, "But Rinoa isn't here. I thought that
Leonhart himself would show up, but I guess she doesn't mean that much to him."
Nida's blood began to boil as he balled his hand into a fist to smash Seifer's
smiling face. Adalia, sensing the tension in the air, tried to dispel it.
"Well, since it seems that you shall have to report back to Commander
Leonhart anyway, I suggest that we all travel together, for added protection." She suggested,
hoping that it would take their minds off beating each other.
"I don't need any protection," Seifer growled, looking evilly at Nida and feeling an almost
overwhelming need for revenge against the man that had took a cheap shot at him.
"No Seifer, the protection is for me," Adalia said, pointing out what she
thought was obvious.
"You're a sorceress, aren't you?" Nida blurted out. Adalia nodded.
"Hmm...then I guess you will need protection, though not from the creatures
lurking around."
Adalia was slightly confused by this, for although she watched this world rise
from primeval sludge, she still didn't know what society found acceptable.
Seifer went into the house and told Edea and the orphans goodbye before
coming back outside to thank Cid for his hospitality, but he had to go.
Then the party set out, Adalia slightly ahead with Seifer and Nida flanking
her on either side. Since there were a few oceans in between Trabia Garden and
Edea's house, they all decided that they would ride chocobos through the
mountains into the Kashabald desert and around the "shields" of the Esthar
continent, through the forests to the stretch of shallow water that connected
Esthar and Trabia.
After they had gotten the chocobos from the nearby forest, they set out.
Nida led the party through the winding mountain trails and through the barren desert.
Nida stopped his chocobo at the edge of the desert where sand met sea,
and scanned the horizon. A frown descended upon his gorgeous face.
"So what do we do now, genius?" Seifer asked sarcastically, knowing that
chocobos couldn't cross deep waters. He began to seriously wonder why this man got into SeeD.
"Dammit," Nida muttered under his breath, then looked up and addressed
Seifer and Adalia. "It must be high tide. The Choco Boy warned me of this,"
"Well of all the..." Seifer started then began to utter a string of curses.
"I think we may have to camp here, though it's only mid-afternoon. What do
you say, Adalia?" Nida asked, turning to face Adalia. She was just sitting there,
eyes closed and seemingly deep in thought. Then all of a sudden she opened her
eyes and they flared a bright yellow.
The chocobos began to wark in alarm and Nida could no longer see the chocobo's
feet touching the ground.
"What the...?" Nida heard Seifer remark before turning around his now
airborne chocobo. He looked at Adalia. "Oh, right. The sorceress thing. I
gotcha,"
"Shall we go?" Adalia said, looking at Nida with her now blue eyes. Nida
nodded and spurred his chocobo onward, toward their distant destination.
By the time the chocobos reached the crater by Trabia Garden, dusk was
beginning to fall and the chocobos were tired and warking their misery to the world.
"How far is your Commander from here?" Adalia asked as she "landed" her
chocobo on the snow covered ground.
"Not far," Nida replied, "We could just walk to the Garden."
"Garden?"
"Yeah, it's the establishment where the Commander works."
"Oh, ok. I think we should let these chocobos go now,"
"If we let go of these chocobos then we'll have to face monsters," Nida
warned, wondering if Seifer and Adalia would turn on him and leave him alone to face the
monsters himself.
"Well it would be about time we had some excitement," Seifer grumbled.
The trio began to walk, but then they heard something crashing through the
nearby forest. Seifer and Nida withdrew their weapons just as a ruby dragon burst
from the forest.
Adalia stepped back a bit to see how they fought with dragons which she
had become so familiar with. She did not want to get in their way.
"What's a ruby dragon doing over this way?!" Nida exclaimed as one of the
dragon's clawed feet that would have severed his head from his neck just missed
him because he had jumped back.
"I don't know, let's just take it out!" Seifer yelled.
Seifer went straight for the neck, but the dragon's teeth kept him away from
it. Nida, who had sneaked around the dragon, took this opportunity to slash at the
dragon's side with his broad sword. A splash of blood painted the blade crimson.
'Blood?' Adalia thought to herself. 'When Simon and I fight there's no blood
and . . .oh no. . .'Adalia thought as realization dawned on her.
The dragon roared and shot a stream of fire at Nida, the dragon having to
turn his head over it's shoulder and expose it's neck as it did so.
Nida backflipped out of the way of the stream of fire while Seifer ran up and
sliced the ruby dragon's throat.
"Nooooo!" Adalia screamed in time with the great beast's roar as it's knees
buckled out from under it, sending the dragon crashing to the ground.
Adalia ran over and cradled the dragon's head, unaware of the crimson pool
fanning out around her and soaking into the edge of her dress, colouring it a deep crimson.
"I was just trying to save you from them," the dragon whispered hoarsely as
Adalia's eyes began to brim with tears. She knew that although she had the power of a thousand
sorceresses at her disposal, there was nothing she could do to stop the ruby dragon's pain.
"Shhhh," Adalia whispered and began to sing softly,
"No matter where you've been
And no matter what you've done
I will always be here
Ad infinitum,"
The dragon growled a contented sigh, then was lost to this world. Adalia
put her head against the dragon's and softly began to weep.
"Adalia?" Nida inquired, "What's wrong?"
Adalia felt her blood begin to boil as she stood up. "You killed him," she
said, half-weeping, "You killed him you bastards!" Adalia finished before she burst
into tears.
"Adalia, it was a ruby dragon, he could've killed you," Nida said in his
talking-to-a-little-child voice, but before he could say anything else he was cut off
by an almost hysterical Adalia.
"But why did you fight?! Why did you just try to talk it out?!" Adalia shouted, feeling
lightheaded with rage.
"Monsters don't talk." Seifer scoffed.
"Have you ever tried? Have you ever tried talking to them?" Adalia said
softly with tears tracing rivulets down her cheeks. "Have you?"
The only response to this was the downcast eyes of Seifer and Nida
accompanied by the scuffing of Nida's feet. They looked almost like two boys
caught making trouble by their mother. Adalia would've laughed had she not been
so upset.
Suddenly, there was a loud mechanical roar and Nida spun around to see
the Garden looming nearby.
'How could they have moved the Garden out here?' Nida thought to himself.
'Can someone other than me pilot the Garden?'
"Well, it looks like we don't have to walk far at all," Seifer commented dryly.
"Let's go," Nida said as the party walked into the open door and straight into
the waiting clutches of the Garden Administrators.
______________________________________________________________________________
Author's Note: I noticed that when I looked at the story the chapters are messed up in the drop
down box (ie. Chapter 2 is actually Chapter 1, Chapter 3 is actually Chapter 2, etc.) So don't pay
attention to the drop down box ;) I put another FF7 joke in here and if anybody notices this one
put in the review.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for Adalia, Adalia's Song and the idea for my story.
We've got these chains that hang
around our necks,
people want to strangle us with them before
we take our first breath.
Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same
When temptation calls we try to look away
Barenaked Ladies
What A Good Boy
Loneliness. Everyday since Nida was very young that was all he had known.
His parents had abandoned him when he was eight, leaving him to die on the
streets of Galbadia. Nida had been all alone and scared, until he saw the bright
lights of Galbadia Garden from a distance. Nida had grabbed his broad sword (a
parting gift from his parents) and headed off to Garden. When he reached
Galbadia Garden, Nida was accepted and brought in to Garden to begin training as
a SeeD. Five years later Nida got wind of a rumour that his parents were back and
looking for him. Nida sent in a transferral application that very day.
Even now, eleven years after his parents had left him, Nida still couldn't
forgive them for what they did.
Nida Kisargi kept his eyes on the prize, until Rinoa came into the picture.
From the moment Nida felt her presence, he had wanted her. But Nida knew that
she was meant for Squall, and so Rinoa had unknowingly and unintentionally left
Nida alone.
Dreams die hard and Nida found that he was still attracted to Rinoa. That
was the reason he had volunteered to go and save Rinoa himself, even though
there were still the SeeDs left in the Garden who had went to Balamb Hotel earlier
this morning. Nida had moved the Garden from Balamb to Trabia as a safety
precaution.
The first thing Nida did was go and hunt for a chocobo in the Chocobo
Forest north of Trabia Garden, them he sat back for a moment to think of places
where Seifer could hide. Galbadia, Timber and Dollet were out of the question for
they were all planning to war with one another. Winhill and Balamb were too small
to keep a low profile for a character such as Seifer Alsmay. FH was out because
because the citizens had been put on alert, and if they discovered Seifer then
they'd announce his position to the whole world, something someone like Seifer
wouldn't want. Esthar would be a sensible spot for him to hide, but after the
Second Sorceress War they had made absolutely sure that there was no way into
the country except for the air station. That meant that the only place left was the
Centra continent.
Nida looked up at the sky, and it assured him that it was going to be a beautiful day.
Nida urged his chocobo into a fast, ground-covering pace, as he sat back and enjoyed the scenery
of the Trabia Snowfield, Esthar Forests, Esthar Plains, the ocean, Kashabald desert and the
plains of Centra that surrounded him.
Nida felt a warm, north eastern breeze ruffle through his locks and caress his face like a
long lost lover. It carried the smell of this springtime, and a thousand spring times before it.
His chocobo warbled happily as it felt the warm noon time sun on its feathers,
welcoming the spring time in all it's glory.
Nida urged his chocobo into a run, feeling his heart begin to pound faster with the
anticipation of a potential confrontation. 'Rinoa might be here; then I'll take her back to the
Commander. I won't be known as the SeeD that didn't cut it now! I'll show them, and I don't
need to defeat a sorceress to do so!' Nida thought to himself.
The chocobo seemed to wark in agreement, then sped up, hurtling toward certain
adventure and filled with the gravity and joy of being alive.
Nida felt his pulse begin to race even faster as he spotted the squat stone building that
served as Edea's orphanage.
When he got closer, Nida dismounted his chocobo and ran around to the back of the
building, hearing the shocked voices of several children and Edea trying to usher them into the
house.
The children were just stock still, gazing at something out in the distance. Nida followed
their gaze, looking over at two figures that were conversing in the field, one of them was very
familiar.
* * * * *
"A...a sorceress?" Seifer stuttered as he took a step back, knowing from
experience to be wary of sorceresses.
Adalia frowned. That wasn't exactly the answer she was looking for. She
had told him the truth, what more did he want?
Was this proving the Great Hyne wrong? She had always told Adalia that the
only thing that drives humans is the truth. All great quests had started out as a
simple search for the truth. It cannot be said (unless lying through the teeth) that
a quest for something didn't involve finding the truth on some level.
"Yes," she said finally, "I am a Sorceress, and I need your help."
"Seifer just stood there for a second, taking the information in. Seifer
suddenly to begin to panic inside his own mind. Why does she want me to help?
Is she going to bend me to her will like all the other sorceresses? Why am I
making the decision of whether she's dangerous or not by myself? Cid, Edea, help
me!
Seifer shot a quick backward glance. Edea had taken the children inside,
yet Cid had stayed outside to see what this girl wanted, concern etched on to his aging face.
"I..." Seifer began, then he looked into Adalia's vibrant blue eyes and knew he
couldn't say no to her. "I will join you on your quest, Sorceress Adalia," Seifer
said as he dipped into a deep bow.
"You!" Seifer heard a voice exclaim from behind him. Seifer turned around,
expecting to see Cid, but instead came face-to-face with Nida.
"You bastard!"Nida exclaimed as he swung a fist at Seifer. Seifer was taken
by surprise and the punch connected , sending Seifer to the ground. Nida may
have appeared weak, but he threw a powerful punch.
Seifer pulled the Hyperion out of it's sheath at his side and charged at Nida,
when all of a sudden he ran into what seemed like a barrier, though no physical
obstruction could be seen.
"I stopped your fighting before it got worse," Adalia said matter-of-factly
from behind Seifer, smug with the feeling that she could perform such feats that these mortals
could not.
"Who...who are you?" Nida stuttered, amazed at the power and the beauty
of this woman, yet fearful at the same time.
Adalia gave him a cold look. "I was just about to leave with Seifer when you
arrived."
Nida was confused. "You didn't answer my question at all, not even close."
"That's because you asked the wrong one," Adalia replied, sighing that she had to explain
everything to these humans.
"Oh, and what exactly is the right question?" Nida asked, starting to become
pissed off at this woman who had stopped him from fulfilling his wish for revenge.
"A mixture between what are you doing here? and where do you think
you're going? Actually, I don't quite know the correct question," Adalia giggled at
her own foolishness. "Besides, you're going to come with Seifer and I, aren't
you?"
"No," Nida said abruptly, "First, I have no idea who you are, though I have a
pretty good idea of what you are. Second, I'm in the middle of some important
business. Lastly, Seifer kidnapped and is holding hostage Rinoa Heartilly!"
"So? Why is that so important to you?"Adalia asked, becoming fascinated
by this other man, who housed so much passion though was a bit slow.
Nida felt a blush creep up his neck. "Because...uhhh...it's a direct order
from Commander Leonhart!" Nida finally managed to get out.
"Well, as much as I hate to be the bringer of bad news," Seifer said with a
grin not unlike that of the Cheshire cat, "But Rinoa isn't here. I thought that
Leonhart himself would show up, but I guess she doesn't mean that much to him."
Nida's blood began to boil as he balled his hand into a fist to smash Seifer's
smiling face. Adalia, sensing the tension in the air, tried to dispel it.
"Well, since it seems that you shall have to report back to Commander
Leonhart anyway, I suggest that we all travel together, for added protection." She suggested,
hoping that it would take their minds off beating each other.
"I don't need any protection," Seifer growled, looking evilly at Nida and feeling an almost
overwhelming need for revenge against the man that had took a cheap shot at him.
"No Seifer, the protection is for me," Adalia said, pointing out what she
thought was obvious.
"You're a sorceress, aren't you?" Nida blurted out. Adalia nodded.
"Hmm...then I guess you will need protection, though not from the creatures
lurking around."
Adalia was slightly confused by this, for although she watched this world rise
from primeval sludge, she still didn't know what society found acceptable.
Seifer went into the house and told Edea and the orphans goodbye before
coming back outside to thank Cid for his hospitality, but he had to go.
Then the party set out, Adalia slightly ahead with Seifer and Nida flanking
her on either side. Since there were a few oceans in between Trabia Garden and
Edea's house, they all decided that they would ride chocobos through the
mountains into the Kashabald desert and around the "shields" of the Esthar
continent, through the forests to the stretch of shallow water that connected
Esthar and Trabia.
After they had gotten the chocobos from the nearby forest, they set out.
Nida led the party through the winding mountain trails and through the barren desert.
Nida stopped his chocobo at the edge of the desert where sand met sea,
and scanned the horizon. A frown descended upon his gorgeous face.
"So what do we do now, genius?" Seifer asked sarcastically, knowing that
chocobos couldn't cross deep waters. He began to seriously wonder why this man got into SeeD.
"Dammit," Nida muttered under his breath, then looked up and addressed
Seifer and Adalia. "It must be high tide. The Choco Boy warned me of this,"
"Well of all the..." Seifer started then began to utter a string of curses.
"I think we may have to camp here, though it's only mid-afternoon. What do
you say, Adalia?" Nida asked, turning to face Adalia. She was just sitting there,
eyes closed and seemingly deep in thought. Then all of a sudden she opened her
eyes and they flared a bright yellow.
The chocobos began to wark in alarm and Nida could no longer see the chocobo's
feet touching the ground.
"What the...?" Nida heard Seifer remark before turning around his now
airborne chocobo. He looked at Adalia. "Oh, right. The sorceress thing. I
gotcha,"
"Shall we go?" Adalia said, looking at Nida with her now blue eyes. Nida
nodded and spurred his chocobo onward, toward their distant destination.
By the time the chocobos reached the crater by Trabia Garden, dusk was
beginning to fall and the chocobos were tired and warking their misery to the world.
"How far is your Commander from here?" Adalia asked as she "landed" her
chocobo on the snow covered ground.
"Not far," Nida replied, "We could just walk to the Garden."
"Garden?"
"Yeah, it's the establishment where the Commander works."
"Oh, ok. I think we should let these chocobos go now,"
"If we let go of these chocobos then we'll have to face monsters," Nida
warned, wondering if Seifer and Adalia would turn on him and leave him alone to face the
monsters himself.
"Well it would be about time we had some excitement," Seifer grumbled.
The trio began to walk, but then they heard something crashing through the
nearby forest. Seifer and Nida withdrew their weapons just as a ruby dragon burst
from the forest.
Adalia stepped back a bit to see how they fought with dragons which she
had become so familiar with. She did not want to get in their way.
"What's a ruby dragon doing over this way?!" Nida exclaimed as one of the
dragon's clawed feet that would have severed his head from his neck just missed
him because he had jumped back.
"I don't know, let's just take it out!" Seifer yelled.
Seifer went straight for the neck, but the dragon's teeth kept him away from
it. Nida, who had sneaked around the dragon, took this opportunity to slash at the
dragon's side with his broad sword. A splash of blood painted the blade crimson.
'Blood?' Adalia thought to herself. 'When Simon and I fight there's no blood
and . . .oh no. . .'Adalia thought as realization dawned on her.
The dragon roared and shot a stream of fire at Nida, the dragon having to
turn his head over it's shoulder and expose it's neck as it did so.
Nida backflipped out of the way of the stream of fire while Seifer ran up and
sliced the ruby dragon's throat.
"Nooooo!" Adalia screamed in time with the great beast's roar as it's knees
buckled out from under it, sending the dragon crashing to the ground.
Adalia ran over and cradled the dragon's head, unaware of the crimson pool
fanning out around her and soaking into the edge of her dress, colouring it a deep crimson.
"I was just trying to save you from them," the dragon whispered hoarsely as
Adalia's eyes began to brim with tears. She knew that although she had the power of a thousand
sorceresses at her disposal, there was nothing she could do to stop the ruby dragon's pain.
"Shhhh," Adalia whispered and began to sing softly,
"No matter where you've been
And no matter what you've done
I will always be here
Ad infinitum,"
The dragon growled a contented sigh, then was lost to this world. Adalia
put her head against the dragon's and softly began to weep.
"Adalia?" Nida inquired, "What's wrong?"
Adalia felt her blood begin to boil as she stood up. "You killed him," she
said, half-weeping, "You killed him you bastards!" Adalia finished before she burst
into tears.
"Adalia, it was a ruby dragon, he could've killed you," Nida said in his
talking-to-a-little-child voice, but before he could say anything else he was cut off
by an almost hysterical Adalia.
"But why did you fight?! Why did you just try to talk it out?!" Adalia shouted, feeling
lightheaded with rage.
"Monsters don't talk." Seifer scoffed.
"Have you ever tried? Have you ever tried talking to them?" Adalia said
softly with tears tracing rivulets down her cheeks. "Have you?"
The only response to this was the downcast eyes of Seifer and Nida
accompanied by the scuffing of Nida's feet. They looked almost like two boys
caught making trouble by their mother. Adalia would've laughed had she not been
so upset.
Suddenly, there was a loud mechanical roar and Nida spun around to see
the Garden looming nearby.
'How could they have moved the Garden out here?' Nida thought to himself.
'Can someone other than me pilot the Garden?'
"Well, it looks like we don't have to walk far at all," Seifer commented dryly.
"Let's go," Nida said as the party walked into the open door and straight into
the waiting clutches of the Garden Administrators.
______________________________________________________________________________
Author's Note: I noticed that when I looked at the story the chapters are messed up in the drop
down box (ie. Chapter 2 is actually Chapter 1, Chapter 3 is actually Chapter 2, etc.) So don't pay
attention to the drop down box ;) I put another FF7 joke in here and if anybody notices this one
put in the review.