Final Fantasy 9-

The Age of Darkness

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Book 1

Introduction

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It was 3 years after the famous battle againts Kuja. After Zidane returned, everything began to look bright. Zidane and Garnet had been married in the garden of Alexandria castle a few months after he had returned. Steiner and Beatrix had fallen in love and had been dating ever since. They both still protected the kingdom, together. Freya, with the help of her long lost love, Fratley, and other Burmecians, had rebuilt their kingdom. Vivi had lived in Alexandria and has been working in a medicine shop. He had children of his own as well, which by now have gone out all over the world to see its beauty. Amarant had settled in Treno, bought himself a small, nice house, and barely leaves it. Eiko has lived with Cid and Hilda in the castle of Lindblum, as they had decided to adopt her. Later on, she went back to Madain Sari and brought her moogles back to live with her in the castle. Quina went out on an adventure to find the greatest foods in the world. It seems as though
everything had been going perfectly normal, but was it?

Tremors could constantly be felt at any of the kingdoms. Rather than thinking of the natural causes of Gaia, they had all blamed it on firing airships. Lindblum had attacked Burmecia, and Burmecia fought back. Those two kingdoms have been in constant war ever since. Later on, Burmecia got furious with Alexandria and drug them into the battle. Alexandria would stay and keep their armies at home for defense, as they wished not to fight. Many residents of the two other kingdoms would flee to Alexandria, as it was now the safest area to reside in. But the tremors had been coming from deep under the ocean. It was not exactly an earthquake, but instead an awakening.

Now at the beack lying northwest of Lindblum were three absolute strangers to the continent. Two of them had light blue hair, one long, one short, both male. The female had dark-blonde hair, her signature color of clothes was red and gray. The short haired male wore a blue-green outfit with a dark blue cape, while the long haired male wore a light blue cape with a dark blue outfit. The short haired male and the female looked like a pair, because they did not look human enough like the other.

The long haired male made a cup with his hands, and went down on his knees near the edge of the beach. When a wave came by, he filled his hands with the fresh seawater and stared at his reflection into it. His hand slightly trembled as he took a drink from it. The setting sun was beginning to fade under the horizon.

"It's getting closer everyday..." the long haired male said. He tossed the water back into the sea, which had frozen in his own hands. He rubbed his gloved hands together slightly, removing the rest of the water from them.

"Yes, the tremors are more violent now. Those nations are at war, they are unaware of what is truly going on..." the female said.

"Oh well. By the time they know what it is, they will be too late, and we will have suceeded..." the short haired male spoke up.

"Mandi, when do you think it will come up?" the long haired one said.

"Dal, Im not sure, anytime within the next week is my guess, but I could be wrong," Mandi said. Dallas was the long haired ones name, yet she normally called him Dal for short.

"Let us head back to the forest then, I'd rather not be caught up in an airship battle." Dal said.

"Marc, are you coming?" Mandi asked the other man. He was still watching the ocean.

"Yes....I'm coming..." Marc turned around and walked off the beach with them, back to their hideout in the forest on the mountain. Their footsteps were washed away by new waves, destroying the evidence that showed someone was here.

Out in the ocean, bubbles were forming from long, captive air, that has been released by the islands rising. A small peak of the mountain was starting to poke through. Soon, it will have appeared, and they will have what they came to this world for...

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Authors Note: I am hoping for this to become a 2 book series, the first will lead and set up the 2nd book, which will focus more on the adventure than the first one. If at all possible, a 3rd book could be made, but that is very unlikely. Stay tuned!

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