Chapter 16

" I hope Eiko and Zidane are alright, I wonder where they went." Tawnya said sadly as she started to leave the room. She motioned everyone out and then they left the Building. "Fallow me closely." Cid said as people walked towards them. They walked down the pathways and on the way bought some supplies and soon they had passed the Castle. They came to a small area where there were a few houses and something that looked a bit like an apartment building. "Is this it?" Tawnya asked pointing her finger straight at it. "Yes it is." Cid told her as they came into the entrance. They walked up to the front desk. "How may I help you?" They lady at the desk said. "We have rooms reserved, under Regent Cid of Limblum." Cid told her as she began flipping through her book. "Up the stairs and the first door on the right, room number 17." She said handing a key and a card to Cid. They walked up the stairs and took a hard right. He slipped his card through the slot and the green light on the door lit up. They then walked into the room and it was rather large. There were a few bedrooms connecting it, two bathrooms, a living room, and a deck to see the beautiful view off the mountain. Tawnya and ruby went into one of the rooms with two beds inside of it. They laid down the only belongings they had left with them and sat down on the bed. Sizzle leaped over onto Tawnya's lap and laid down. "Do you think we'll have to train them by ourselves?" Tawnya asked Ruby. "Well, I guess that the only thing we can do." Ruby said petting Dee and holding Biggs in her other arm. As it grew dark outside Cid brought in a plate of meat and some other food for The dragons, Ruby, and Tawnya. "Thank you!" Ruby said as he shut the door behind them. Then they began to eat the food he had given them, and when they were through, they played with the dragons for hours. Ruby was doing the same routine with Biggs, and having him practice flying, as Sizzle and Dee, were being taught manners. After hours of play, they decided the dragons, and them were beginning to get tired. So they put them in the corner of the room in their new beds, and Tawnya and Ruby lay down in their beds and in minutes they fell asleep.

Meanwhile, Eiko and Zidane were not in good shape...

It seemed like flying in the sky would never end, Zidane and Eiko still floating in the sky, were beginning to feel sick and they became drowsy, but seconds later a sudden rush of yellow light surrounded them as they were forced onto a platform. Zidane and Eiko wiped their eyes and looked in front of them. In the midst they saw Someone walk towards them. It looked exactly like Britta except the color of her clothing, before it had been Black with white feathers jutting out of the edges, and now, it was the opposite. She walked towards them. "Why are you alive?" Eiko bellowed. "I deserve to live unlike you, besides..." Britta started then, Kihoman creped in behind her. "Besides, we can only be killed from our own kind." Britta explained. Zidane thought about that for a minute then he noticed a sharp red point on Kihoman's tail that he recognized. Britta walked up to Zidane and he was startled. "Get away from me!" He yelled at her. "Don't talk rough with me." Britta said as everyone lifted into the sky. They then floated high into the sky until they came to a castle in the sky similar to the one they first discovered. Britta then waved her hand and threw Eiko and Zidane to the ground with a thud. They straightened out and without thinking Zidane dashed towards Britta and slashed her with his sward. She stood stil with almost no reactions. Then she started to giggle. "Hahaha, stupid foold." She said to Zidane. She took her hand and a rush of shrieks thrust him backwards onto his back. "I've had enough, Kihoman please take them away." Britta said as she turned around. Kihoman led then inside the Giant castle which inside was leaking with water, yet the color of the water was green. He dragged them into a chamber, he had them locked up and the ceiling had giant bars going from the top to the ground, rats surrounded them and made endless squeaks. Kihoman left the room leaving them no food. "What are we going to do?" EIko asked looking helplessly at Zidane. "We'll just have to try to break out, that our first step." Zidane told her as he tried to reach some pieces of straw on the cement ground so he could try to pick the lock, but it was impossible to do. "How are we going to sleep in this position?" Eiko complained. "The more we stay up, the more tired we'll get, we should stay awake anyway just incase they come inside during the night," Zidane explained. Eiko jiggled her chains trying to get free, but it was no use, they were stuck. "I wonder how they are going to treat us. How has Garnet reacting about me being gone? How is she? Oh, I wish I were with her" Zidane thought. "Were you saying something?" Eiko asked. "Oh, it's nothing just wondering if we could break the locks that are connected to our feet." Zidane lied twisting his ankle trying to break the chains. Soon the sky became black and the Rats grew tired. The stopped making noise and laid down on the Metal bars. Right after Zidane yawned become tired also. Eiko was already in a deep sleep, and Zidane was trying to keep his eyes open, but every minute he would put his head down falling asleep, then wince and wake up again. thirty minutes later he couldn't help it, so he fell asleep.



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