CHAPTER 5 - When Will My Hero Come?

Well, I guess you've been wanting me to get this up. I tried reading my old stories but they were horribly scrunched up! So I got this new one up. Hope it works!!:) ~~~~ The ice hit with the ferocity of a thousand Bahumuts, and Dagger was nearly swept off her feet as she tried to look through the maulstrom for Zidane. He was nowhere to be found. There was another gust of wind, and suddenly, she was alone. Where was Vivi? "Help!" she screamed with her last breath as she sank to the frozen ground. ~~~~ Zidane had been standing in the eye of the storm when it hit, and he was carried away, right out of the cavern. He went flying through the air, his powers useless since he was too frozen. He landed with the thud on the hard, hot ground and looked up. He lay right in front of a hundred soldiers, headed by Adalbert Steiner, who looked as though it was his birthday. "Look boys," he smiled, his first smile in years. "Look whos come to join the party." Zidane was swept off his feet by two guards, and the guards stuffed him into a large cage. The cage was propped onto another cart, and he was driven away. By the time his powers began to return, he was locked up like an animal. ~~~~~ Dagger awoke in the dark of the night. She was surprised to see that the ice was gone, but she was still chilly. "Garnet...." A voice seemed to drift out of nowhere. Dagger jumped up as if someone had poked her with a needle, looking around blindly. "Garnet...." "My name's Dagger," she said, sounding braver than she felt. There was a laugh on the other end. "Garnet...." Dagger looked around. If she had looked at the ceiling of the cave, she would have spotted two red eyes staring at her. "Who are you?" she asked softly. "Why are you chasing me?" There was a laugh - again. "When there is only one person to deal with, I deal with it fast." Dagger screamed as a white dragon swept from the ceiling and crashed down on the ground next to her. She groped around for her rod, but came up empty. "Maulstrom!" Another blast of cold flew at her. Now she knew how the blizzard had come, but what did that matter when she was about to die? "You're closing your eyes for eternity!" the dragon hissed like a snake. "Take a look around you for the last time, Garnet!" Dagger looked around. All she saw was white snow flying everywhere. "My name's Dagger," she muttered, half asleep. Then - "Black Magic!" Dagger was taken out of her dream-world suddenly. She woke up to see Vivi the Black Mage standing beside her. The dragon lay dead at the entrance of the cavern. The cave was blocked. "Oh Vivi!" Dagger pulled him into a bear-hug. There was a slight tinge of red on the mage's black face. "Can't you do anything about the dragon?" Vivi shook his head. Dagger sighed. "I guess we'll have to go further into the cavern then." Vivi nodded, and hand in hand, the newly united friends headed into the dull emptiness.

Sorry it couldn't be longer, but I'm going to Florida (woohoo!!) Yay! And Sorry I ended it in a double-cliffhanger, Zidane's heading off to Alexandria, and Dagger and Vivi are trapped, but I'll try to get online at disneyworld! Sorry if I get anythin' wrong, but im a bit rusty....