Man, its 10.30 at night, I had zero sleep yesterday, but its here. THE
FINAL CHAPTER! Yes, Ruby's story has finally come to an end. I'll admit,
I think it dragged near the end, but its here in all the glory it can have!
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Chapter 6
When Ruby reached the entrance of the dark cave, Dermit was already waiting for her.
"Ruby! We've ah managed tae clear a path fer ye" he explained. "The others we'll juss finishing."
Sure enough, the other dwarfs reappeared into the sunlight. "Its ah clear Ruby" the chorused.
Ruby smiled. "Thank y'all. Ah'll miss you."
"Ah, don't get like that," said Dermit. "Juss ask a moogle tae send a letter to ane of the ones in Horn Head Village. We'll ah keep in touch."
The girl nodded, and started down the dark tunnel, waving goodbye to her friends.
"See y'all darlins!" she shouted.
* * *
"Ruby!" shrieked Moggy, lunging himself at the figure emerging from the reeds.
"Ruby!" shouted Mogster, flying towards the girl. "Is that you?"
Ruby nodded, ecstatic that her old friends remembered her.
"What have you been up to? How did you get out of Fossil Roo?" questioned Mogster, not really expecting an answer. He nearly fell out of the air when Ruby answered.
"Its ah long story."
"Ruby talks!" shouted Moggy, jumping in the girls arms.
Mogster shook his head in disbelief. "Where did you get that accent?"
"From everywhere!" laughed Ruby, and started telling her story . . .
* * *
"So now ah think I'll try and find an acting troupe" finished Ruby. She'd been catching up with her friends (and was disappointed to find that Quentin Quitt had left to travel the world for frogs). Mogster frowned in thought. Suddenly, his face lit up. "I know! You want to be in an acting troupe right?"
Ruby nodded.
"Well, my friend, he lives in Lindblum Inn" Mogster explained. "He said an acting troupe in Lindblum is looking for a girl to play lead parts."
"Wow!" Ruby said. "But wouldn't ah slot like that be snapped right up?"
"Usually" Mogster answered. "But this troupe is also a gang of thieves. Too many actresses wont be seen with them."
"We'll ah have no problem with that!" Ruby shouted. "How do ah get to Lindblum?"
"Easy!" piped up Moggy. "You just leave the swamp, and go south. Its practically in a straight line!"
Ruby laughed, and ruffled the young Moogle's pom pom. "Thanks Moggy" she said, and stood up.
"Ah think ah'll try and head there now. What's the troupe called?"
"I think it was Tantalus" answered Mogster. "Good luck!"
As Ruby ran through the reeds, Mogster turned to his younger brother.
"Now how on Gaia do YOU know where Lindblum is?" he questioned.
* * *
Ruby stared down at the scrap of paper that the man at the aircab station had given her. It was directions to Tantalus' hideout. After being in Condie Petie for so long, the technology of Lindblum was incredibly foreign to her. Nonetheless, she still had to find this place."
"Lets see . . . Theatre district, take ah right, down the stairs" she read, wandering down the street. Finally, she came to a large building with a clock on the wall.
~This must be it~ she thought, and, seeing the door was open, walked up the stairs."
* * *
"I am not wearing a DRESS!" shrieked Blank, cornered by his 'friends'.
Marcus sighed. "Just stop it Blank. I had to do it this time, and Cinna before. You have to play the heroine this time!"
Blank frowned and crossed his arms. "Not happening" he muttered.
"ARRRRRGGGGG" shouted Baku, ready to pull out his ears in frustration. "We don't have choice Blank! No girl with any talent is willing to perform with us, so we have to improvise!"
"Someone could show up" whimpered Blank.
"Oh come on!" Baku shouted. "You think Miss Perfect is just going to knock on that door and say hello?"
"Hello?"
Tantalus turned to see a girl about eight years old standing at the door. She was dressed head to toe in green, and Baku could see a book of plays hanging out the edge of her bag.
The girl looked a little embarrassed at the stares. "Are you Tantalus?" she asked.
Baku merely nodded.
"Ah was wondering if yeh still had that actress spot open."
For five seconds, nobody moved. Finally, Blank dropped to his knees and threw his hands in the air.
"Thankyou!" he shouted. "There is a God!"
"What are the odds of THAT!" exclaimed Zenero.
Baku was by the girl in a blink of an eye. "Er, you are aware that we're also thieves right kid."
Ruby nodded. "I aint got no problem wi that" she answered.
Cinna however, was not convinced. "Can you act?" he asked. "And where did you get that accent?"
Ruby scowled, then smiled deviously.
"I might have never performed before, but I know all of Lord Avons play's by heart, and have a talent for accents" she explained, perfectly mimicking Cinna's voice.
"Yah!" Cinna shouted.
"She's good" commented Benero.
Ruby smiled. "Ah've always wanted to be an actress" she explained. "So, am ah in?"
Baku laughed loudly. "What's your name kid?"
"Ruby"
"Well Ruby, welcome to Tantalus" Baku laughed, and pulled the girl inside.
THE END
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Well, what did you think? I was gonna make Blank recognise her, but I couldn't find think of the right scenario. Anyway (Man I love that word!) I want to know who I should do next. I still have to finish The Beginning (Still a good while to go), and I have a 'Christmas Special' lined up for December (Sorry, but I came up with it at work and I'll go crazy if I don't write it). So that means I still have the November to plough through. I know Blank is popular, but he already has a lot of fanfictions about him. I was think maybe Baku or Cinna. Let me know who you want. ^_^
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Chapter 6
When Ruby reached the entrance of the dark cave, Dermit was already waiting for her.
"Ruby! We've ah managed tae clear a path fer ye" he explained. "The others we'll juss finishing."
Sure enough, the other dwarfs reappeared into the sunlight. "Its ah clear Ruby" the chorused.
Ruby smiled. "Thank y'all. Ah'll miss you."
"Ah, don't get like that," said Dermit. "Juss ask a moogle tae send a letter to ane of the ones in Horn Head Village. We'll ah keep in touch."
The girl nodded, and started down the dark tunnel, waving goodbye to her friends.
"See y'all darlins!" she shouted.
* * *
"Ruby!" shrieked Moggy, lunging himself at the figure emerging from the reeds.
"Ruby!" shouted Mogster, flying towards the girl. "Is that you?"
Ruby nodded, ecstatic that her old friends remembered her.
"What have you been up to? How did you get out of Fossil Roo?" questioned Mogster, not really expecting an answer. He nearly fell out of the air when Ruby answered.
"Its ah long story."
"Ruby talks!" shouted Moggy, jumping in the girls arms.
Mogster shook his head in disbelief. "Where did you get that accent?"
"From everywhere!" laughed Ruby, and started telling her story . . .
* * *
"So now ah think I'll try and find an acting troupe" finished Ruby. She'd been catching up with her friends (and was disappointed to find that Quentin Quitt had left to travel the world for frogs). Mogster frowned in thought. Suddenly, his face lit up. "I know! You want to be in an acting troupe right?"
Ruby nodded.
"Well, my friend, he lives in Lindblum Inn" Mogster explained. "He said an acting troupe in Lindblum is looking for a girl to play lead parts."
"Wow!" Ruby said. "But wouldn't ah slot like that be snapped right up?"
"Usually" Mogster answered. "But this troupe is also a gang of thieves. Too many actresses wont be seen with them."
"We'll ah have no problem with that!" Ruby shouted. "How do ah get to Lindblum?"
"Easy!" piped up Moggy. "You just leave the swamp, and go south. Its practically in a straight line!"
Ruby laughed, and ruffled the young Moogle's pom pom. "Thanks Moggy" she said, and stood up.
"Ah think ah'll try and head there now. What's the troupe called?"
"I think it was Tantalus" answered Mogster. "Good luck!"
As Ruby ran through the reeds, Mogster turned to his younger brother.
"Now how on Gaia do YOU know where Lindblum is?" he questioned.
* * *
Ruby stared down at the scrap of paper that the man at the aircab station had given her. It was directions to Tantalus' hideout. After being in Condie Petie for so long, the technology of Lindblum was incredibly foreign to her. Nonetheless, she still had to find this place."
"Lets see . . . Theatre district, take ah right, down the stairs" she read, wandering down the street. Finally, she came to a large building with a clock on the wall.
~This must be it~ she thought, and, seeing the door was open, walked up the stairs."
* * *
"I am not wearing a DRESS!" shrieked Blank, cornered by his 'friends'.
Marcus sighed. "Just stop it Blank. I had to do it this time, and Cinna before. You have to play the heroine this time!"
Blank frowned and crossed his arms. "Not happening" he muttered.
"ARRRRRGGGGG" shouted Baku, ready to pull out his ears in frustration. "We don't have choice Blank! No girl with any talent is willing to perform with us, so we have to improvise!"
"Someone could show up" whimpered Blank.
"Oh come on!" Baku shouted. "You think Miss Perfect is just going to knock on that door and say hello?"
"Hello?"
Tantalus turned to see a girl about eight years old standing at the door. She was dressed head to toe in green, and Baku could see a book of plays hanging out the edge of her bag.
The girl looked a little embarrassed at the stares. "Are you Tantalus?" she asked.
Baku merely nodded.
"Ah was wondering if yeh still had that actress spot open."
For five seconds, nobody moved. Finally, Blank dropped to his knees and threw his hands in the air.
"Thankyou!" he shouted. "There is a God!"
"What are the odds of THAT!" exclaimed Zenero.
Baku was by the girl in a blink of an eye. "Er, you are aware that we're also thieves right kid."
Ruby nodded. "I aint got no problem wi that" she answered.
Cinna however, was not convinced. "Can you act?" he asked. "And where did you get that accent?"
Ruby scowled, then smiled deviously.
"I might have never performed before, but I know all of Lord Avons play's by heart, and have a talent for accents" she explained, perfectly mimicking Cinna's voice.
"Yah!" Cinna shouted.
"She's good" commented Benero.
Ruby smiled. "Ah've always wanted to be an actress" she explained. "So, am ah in?"
Baku laughed loudly. "What's your name kid?"
"Ruby"
"Well Ruby, welcome to Tantalus" Baku laughed, and pulled the girl inside.
THE END
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Well, what did you think? I was gonna make Blank recognise her, but I couldn't find think of the right scenario. Anyway (Man I love that word!) I want to know who I should do next. I still have to finish The Beginning (Still a good while to go), and I have a 'Christmas Special' lined up for December (Sorry, but I came up with it at work and I'll go crazy if I don't write it). So that means I still have the November to plough through. I know Blank is popular, but he already has a lot of fanfictions about him. I was think maybe Baku or Cinna. Let me know who you want. ^_^