Arizda: Hi there, everyone! I have decided to write another Zoids ficcy to keep me on track of the one that I've already got goin'. This one is in Zoids CC, and it takes place in an A/U. The main characters, Raven, Van, etc... are still young like they are in the beginning of the Zoids saga. Oh yes, and if you ever want to submit a character for me to use in a story, and I'm not saying that it's guaranteed anymore, but if you do, just e-mail it to me at fluffychicken@survivormail.com , or give it to me in a review. If there seems to be information missing from what I need, I'll let you know between each chapter, or if it's in an e-mail, I'l reply to you. NEway... *ahem*... what kind of things shall I pass out at the beginning n' end of each chapter? I think I'll start with the much neglected Kudo Bars! Snacks improve and liquidy beverages come along as the popularity of this fic increases...! So... don't ignore this! Hehe! **passes out Kudo Bars** ON WIT DA FICCY!
DISCLAIMER: No... I DO NOT OWN ZOIDS! I MAKE NO MONEY FROM WRITING FICCIES! I MAKE NO MONEY PERIOD! So sue me... and you'll get NOTHING. Well... really, you don't have a reason to sue me... but NEway... ON WIT DA FICCY!
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...... And on, and on, and on... And on, as we go... Through the morning haze, And the fresh, dewy mist.
Each day anew, we progress, Through an unwanted story... And as the plot thickens, Relationships tighten, and anger flows... So before your emotions snow, Let the setting make your heart glow, Shall the unwanted story Make something of the burden You recognize as life... And to someone else, may you share the story...
~By April Gallaty (2003)
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"Oh, Zeke... I don't believe this!"
The sound of Van's whiny voice trailing through the desert of the Luna Ridge Mainland didn't even phase Fiona. For some strange reason, she was able to bear it, and yet no one could understand why! WHY!? She just seemed to giggle at his frustration and stress.
"How can you be so happy, Fiona?" Van asked. Fiona didn't say much in response to this, and tried to keep that strange, calm, girlish air about her.
"Who said I was happy?" she said in return. Van sighed. Who knew that looking for someone could be so HARD...?
"Hey... just who is this girl we're supposed to find?" Van asked.
"The Queen said that she was a mystic Fae..." Fiona replied, mysteriously. Van cocked an eyebrow.
"Well.. just what is a Fae supposed to look like?" he asked. Fiona shrugged.
"Queen Mesymphenie said that she would just look like a normal person. She didn't give us any detials to start off with... and I guess that she will, soon. Any ideas why she wants this girl?" Fiona wondered.
"I don't know. All I know is that we were the only two willing people on Luna Ridge willing to go look for her. Hey, why do you think that is?"
"Well... we ARE orphans... I suppose that if we had a family... it wouldn't have been so easy," Fiona answered. Fiona couldn't even remember what her actual family was like, or if she HAD a family. One of her strange and absurd beliefs was that she came from an egg. She never remembered much, anyway. Van, on the other hand, had a sister who was hardly ever around, and lived in the spooky old village on the Luna Ridge Mainland, and was always taunted by two of the village girls, Talgene and Rosa. As nice as they were, they never left him alone. Van was also very popular with the nobles around Luna Ridge, and was a best friend of Fiona.
The Luna Ridge Mainland was a small island on the huge world of Siopenne. Neighboring it was the Kzastran Mainland and El'Berue, both being large islands, but having totally different cultures. Luna Ridge had a village, a city, a castle, and a tower. The tower was secluded in lands that no one ever dared to pass, and the castle was just beyond the friendly city that everyone loved, but no one could afford. The noblemen and noblewomen in Luna Ridge had large duties, and seemed to have a large amount on their hands with this "Fae" and all...
"You know..." Fiona started, trying to start a conversation, "It's funny how that there are almost no zoids nowadays. You're lucky to see one, is the saying!" Van just shrugged with disappointment.
"Ah, well... you know what else they say?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"The more ya look for it, the closer it comes!" Van gave a hearty laugh, while his organoid, Zeke, trailed behind him without a clue.
"I'm sure that there were days that, despite how rare that they are, almost everyone had an organoid of their own!" Fiona said.
"Yeah, well, I'm happy to have one, and Zeke's my pal! You don't see ME complaining!" Van shouted, happily!
"I did, not too long ago," Fiona replied. Van simply ignored her, and contiued his hearty walk next to Fiona.
"Fiona...?"
"Yes, Van?"
"What's a Fae? Fiona slapped her forehead.
"You mean to tell me that you accepted this mission of 'going to find a mystical Fae', when don't even know what a Fae IS!?" she shouted. Van meekly nodded. "Oh, wow... well... in Siopenne, a Fae is a being with a lot of power, even though they're as fragile as faeries..." Van listened with rapt attention, unusually. "...And there are different types of Faes, depending on where they reside. There are ocean-dwelling faes, called Sea Faes, and volcano-dwelling faes called Fire Faes, and even faes that live by the clouds, and in the air, called Wind Faes. The types go on and on, but there are special faes that have all of the power combined in these different types of faes. They're called Celestial Faes, or, to some, Happy Faes!" Fiona explained.
"Is that what we're looking for?" Van asked.
"Yes, it is!" Fiona replied. "And Queen Mesymphenie said that if we find her, she will be quite mysterious, and no matter how hard we try, we won't be able to get her to fit in!"
"Well, as far as a description, that's a start... I guess..." Van sighed. "Hey, Fiona? What if someone else finds the Fae that we're looking for?"
"Don't worry about it, Van! Any type of Fae is extremely rare, and I doubt that anyone will stumble across one! It hasn't been done for nearly a hundred years!" Fiona said.
"Oh... okay. It's strange that we're taking up this mission, then!"
"I guess so...!"
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The Aristocratic Queen Mesymphenie was one of the most tolerant people anyone could know, but today just wasn't her day, and all of the nobles, and even the young Monarchs could tell. The oldest of the Monarchs, 16-year-old Prince Shigeru, was the first to speak up about it... to another noble, that is.
"Irvine!" the young prince bellowed throughout the Zoid hangars in the castle. Shigeru was one of the strangest prince's that had ever been held at the castle, but he was liked almost more than all of his other brothers and sisters. He was remarkably pale, despite how sunny, warm, and tropical the Luna Ridge Mainland was. He had glossy, black hair, and these pale, baby blue eyes that could get anyone's attention.
Another noble, looking nothing LIKE a nobleman, could be seen walking between a Command Wolf and a Dibison in the hangar, two of the very few zoids existing on the island.
"Yes, Prince?" Irvine answered, tossing his brown hair around for a brief second as Shigeru walked over.
"What are you doing down here?"
"The Queen wanted me to watch down here for Princess Autumn," Irvine answered. Shigeru nodded.
"Hah. What's wrong with the Queen, today?" he asked. "I KNOW that you've noticed. She's not being very calm like she usually is. Especially not with Autumn."
"Well that's because Autumn's just a bitch. But I think it's got something to do with the mission she sent the two village orphans out on," Irvine explained.
"That's another thing... why in the WORLD would she send two orphans instead of two highly trained noblemen out to find something? And HOW IN THE WORLD did you get ahold of that info?! That was CLASSIFIED INFORMATION!" Shigeru shouted, and quickly hushed, for everything in the hangar echoed.
"I overheard Princess Autumn talking about it to Princess Surielle... that's all. That's how anyone ever gets info in this place. Princess Autumn is such a bigmouth..." Irvine said, smugly.
"Yeah, well... that's enough... no more dissing my sister. Stay on duty, as you were told, and I'll see to it that the Queen is alright. She seems awful stressed. And if you do in fact see Autumn around here... pretend like you didn't!" And with that, Shigeru ran off, out of the hangar. Irvine watched him run off, and when he was clearly out of sight, he pulled a small disk from an overlooked pocket. That disk was merely a screen with buttons on the back, and as he pushed buttons, a feminine face appeared on it.
"Hey, Moonbay," Irvine greeted the girl. She smiled.
"Hey!" she replied. "What seems to be the problem? You hardly ever call me unless their's a problem!"
"It's about the Fae..." Irvine answered. The girl called "Moonbay" smirked before giving her full attention. "I didn't get much about it... but when I DO... we'll both go looking for it, alright?"
"Wait, wait... hold on! What DO you know about this Fae? Did the Queen give out orders for it to be searched for, or something?" Moonbay asked.
"Yeah... it's one of those all-powerful Faes! And guess what kind of a party she sent to go look for it!"
"Who did she send out?"
"A pair of KIDS..."
"WHAT?!" Moonbay shouted. "That's RIDICULOUS! I'm sure that those kids aren't the ONLY search team..."
"From what I've heard, yeah, those are the only people given orders to search for the Fae," Irvine replied.
"Well, maybe you just haven't heard the whole story!" Moonbay said.
"Or, maybe, the Queen has lost it..." Irvine added.
"Yeah, that could be it, too..." Moonbay agreed. "But what are WE going to do about it?"
"We WANT that Fae. She's got power that we need in order to trade with the Queen. You know what we need!" Irvine answered.
"Yeah... I do..." Moonbay sighed. "I doubt that we're goint to get it, though!"
"Don't doubt! Anyway... I'm going to be in the hangar, pretending to watch for Princess Autumn.
"Haaaaaave fuuuunnn!" Moonbay said in a sing-song voice, giggling as the screen was turned off, and the conversation between her and Irvine was lost.
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Arizda: Yo! How did you like it? I thought that seemed kind of weird, but then again... it IS the first time that I've written anything A/U-like. The storyline is very different, and it might seem very blurry right now, but all of my beginnings are. Expect the fic to become much clearer as it goes on! **passes out Kudo Bars** NOW... it's time to read and review! Flames will be used to toast marshmallows. Marshmallows will be used to make s'mores. S'mores will be eaten by my black ostrich/dragon hybrid of an organoid, Pilfred!
Pilfred: EEEEEEEEEESSK! **nibbles at 'j00!**
Arizda: NOW, read and review! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
DISCLAIMER: No... I DO NOT OWN ZOIDS! I MAKE NO MONEY FROM WRITING FICCIES! I MAKE NO MONEY PERIOD! So sue me... and you'll get NOTHING. Well... really, you don't have a reason to sue me... but NEway... ON WIT DA FICCY!
*:-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-:*
...... And on, and on, and on... And on, as we go... Through the morning haze, And the fresh, dewy mist.
Each day anew, we progress, Through an unwanted story... And as the plot thickens, Relationships tighten, and anger flows... So before your emotions snow, Let the setting make your heart glow, Shall the unwanted story Make something of the burden You recognize as life... And to someone else, may you share the story...
~By April Gallaty (2003)
'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'`'
"Oh, Zeke... I don't believe this!"
The sound of Van's whiny voice trailing through the desert of the Luna Ridge Mainland didn't even phase Fiona. For some strange reason, she was able to bear it, and yet no one could understand why! WHY!? She just seemed to giggle at his frustration and stress.
"How can you be so happy, Fiona?" Van asked. Fiona didn't say much in response to this, and tried to keep that strange, calm, girlish air about her.
"Who said I was happy?" she said in return. Van sighed. Who knew that looking for someone could be so HARD...?
"Hey... just who is this girl we're supposed to find?" Van asked.
"The Queen said that she was a mystic Fae..." Fiona replied, mysteriously. Van cocked an eyebrow.
"Well.. just what is a Fae supposed to look like?" he asked. Fiona shrugged.
"Queen Mesymphenie said that she would just look like a normal person. She didn't give us any detials to start off with... and I guess that she will, soon. Any ideas why she wants this girl?" Fiona wondered.
"I don't know. All I know is that we were the only two willing people on Luna Ridge willing to go look for her. Hey, why do you think that is?"
"Well... we ARE orphans... I suppose that if we had a family... it wouldn't have been so easy," Fiona answered. Fiona couldn't even remember what her actual family was like, or if she HAD a family. One of her strange and absurd beliefs was that she came from an egg. She never remembered much, anyway. Van, on the other hand, had a sister who was hardly ever around, and lived in the spooky old village on the Luna Ridge Mainland, and was always taunted by two of the village girls, Talgene and Rosa. As nice as they were, they never left him alone. Van was also very popular with the nobles around Luna Ridge, and was a best friend of Fiona.
The Luna Ridge Mainland was a small island on the huge world of Siopenne. Neighboring it was the Kzastran Mainland and El'Berue, both being large islands, but having totally different cultures. Luna Ridge had a village, a city, a castle, and a tower. The tower was secluded in lands that no one ever dared to pass, and the castle was just beyond the friendly city that everyone loved, but no one could afford. The noblemen and noblewomen in Luna Ridge had large duties, and seemed to have a large amount on their hands with this "Fae" and all...
"You know..." Fiona started, trying to start a conversation, "It's funny how that there are almost no zoids nowadays. You're lucky to see one, is the saying!" Van just shrugged with disappointment.
"Ah, well... you know what else they say?" he asked.
"Hm?"
"The more ya look for it, the closer it comes!" Van gave a hearty laugh, while his organoid, Zeke, trailed behind him without a clue.
"I'm sure that there were days that, despite how rare that they are, almost everyone had an organoid of their own!" Fiona said.
"Yeah, well, I'm happy to have one, and Zeke's my pal! You don't see ME complaining!" Van shouted, happily!
"I did, not too long ago," Fiona replied. Van simply ignored her, and contiued his hearty walk next to Fiona.
"Fiona...?"
"Yes, Van?"
"What's a Fae? Fiona slapped her forehead.
"You mean to tell me that you accepted this mission of 'going to find a mystical Fae', when don't even know what a Fae IS!?" she shouted. Van meekly nodded. "Oh, wow... well... in Siopenne, a Fae is a being with a lot of power, even though they're as fragile as faeries..." Van listened with rapt attention, unusually. "...And there are different types of Faes, depending on where they reside. There are ocean-dwelling faes, called Sea Faes, and volcano-dwelling faes called Fire Faes, and even faes that live by the clouds, and in the air, called Wind Faes. The types go on and on, but there are special faes that have all of the power combined in these different types of faes. They're called Celestial Faes, or, to some, Happy Faes!" Fiona explained.
"Is that what we're looking for?" Van asked.
"Yes, it is!" Fiona replied. "And Queen Mesymphenie said that if we find her, she will be quite mysterious, and no matter how hard we try, we won't be able to get her to fit in!"
"Well, as far as a description, that's a start... I guess..." Van sighed. "Hey, Fiona? What if someone else finds the Fae that we're looking for?"
"Don't worry about it, Van! Any type of Fae is extremely rare, and I doubt that anyone will stumble across one! It hasn't been done for nearly a hundred years!" Fiona said.
"Oh... okay. It's strange that we're taking up this mission, then!"
"I guess so...!"
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The Aristocratic Queen Mesymphenie was one of the most tolerant people anyone could know, but today just wasn't her day, and all of the nobles, and even the young Monarchs could tell. The oldest of the Monarchs, 16-year-old Prince Shigeru, was the first to speak up about it... to another noble, that is.
"Irvine!" the young prince bellowed throughout the Zoid hangars in the castle. Shigeru was one of the strangest prince's that had ever been held at the castle, but he was liked almost more than all of his other brothers and sisters. He was remarkably pale, despite how sunny, warm, and tropical the Luna Ridge Mainland was. He had glossy, black hair, and these pale, baby blue eyes that could get anyone's attention.
Another noble, looking nothing LIKE a nobleman, could be seen walking between a Command Wolf and a Dibison in the hangar, two of the very few zoids existing on the island.
"Yes, Prince?" Irvine answered, tossing his brown hair around for a brief second as Shigeru walked over.
"What are you doing down here?"
"The Queen wanted me to watch down here for Princess Autumn," Irvine answered. Shigeru nodded.
"Hah. What's wrong with the Queen, today?" he asked. "I KNOW that you've noticed. She's not being very calm like she usually is. Especially not with Autumn."
"Well that's because Autumn's just a bitch. But I think it's got something to do with the mission she sent the two village orphans out on," Irvine explained.
"That's another thing... why in the WORLD would she send two orphans instead of two highly trained noblemen out to find something? And HOW IN THE WORLD did you get ahold of that info?! That was CLASSIFIED INFORMATION!" Shigeru shouted, and quickly hushed, for everything in the hangar echoed.
"I overheard Princess Autumn talking about it to Princess Surielle... that's all. That's how anyone ever gets info in this place. Princess Autumn is such a bigmouth..." Irvine said, smugly.
"Yeah, well... that's enough... no more dissing my sister. Stay on duty, as you were told, and I'll see to it that the Queen is alright. She seems awful stressed. And if you do in fact see Autumn around here... pretend like you didn't!" And with that, Shigeru ran off, out of the hangar. Irvine watched him run off, and when he was clearly out of sight, he pulled a small disk from an overlooked pocket. That disk was merely a screen with buttons on the back, and as he pushed buttons, a feminine face appeared on it.
"Hey, Moonbay," Irvine greeted the girl. She smiled.
"Hey!" she replied. "What seems to be the problem? You hardly ever call me unless their's a problem!"
"It's about the Fae..." Irvine answered. The girl called "Moonbay" smirked before giving her full attention. "I didn't get much about it... but when I DO... we'll both go looking for it, alright?"
"Wait, wait... hold on! What DO you know about this Fae? Did the Queen give out orders for it to be searched for, or something?" Moonbay asked.
"Yeah... it's one of those all-powerful Faes! And guess what kind of a party she sent to go look for it!"
"Who did she send out?"
"A pair of KIDS..."
"WHAT?!" Moonbay shouted. "That's RIDICULOUS! I'm sure that those kids aren't the ONLY search team..."
"From what I've heard, yeah, those are the only people given orders to search for the Fae," Irvine replied.
"Well, maybe you just haven't heard the whole story!" Moonbay said.
"Or, maybe, the Queen has lost it..." Irvine added.
"Yeah, that could be it, too..." Moonbay agreed. "But what are WE going to do about it?"
"We WANT that Fae. She's got power that we need in order to trade with the Queen. You know what we need!" Irvine answered.
"Yeah... I do..." Moonbay sighed. "I doubt that we're goint to get it, though!"
"Don't doubt! Anyway... I'm going to be in the hangar, pretending to watch for Princess Autumn.
"Haaaaaave fuuuunnn!" Moonbay said in a sing-song voice, giggling as the screen was turned off, and the conversation between her and Irvine was lost.
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Arizda: Yo! How did you like it? I thought that seemed kind of weird, but then again... it IS the first time that I've written anything A/U-like. The storyline is very different, and it might seem very blurry right now, but all of my beginnings are. Expect the fic to become much clearer as it goes on! **passes out Kudo Bars** NOW... it's time to read and review! Flames will be used to toast marshmallows. Marshmallows will be used to make s'mores. S'mores will be eaten by my black ostrich/dragon hybrid of an organoid, Pilfred!
Pilfred: EEEEEEEEEESSK! **nibbles at 'j00!**
Arizda: NOW, read and review! THANK YOU EVERYONE!