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Mage of Sorrow

Type: Final Fantasy Tactics

Author: Flame

Archive: Just ask and You'll get a yes!

Copyright: I own all characters that weren't originaly mentioned in the Final Fantasy Tactics Game.

Summary: In the Final Fantasy Tactics world, Sage's noble family was murdered during a raid, and now she has to find away to survive and get revenge. But there is more to the story...
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Chapter 1
The Raid

In the Magic City of Gariland, the calm night gave reassurance to everyone who lived there. Of course the rebels who were plotting against the crown and attacking cities was a bit discomforting, the night overruled all fear of invasion and left all the minds sleeping peacefully.

Many guards kept watch at the gate, looking for any sign of a raid. Inside a couple of stone shacks were mages and knights, which were 'on-duty' in case of invasion. But most of them had fallen asleep because of the many nights they have been on guard, but nothing happened.

Inside one of the bigger mansions of Gariland lived the Racksla's, one of the noble families. The young man and woman who inherited the mansion and nobility had only one child, Sage. She was beautiful, elegant, and very sheltered from all of the bad things that lurked in reality.

It wasn't until the third catapult launched a boulder at the protective walls that she woke up. She thought it was maybe thunder, so she got up to go get a drink of water. She reached the kitchen, which was two flights of stairs down, and poured herself a small glass. She walked to her door and opened it, to see how hard it was raining, but she saw something else.

Outside was a pit of fire and death. The warriors in red were trying to fight off the warriors in green, but many were falling because of such an immediate attack.

Sage screamed and shut the door, bolted it shut with the board, and locked the lock. She then screamed for her parents... but there was no reply.

"Mother! Father!" She screamed, and ran to their room. She opened the chamber door and it revealed to empty beds. Her parents must have already gone down to fight.

She ran back down to the first floor, and she went through a door in the kitchen that led to the basement. She searched franticly for a weapon, but only found one of her father's old swords. This was her only option, so she grabbed and ran back to the entrance door. She had to find her parents!

She ran out into the fire. Enemies were still pouring through the entrance, and dead corpses lay everywhere. She looked anxiously for a sign of her parents, but found nothing.

She ran down a street, running past some warriors, injured and dying. When she left the shadows of an alleyway and into the other side she saw the most terrifying thing one would want to see in the heap of chaos which was already taking place.

A large green dragon was attacking a group of Lancers and Black Mages. The dragon lashed and bit at them, but didn't manage to catch any of them.

"Fire!" A Black Mage screamed and he managed to hit the dragon, but it barely hurt it.

The dragon quickly turned and lunged at him, mouth open and hungry. It took the black mage in its mouth and held him there, not yet piercing his flesh.

It let out a huff of air, which knocked the Black Mage's hat off revealing someone Sage knew.

"Robert!" She screamed.

"Sage!" He said, scared almost to insanity. "Run!"

"No!" She screamed, gripping the sword.

"Help him you idiots!" She screamed to the Lancers, but they only backed away faster.

"It's to late for me Sage, run!" Robert yelled, and then went into a trance, he was summoning a magic spell.

The dragon then slowly started to bite down on Robert, savoring the taste of his blood. But Robert only flinched and continued to summon the spell.

"FLARE!" He screamed as his magic reached its peak, and all Sage could see was fire engulfing him and the dragon.

"NO!" She screamed, but she was soon stopped form surprise as a hand grabbed her. She quickly turned, only to meet the eyes of her father, whom was fatally wounded.

He was a handsome knight, with blonde hair and brown eyes. He had always treated Sage fairly, and made sure that she was always happy. And to see her father like this was overwhelming.

"Father!" Sage screamed, grabbing him as he fell from weakness.

"Run, Sage!" He said. "Save yourself!"

She started to cry. All this death... why?

Her father yanked away from her and ran towards an enemy chemist, who was giving some of her comrade's potions for their wounds.

"Die you bastards!" He screamed, driving his sword into the chemist's back. She was completely surprised and only had enough time to turn and see he had stabbed her before she fell over lifeless.

There was an injured monk and archer, lying helpless on the ground. The monk was in tears as she saw her death drawing near, but the archer stood proud... he was not afraid to die for his cause.

Sage watched, horrified, as her father beheaded them both with two quick slashes. But she knew there was no helping this war, and there was only one way to survive and that was fight back.

"Go!" Her father screamed.

"Where is mother?" Sage asked quickly. "We can leave together, and after this you can find us!"

"No I can't!" Her father yelled back. "I won't survive this, Sage, and your mother hasn't either!"

"No...," Sage said, gasping in for air.

"She was killed by a black mage," he said, holding his head low in sorrow. "Now leave before they kill you to!"

"No!" She screamed back.

"If you don't leave," he said, lifting his sword in the air. "I will kill you!"

Her father then ran strait towards her, his sword in a killing position. He reached her and pushed her out of the way. On the other side of Sage was a Summoner, who was about to kill Sage with a summon.

Her father jabbed his sword in the male Summoner's stomach, but that did not stop him from calling his Summon.

The Summon Ifrit flew from the dark sky, and covered the spot where Sage's dad and the Summoner were on the ground ablaze.

"Father!" She screamed, but she knew he was gone.

She dropped the sword and ran for the hole the Dragon had made in the wall so that it could come through. And she ran off into the night, mind dazed, heart broken, and fate altered...