I'm Coming Back to You
Chapter 3-Confusion
Disclaimer: Guess what? Yeah, you guessed it. The game does not belong to me. If it did, I wouldn't be writing FANfiction, would I? Y.Y
AN: Thanx to everyone who's had a heart big enough to review my fic! You make me feel so special. *sniff* *wipes tear* It inspires me to write more...so here's your next chapter. ^.^ From here on out, things will eventually get more and more confusing. I'll try to clear it up as much as I go. I'll throw in a couple new characters and try as hard as I can to develop them to the point that you can understand. If you don't get something, just ask. I'll try to help.
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"Hey, are you alright? Wake up."
Ouch. My head hurt. My whole body hurt. Still, the voice pressed on.
"You're moving. Wake up. Open your eyes."
A girl's voice. Soft and gentle. I groaned, stirred, and cracked open my eyelids.
"Had a nice nap?" It was a girl, about my age. She seemed pleased that I was awake. Her brown hair was long and straight, let loose to fall about her slim shoulders, framing her round face. She smiled warmly, her emerald eyes gleaming in relief. "I'd've thought you were gone for good, if you hadn't been breathing, just barely. Seems you hit your head on this rock and nearly got torn up by some gigantic weeds."
A rock? Gigantic weeds? I sat up slowly and rubbed the sore spot at my temples. I remembered a tree...a great big magical tree that attacked me, sort of...I moaned and decided to lie down again. "Where am I?"
"In my house," she replied. "In the middle of the forest."
Something blinked in my mind, but I didn't quite catch it. /I can't remember anything.../
"What's your name?" she inquired politely. "I'm Zeithi."
I stared at her blankly. "I don't know."
She raised an eyebrow. "You don't know your own name?"
I clutched my head suddenly. "It hurts. It hurts. Who am I?"
She suddenly frowned. "Maybe you have amnesia."
"I can't remember anything!" I growled in frustration. My own stomach growled back at me.
Zeithi giggled. Her laughter sounded like bells. "You're hungry, aren't you? Here, let me get you some broth."
I watched her go, then lay back down. I had forgotten everything. My name...what was my name? Zid...Zid. That's all I could remember. There was supposed to be another syllable, but everytime I nearly had it, it slipped out of my grasp. Well, Zid is good enough.
Who, indeed, am I? Reaching beneath the covers, I discovered my tail and decided it was my unique feature. After all, that girl didn't have one. /What's her name? It starts with a Z too...Zeithi. She is kinda cute...ugh. Why am I thinking like that, when I have more important things to worry about?/
Zeithi returned with the bowl and watched patiently while I ate it. "It's good," I complimented, handing the empty item back to her.
"Thank you." She regarded me curiously for a moment. "Are you sure you don't remember your name? Or anything at all?"
I shrugged. "All I can remember is Zid. My name is Zid-something."
"Zid...it will have to do for now."
"What part of the forest are we in?"
"Oh, we're fairly deep in. No one comes in this far."
"You've been living like this all your life?"
"Well, sometimes I drop by Conde Petie. Do you remember what Conde Petie is?"
I bit my lip. Conde Petie... "Rally ho?" I said tentatively. I wasn't actually sure what I was saying; it was the first thing that came to my mind when I tried to think of it.
She laughed. Again, the twinkling bells. "Yes. Rally ho. The greeting you must say to enter." She glanced at the twitching golden tail. "Do you remember how you got that?"
"Uhh...I was probably born with it," I scratched the back of my neck nervously. She asked personal questions, and I didn't even properly know the answers.
"I've seen summoners with horns, but you're pretty normal, save for the tail."
I looked up at her. "Summoners?"
"Yes. They are a special tribe of people capable of calling eidolons, which are powerful beasts. They disappeared when I was a little girl. I didn't live around here back then. I have only seen one since moving here. She was very small, and had purple hair and wings. But she seems to have gone away, too."
Purple hair and wings...a sudden image of a 6-year-old that fit her descriptions flashed in my mind. She grinned and waved, then disappeared. But I couldn't recall her name. I could only think of a moogle, transforming, becoming a gigantic creature. "Madeen," I said aloud, involuntarily.
"What?" she said.
"Madeen," I repeated, hopeful that she might recognize it. But she shook her head. I sighed.
"Don't worry. It could be just temporary amnesia."
"My head is hurting again," I moaned.
She helped me lie back down again, and murmured, "It is time to rest. You are very tired." And she began to sing a lullaby in a sweet, soft voice.
Sleep well, sleep tight
Sweet dreams as you sleep tonight
The sun and moon dance in harmony
The stars sing their heavenly song
Love, joy, peace to you
Shine brighter as we sing along
Sleep well, sleep tight
Sweet dreams as you sleep tonight
My eyelids drooped. My head throbbed painfully and I gave in to the comfort of sleep.
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It was dark. Very dark. /Where am I?/ Suddenly, someone struck a match. The light leaped out in all directions, illuminating faintly a large, wooden room, with a table in the middle, and a boy. A boy who looked strangely like...hey. That was MY hair. MY eyes. MY tail. Who was that boy? "Who are you?" I tried to say, but I couldn't speak. I couldn't even see myself. I only saw the boy.
The boy. Three more people came into the room. A man with a red scarf around his head. Another man with flaming orange hair and a belt that mysteriously covered his eyes. And...a strange creature. Short and brown.
The boy greeted the other three. I could not hear what they were saying. Why not? I wanted to. Somehow, I felt these people knew something about me. At least my name! But I couldn't tell from the moving of their lips what was being said.
Someone leaped in the midst of the men. A dragon! Or rather, a creature with a dragon's head. The four men drew their swords and daggers. They and the dragon began a fight. I watched them in awe. Something was familiar about that boy. But, he couldn't be me, could he? I was here, in the forest with Zeithi, and not with four men battling a dragon. Was that something of the past? Or something of the future?
The dragon pulled off its head which was a mask and showed a big fat man who grinned. A moment later he was addressing the other men, explaining. I watched him carefully. The only words I could make out was "play" and "princess" and "kid"-something. Then the men rose and made their way out of the room. The last one, the short and brown one who looked strange, went over to the lighted candle and blew it out.
Darkness.
Darkness.
"Wake up!"
AN: That's it for now. Some new info stuff, huh? FYI, "Zeithi" is Greek for "live!" or something like that. If I'm wrong, correct me. Anyway, I don't think that matters much to the story. (It's actually spelled zêta êta thêta iota, or ? ? ? ?) Hehe, our little hero will be "Zid" for a while. I mean, it's not interesting if I dished out all this info to him at once, especially the first time we find he remembers very little. Ehhh...anyway, the lullaby is one that my sis thought up. *sigh* It's got nice lyrics though, it just doesn't work with her voice...*ducks a tomato and blows raspberry to Chailyn* aaaanyway, keep on reviewing!!! (That's what those long purple buttons that say "Submit a Review" down at the bottom are for!)