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*~* Prolog *~*
A young girl almost thirteen years of age sat outside Bale. The field, was in it's follow stage, where the farmer let it have a year of rest in order for it to be more fertile the next year. The girl's golden blonde hair hung loosely around her shoulders; her oval shaped face was turned to the direction of Seles. She had round shaped chocolate brown eyes, just like her mother's, or so she was often told. She didn't think so, in her eyes, her mother was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Hope was at the stage of her life where everyone was prettier than she was, everyone was as smart or smarter, and not one short of everyone was stronger than she was. Not that she suffered from a lack of training. Her father had always made sure she was physically fit, he'd trained her himself with how to use a blade. Unlike him however, she used a knife instead of a sword. A few strands of her hair blew across her face in the breeze, making it so she didn't see the approaching figure. Or maybe it was because he came in at such an angle that he had spent the whole time in her blind spot.
"Hope?" Dart asked as he went to sit next to her. Unlike Rose would have, had she survived the moon incident, Dart had aged, he sat near Hope no longer looking twenty-four. His face hadn't changed much; his eyes were different now though. Older, and wiser too. Rose had taught him many a lesson in his life, and even in her death, as she still haunted a few of his dreams. At the age of thirty-six, as he now was, Dart no longer participated in the Hero's Competition, and had become more of a family man.
"Yes Dad?" Hope asked turning to face him. Her pale face looked out of place amongst the golden flowers that were scattered between thick blades of lush green grass. Seeing the expression on his face Hope couldn't help but smile, however when he raised an eyebrow at her, changing his expression drastically she burst into a fit of giggles.
"Would you happen to have come across a boyfriend recently?" He asked in a serious tone, which was contrasting with the humorous look he favoured.
"No I'm afraid I haven't, I'm sorry." She said sadly.
"Come on kid, it's only a joke, it's not supposed to make you upset." He said whipping a tear from her cheek. "What's the matter?"
"I'm afraid that I'll never find my special someone." She said in as grave as tone as it was possible for a twelve year old girl to speak in.
"You'll find your special someone Hope, I promise that you will." He said satisfied with the smile that spread over her features. Her simple emotion of happiness soon changed though, to a look of curiosity.
"Dad, I know that you didn't love Mom the way you do know when you first met her." Hope stopped to think for a minute. "You never did tell me when you fell in love with her." She added onto her previous statement. Her curiosity if possible doubled at the look of concentration on her father's face.
"I guess, I guess that I began to see her in a new light. That's how Albert would say it anyway." Dart said pausing trying to think of the first time that he'd thought of Shana as someone more than a sister. "I guess it was in Fletz. At the ball right after we killed Lenus, and Meru gained us the Deep Blue Sea Dragoon Spirit." He stopped with a gasp. They had been careful not to mention Meru very much around Hope and Jay.
"What happened to Meru?" Hope asked quietly. Neither of her parents mentioned the girl often, and she had never met Meru either. "Mom always gets quiet when I ask her, sometimes she cries too." She added the last words.
"We're not sure Hope. She's dead now though, all the winglies are dead. We still don't know what happened to them." He forgot what the question had been and continued on. "There was no one in any of the cities, the cities themselves are fine, but what happened to the inhabitants?"
Hope had never seen her father looking so upset, she leaned over and poked him to get his attention. "Why didn't Meru stay here with you and Mom?" She asked quietly.
"This is the part where your mother cries isn't it?" Dart asked as he himself felt tears accumulating. Hope slowly nodded her head, she didn't hear the change of tone in his voice, and she didn't notice the tears in his eyes.
"Well?" She said prompting him.
"Meru was always energetic, much more so than the rest of us, and we easily grew tired of having her around." He said feeling ashamed. "She'd try to help, in ways that others didn't recognize. If you didn't feel good, she wouldn't get you a bowl of soup, she'd let you get over it yourself, it made you stronger that way. Instead she'd keep you company, she'd always say: "Just because your body is suffering doesn't mean your soul has to." She was a rare and beautiful kind of person, and we didn't know it until it was to late." He said standing up and stretching.
"Dad, I'm not going until you promise to help me find my special someone!" Hope stated stubbornly stomping a foot.
"Alright, I promise Kiddo." He said as he scooped her up in his arm and placed her on his back piggy-backing her to Indels Castle.
*~*
"Soon, soon it will all be over." Her voice echoed about her, out through the darkness of her own abyss. There was only one light to be seen. Very much like the mirror in Aglis, a round orb that floated level with her shoulders. It glowed of a bright light in itself shining outwards, but not enough to illuminate the woman who gazed upon it. At the moment, what she gazed upon was a father and daughter, heading to a friend's home for their dinner.
"My will, cannot fail." She stated confidently, and these, like the last words, echoed about her and through the darkness.
*~*
That was chapter one, most of my chapters will be at least twice this in length, but I really wanted to leave this chapter off here. I promise that my work won't usually be so short. Thank you fore reading, please review if you have read it. Criticism is welcome, and flames are acceptable, I only want you honest opinion.
*~* Prolog *~*
A young girl almost thirteen years of age sat outside Bale. The field, was in it's follow stage, where the farmer let it have a year of rest in order for it to be more fertile the next year. The girl's golden blonde hair hung loosely around her shoulders; her oval shaped face was turned to the direction of Seles. She had round shaped chocolate brown eyes, just like her mother's, or so she was often told. She didn't think so, in her eyes, her mother was the most beautiful woman in the world.
Hope was at the stage of her life where everyone was prettier than she was, everyone was as smart or smarter, and not one short of everyone was stronger than she was. Not that she suffered from a lack of training. Her father had always made sure she was physically fit, he'd trained her himself with how to use a blade. Unlike him however, she used a knife instead of a sword. A few strands of her hair blew across her face in the breeze, making it so she didn't see the approaching figure. Or maybe it was because he came in at such an angle that he had spent the whole time in her blind spot.
"Hope?" Dart asked as he went to sit next to her. Unlike Rose would have, had she survived the moon incident, Dart had aged, he sat near Hope no longer looking twenty-four. His face hadn't changed much; his eyes were different now though. Older, and wiser too. Rose had taught him many a lesson in his life, and even in her death, as she still haunted a few of his dreams. At the age of thirty-six, as he now was, Dart no longer participated in the Hero's Competition, and had become more of a family man.
"Yes Dad?" Hope asked turning to face him. Her pale face looked out of place amongst the golden flowers that were scattered between thick blades of lush green grass. Seeing the expression on his face Hope couldn't help but smile, however when he raised an eyebrow at her, changing his expression drastically she burst into a fit of giggles.
"Would you happen to have come across a boyfriend recently?" He asked in a serious tone, which was contrasting with the humorous look he favoured.
"No I'm afraid I haven't, I'm sorry." She said sadly.
"Come on kid, it's only a joke, it's not supposed to make you upset." He said whipping a tear from her cheek. "What's the matter?"
"I'm afraid that I'll never find my special someone." She said in as grave as tone as it was possible for a twelve year old girl to speak in.
"You'll find your special someone Hope, I promise that you will." He said satisfied with the smile that spread over her features. Her simple emotion of happiness soon changed though, to a look of curiosity.
"Dad, I know that you didn't love Mom the way you do know when you first met her." Hope stopped to think for a minute. "You never did tell me when you fell in love with her." She added onto her previous statement. Her curiosity if possible doubled at the look of concentration on her father's face.
"I guess, I guess that I began to see her in a new light. That's how Albert would say it anyway." Dart said pausing trying to think of the first time that he'd thought of Shana as someone more than a sister. "I guess it was in Fletz. At the ball right after we killed Lenus, and Meru gained us the Deep Blue Sea Dragoon Spirit." He stopped with a gasp. They had been careful not to mention Meru very much around Hope and Jay.
"What happened to Meru?" Hope asked quietly. Neither of her parents mentioned the girl often, and she had never met Meru either. "Mom always gets quiet when I ask her, sometimes she cries too." She added the last words.
"We're not sure Hope. She's dead now though, all the winglies are dead. We still don't know what happened to them." He forgot what the question had been and continued on. "There was no one in any of the cities, the cities themselves are fine, but what happened to the inhabitants?"
Hope had never seen her father looking so upset, she leaned over and poked him to get his attention. "Why didn't Meru stay here with you and Mom?" She asked quietly.
"This is the part where your mother cries isn't it?" Dart asked as he himself felt tears accumulating. Hope slowly nodded her head, she didn't hear the change of tone in his voice, and she didn't notice the tears in his eyes.
"Well?" She said prompting him.
"Meru was always energetic, much more so than the rest of us, and we easily grew tired of having her around." He said feeling ashamed. "She'd try to help, in ways that others didn't recognize. If you didn't feel good, she wouldn't get you a bowl of soup, she'd let you get over it yourself, it made you stronger that way. Instead she'd keep you company, she'd always say: "Just because your body is suffering doesn't mean your soul has to." She was a rare and beautiful kind of person, and we didn't know it until it was to late." He said standing up and stretching.
"Dad, I'm not going until you promise to help me find my special someone!" Hope stated stubbornly stomping a foot.
"Alright, I promise Kiddo." He said as he scooped her up in his arm and placed her on his back piggy-backing her to Indels Castle.
*~*
"Soon, soon it will all be over." Her voice echoed about her, out through the darkness of her own abyss. There was only one light to be seen. Very much like the mirror in Aglis, a round orb that floated level with her shoulders. It glowed of a bright light in itself shining outwards, but not enough to illuminate the woman who gazed upon it. At the moment, what she gazed upon was a father and daughter, heading to a friend's home for their dinner.
"My will, cannot fail." She stated confidently, and these, like the last words, echoed about her and through the darkness.
*~*
That was chapter one, most of my chapters will be at least twice this in length, but I really wanted to leave this chapter off here. I promise that my work won't usually be so short. Thank you fore reading, please review if you have read it. Criticism is welcome, and flames are acceptable, I only want you honest opinion.