Rain
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Ninja Rage
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Disclaimer I do not own Final Fantasy IX. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Chapter I
Rain
As the waves glide along the ocean's misty shores.. AS the winds stroll through the mountain's foggy cores.. I wait for you up in my room..
Awaiting your golden blossom to bloom...
Along the docks of Alexandria memories are left wondering. Memories of things that passed, people that have gone, adventures that are over. As gentle waves brush against the moldy wood of the piers people who remember these memories continue to stare at the ocean. They often almost too often have memories of a thief who became a hero.. Of a princess who became queen and of a country destroyed, which became so amazingly wonderful again.
It had been six years since the journey had ended and since the group had seen each other. Alexandria had been rebuilt along with Lindblum. Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th was still queen and ruling on her own.. Everything had changed, but not everything was forgotten.
Garnet still had constant troubling memories of her past and.. Zidane. She missed everyone so much. She was tired of ruling so lonely. She had Beatrix and Steiner but they were always off.. together. She wished Zidane would come back to her. Maybe it wasn't Zidane 's style to be a king. Or just to be a queen's ...friend. 'Maybe I'm not aloud to love someone like him.. But I can't see living with out him any longer.. Six years. I miss him so much.. Maybe.. He doesn't feel the same.. Maybe he has already found love with another.' She constantly thought which distracted her from her duties as Queen.
Garnet sat at the balcony of her room, which she sat so often. She always sat on the balcony as if Zidane would someday drop in and give her a big hug and everything would be better!! But then sooner or later it'd get through her head that she wasn't in a dream, it was reality.. he wasn't coming back. But.. She still sat anyway; her dreams had been reality before. Why not now?
She sighed and slumped on her elbows pressing her fists against her cheeks. It was the same routine everyday.. Unless someone called on her to leave . Garnet veered her eyes up to the clouds.. They were that thick gray again; it had been raining quite often in the last six years. It was getting depressing. And it showed how her people feared thunderstorms.
Garnet folded her hands and sat them in her lap. As her lips parted they released a soft chord melody. Birds flying for shelter glided down to Garnet and perched on the railing in front of her. She began to smile in her song. Thunder rolled in the distance and lightning suddenly cracked which seemed to gash in the clouds causing small cold rain drops to scatter all over the rock paved streets of Alexandria.. Garnet stood releasing her melody even louder. Birds came swooping in and now perching on her arms and fingers.
Garnet's heart seemed to be struck with the lightning from the clouds as she was filled with a flash back from when Zidane had caught her for the first time singing with the birds...
"Ooooo... eh.. Zidane.." Garnet calmly stopped her song allowing the birds to fly away and perch elsewhere. She allowed the rain to tatter along the balcony slowly soaking her dress and hair. She felt so miserable inside.. She couldn't just forget him.. She would feel even worse. She sighed.. Why was it the rain that always reminded you of these things.. Perhaps because when it rains your depressed and when it's not your happy and so busy you don't have time to think about it. There was a knock at the door. Garnet swung around startled. She took a deep breath, brushed tears and water from her face, cleared her throat and smoothed her dress before stepping slowly toward the door. Closing the balcony shutters she let out a quiet," Come in."
Beatrix stepped through the door, " My queen." She stepped in quietly shutting the door behind her. Garnet nodded and sat softly in the chair in front of her vanity. Beatrix walked over and picked up her brush. She softly dragged the brush down her hair allowing the bristles to depart every hair to keep it from clumping..
"Queen you must stop going out it the rain. I know how you feel about these kinds of things but you don't want to get soaked." Beatrix said concerned for her health as well.
Garnet turned her head from looking at herself in the mirror, "you needn't worry about me. I can handle myself. And I enjoy standing on the balcony, you know that. And I need air sometimes.. It's always raining how will I get refreshed when I can't get a little wet." Garnet shifted to look at herself again.. " I'm sorry.. That I worry you Beatrix.. It's just I keep remembering. Remembering. well."
Beatrix placed the brush back on the table, scooped up all of Garnet's hair, twirled it on top of her head and clipped it with a rose clip.
"Beautiful, My queen you must not keep thinking of all of this.. you need to concentrate.. But I do understand how you feel." Beatrix looked sad, she felt sad for Garnet.. She looked so miserable and helpless.. But she should hold her head high anyway.. Six years.. Six years is a long time.. How could she not have forgotten him?
Garnet started to fidget with her fingers and soon she got herself in a la la state so she wasn't able to hear Beatrix. ' Rain makes us all remember.. maybe that is why my people fear the rain.. For that I cannot accuse them.. Because I would do same if I was them.. We've all gone through terror... so we all remember,,,' Garnet felt she was just repeating herself so she glanced up and stared at her reflection in the mirror. Beatrix put her hands on Garnet's shoulders and looked in to the mirror.
"Your majesty, Have you heard the news?" Beatrix finally spoke up. She waited for Garnet's answer which took a little while because she had begun fiddling with her fingers again.
"Your majesty?.. Garnet!" She frowned at Garnet for not listening and finally got an answer.
"..uh..oh..I haven't heard any news lately... Everyone seems to be denying me." Garnet replied turning her head towards the balcony.
"Well, you know you must have and heir to the throne.. To rule after you. But I hope you also know you must be married.. .. this year is that time that you must. It's important that the babe have enough years to grow before ruling and in that case.." Beatrix looked to the side, she hated having to put Garnet through this. The only person she 'd ever wish to marry would be.. well, that boy.. But he's not a boy anymore. And We haven't even seen him in six years how would she ever get a hold of him now.
" I know , Beatrix. It's not very fair but.. I agree." Garnet let out a large sigh and slumped back in the chair. Marriage was something everyone hated to go through. And it was extra horrible for queen's. A lot of the time you were marrying someone who you had no idea was. But it had to be done. 'I can't be afraid. I have to..for my people.' She thought bringing her head down. "Is that all Beatrix? "
Beatrix had already started for the door," yes, your majesty. I will leave you now." And she left with that. Steiner stood outside the door. "Well? How did it go?" He asked quietly. Beatrix began to walk down the hall and Steiner clumsily followed. "Well?"
"She didn't seem very happy. I still think she can't get over.. you know who.. I'm worried about her. She seems so depressed and she's been so for the last six years! And she's going to get sick if she doesn't stop going out in cold rain!" Beatrix shouted frustrated, she grabbed the railing of the steps and walked down with a cross face. Steiner ran down after her also trying to keep some distance.. He hated it when she was angry.
Garnet opened the balcony shutters to see it pouring down rain.. NO one was in the streets and no one seemed to be flying any air ships to Alexandria's dock.. ' If this keeps up Alexandria won't have any stock for the stores or for the markets..I know we have small farms but we can't make potions and healing herbs. If only it would stop raining,..for once.' Garnet began to worry about the rain. She shut her shutters and went out of her room. She walked slowly searching for Beatrix," I must see if something is going to be done." She said to herself as she hurried down the steps and into the Pluto knights quarters.
Steiner sat at the table in the center of the room. "Steiner.." Steiner jumped at the sound of Garnet's voice. "Hunh? Oh it's just you prin- uhh My queen. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes..do you know where Beatrix has gone?" She asked politely.
"uhh.. she went down to the entrance.. I think.. she said she had to do something." Steiner shifted in his seat and fiddled with the papers on it.
"thank you." Garnet curtsied and was out the door. Rain was getting harsh in the area... the water was getting much deeper over flowing the harbor. Her people were endanger if it kept raining.
Garnet stopped when she reached the door. She nodded to the guards and took off to the docks.
Chapter I end.
Thanks you for reading. If you liked it review.. If you want more review.. The next chapter will be up soon.
**~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**
Ninja Rage
*********************************
Disclaimer I do not own Final Fantasy IX. *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Chapter I
Rain
As the waves glide along the ocean's misty shores.. AS the winds stroll through the mountain's foggy cores.. I wait for you up in my room..
Awaiting your golden blossom to bloom...
Along the docks of Alexandria memories are left wondering. Memories of things that passed, people that have gone, adventures that are over. As gentle waves brush against the moldy wood of the piers people who remember these memories continue to stare at the ocean. They often almost too often have memories of a thief who became a hero.. Of a princess who became queen and of a country destroyed, which became so amazingly wonderful again.
It had been six years since the journey had ended and since the group had seen each other. Alexandria had been rebuilt along with Lindblum. Garnet Til Alexandros the 17th was still queen and ruling on her own.. Everything had changed, but not everything was forgotten.
Garnet still had constant troubling memories of her past and.. Zidane. She missed everyone so much. She was tired of ruling so lonely. She had Beatrix and Steiner but they were always off.. together. She wished Zidane would come back to her. Maybe it wasn't Zidane 's style to be a king. Or just to be a queen's ...friend. 'Maybe I'm not aloud to love someone like him.. But I can't see living with out him any longer.. Six years. I miss him so much.. Maybe.. He doesn't feel the same.. Maybe he has already found love with another.' She constantly thought which distracted her from her duties as Queen.
Garnet sat at the balcony of her room, which she sat so often. She always sat on the balcony as if Zidane would someday drop in and give her a big hug and everything would be better!! But then sooner or later it'd get through her head that she wasn't in a dream, it was reality.. he wasn't coming back. But.. She still sat anyway; her dreams had been reality before. Why not now?
She sighed and slumped on her elbows pressing her fists against her cheeks. It was the same routine everyday.. Unless someone called on her to leave . Garnet veered her eyes up to the clouds.. They were that thick gray again; it had been raining quite often in the last six years. It was getting depressing. And it showed how her people feared thunderstorms.
Garnet folded her hands and sat them in her lap. As her lips parted they released a soft chord melody. Birds flying for shelter glided down to Garnet and perched on the railing in front of her. She began to smile in her song. Thunder rolled in the distance and lightning suddenly cracked which seemed to gash in the clouds causing small cold rain drops to scatter all over the rock paved streets of Alexandria.. Garnet stood releasing her melody even louder. Birds came swooping in and now perching on her arms and fingers.
Garnet's heart seemed to be struck with the lightning from the clouds as she was filled with a flash back from when Zidane had caught her for the first time singing with the birds...
"Ooooo... eh.. Zidane.." Garnet calmly stopped her song allowing the birds to fly away and perch elsewhere. She allowed the rain to tatter along the balcony slowly soaking her dress and hair. She felt so miserable inside.. She couldn't just forget him.. She would feel even worse. She sighed.. Why was it the rain that always reminded you of these things.. Perhaps because when it rains your depressed and when it's not your happy and so busy you don't have time to think about it. There was a knock at the door. Garnet swung around startled. She took a deep breath, brushed tears and water from her face, cleared her throat and smoothed her dress before stepping slowly toward the door. Closing the balcony shutters she let out a quiet," Come in."
Beatrix stepped through the door, " My queen." She stepped in quietly shutting the door behind her. Garnet nodded and sat softly in the chair in front of her vanity. Beatrix walked over and picked up her brush. She softly dragged the brush down her hair allowing the bristles to depart every hair to keep it from clumping..
"Queen you must stop going out it the rain. I know how you feel about these kinds of things but you don't want to get soaked." Beatrix said concerned for her health as well.
Garnet turned her head from looking at herself in the mirror, "you needn't worry about me. I can handle myself. And I enjoy standing on the balcony, you know that. And I need air sometimes.. It's always raining how will I get refreshed when I can't get a little wet." Garnet shifted to look at herself again.. " I'm sorry.. That I worry you Beatrix.. It's just I keep remembering. Remembering. well."
Beatrix placed the brush back on the table, scooped up all of Garnet's hair, twirled it on top of her head and clipped it with a rose clip.
"Beautiful, My queen you must not keep thinking of all of this.. you need to concentrate.. But I do understand how you feel." Beatrix looked sad, she felt sad for Garnet.. She looked so miserable and helpless.. But she should hold her head high anyway.. Six years.. Six years is a long time.. How could she not have forgotten him?
Garnet started to fidget with her fingers and soon she got herself in a la la state so she wasn't able to hear Beatrix. ' Rain makes us all remember.. maybe that is why my people fear the rain.. For that I cannot accuse them.. Because I would do same if I was them.. We've all gone through terror... so we all remember,,,' Garnet felt she was just repeating herself so she glanced up and stared at her reflection in the mirror. Beatrix put her hands on Garnet's shoulders and looked in to the mirror.
"Your majesty, Have you heard the news?" Beatrix finally spoke up. She waited for Garnet's answer which took a little while because she had begun fiddling with her fingers again.
"Your majesty?.. Garnet!" She frowned at Garnet for not listening and finally got an answer.
"..uh..oh..I haven't heard any news lately... Everyone seems to be denying me." Garnet replied turning her head towards the balcony.
"Well, you know you must have and heir to the throne.. To rule after you. But I hope you also know you must be married.. .. this year is that time that you must. It's important that the babe have enough years to grow before ruling and in that case.." Beatrix looked to the side, she hated having to put Garnet through this. The only person she 'd ever wish to marry would be.. well, that boy.. But he's not a boy anymore. And We haven't even seen him in six years how would she ever get a hold of him now.
" I know , Beatrix. It's not very fair but.. I agree." Garnet let out a large sigh and slumped back in the chair. Marriage was something everyone hated to go through. And it was extra horrible for queen's. A lot of the time you were marrying someone who you had no idea was. But it had to be done. 'I can't be afraid. I have to..for my people.' She thought bringing her head down. "Is that all Beatrix? "
Beatrix had already started for the door," yes, your majesty. I will leave you now." And she left with that. Steiner stood outside the door. "Well? How did it go?" He asked quietly. Beatrix began to walk down the hall and Steiner clumsily followed. "Well?"
"She didn't seem very happy. I still think she can't get over.. you know who.. I'm worried about her. She seems so depressed and she's been so for the last six years! And she's going to get sick if she doesn't stop going out in cold rain!" Beatrix shouted frustrated, she grabbed the railing of the steps and walked down with a cross face. Steiner ran down after her also trying to keep some distance.. He hated it when she was angry.
Garnet opened the balcony shutters to see it pouring down rain.. NO one was in the streets and no one seemed to be flying any air ships to Alexandria's dock.. ' If this keeps up Alexandria won't have any stock for the stores or for the markets..I know we have small farms but we can't make potions and healing herbs. If only it would stop raining,..for once.' Garnet began to worry about the rain. She shut her shutters and went out of her room. She walked slowly searching for Beatrix," I must see if something is going to be done." She said to herself as she hurried down the steps and into the Pluto knights quarters.
Steiner sat at the table in the center of the room. "Steiner.." Steiner jumped at the sound of Garnet's voice. "Hunh? Oh it's just you prin- uhh My queen. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes..do you know where Beatrix has gone?" She asked politely.
"uhh.. she went down to the entrance.. I think.. she said she had to do something." Steiner shifted in his seat and fiddled with the papers on it.
"thank you." Garnet curtsied and was out the door. Rain was getting harsh in the area... the water was getting much deeper over flowing the harbor. Her people were endanger if it kept raining.
Garnet stopped when she reached the door. She nodded to the guards and took off to the docks.
Chapter I end.
Thanks you for reading. If you liked it review.. If you want more review.. The next chapter will be up soon.