Sweet Visions of Dreams
By: Sweet Ruby
Nayeli bit her lower lip, as she listened into her parent's conversation. What were they talking about?! Was something going to happen to HER. Her teeth gritted in anger, and she slapped her closed fan into her palm, and walked away, brooding. She had heard her parents speak of this stuff before. Though over time, she failed to catch what it exactly was. All she knew, was that, it must have been important, and it dealt with her. She reached the room in which she was givin, and closed the door angrilly behind her. She huffed and folded her arms, looking about her room. She was starting to get fed up with the secrecy. "well," she sneered. "I guess I'll have to find out mySELF." She rushed over to the closet, and tossed the fan aside, and searched for proper clothing. She'd need something comfortable, and easy to move around in. Making her selection, she quickly threw off her dress, and hurridly changed. She stepped up in front of her mirror, and studied herself. There she stood. The 16 year old heir to the throne of Alexandria. Dressed in silken breeches and one of her father's old shirts. "this...will have to do.. Until I get to Alexandria anyway..." she sighed, striding over to her bed, and quickly putting on her riding boots.
She stood and snatched her cloak from it's hook, as she opened her door slowly, and snuck out of her room. Softly, her feet padded down the halls, around corners, and through archways. 'Soon..' she told herself in her head. 'Soon I'll be out of here, and on my way to Alexandria...okay...just a little further...careful of footwork!' She stooped low as a guard walked past. Peeking around the corner, to make sure he wouldn't see her, she made a run for the large wooden doors of the palace. She grasped one of the huge handles and begain to pull on it. 'no!' She though in sudden realization. The doors were locked. 'How am I to get out?!' Her heart began to race, as her mind followed suit, and panic began to over take her. Her hands, shakily began searching for the locks in the dark. Footsteps began sounding down the hall, and she began to panic more. Finally, her fingers fell upon the great brass lock. Fumbling fingers, she hastilly opened the lock, and pushed with all her might upon the solid doors.
She gritted her teeth. "Come........on! Open!" she whispered to the giants, who didn't seem to listen. The footsteps were closer. She'd be caught! Quickly, she shoved all her weight upon the door, feet sliding on the hard, slippery floor. "Come on......come on...." she hissed. Finally, the door creaked open slightly, and she began pushing harder. "A little more......."
"Hey!" the voice of the gaurd sounded behind her. "Who goes there?!"
"Shoot!" She cursed her bad luck as she pushed harder and harder yet, the gaurd began racing towards her.
"Answer me!" he cried, nearing her.
The door finally gave way, and flung open, the wind of the night blew the rain inside like a curtain being swept aside. Nayeli nearly feel forward, but caught herself, and began to run. The gaurd, began hollering, drawing the attention of several others. 'Faster Nayeli!!!!' Her legs began speeding towards the market place, where she quickly dodged behind a small shack near the inn. She pressed herself up against the wall, rain pouring down her soft features, panting from her recent break-out. She closed her eyes and waited for the gaurds to pass.
The sound of pattering feet was heard as the 10 palace gaurds raced passed. Nayeli sighed in releif, and turned on her side, finding a door into the shack. She quickly opened it, hoping for it to be a storage hut. It was...for chocobos. "Great.....a stall...." she muttered. Oh well, she needed a horse anyway. She tip-toed over to the closest. A tall, sturdy male. It seemed entirly black to her. What was the difference anyway? She snatched the bridal and opened the stall. The startled chocobo backed away and snorted at her. "Shhhh.....you stupid beast! Help me out, and I'll give you all the greens you could want..." she cooed. The bird would have none of it, and reared back, pawing at her head. Nayeli let out a screech, and stumbled back, away from the bird. She had accedently made her way over to the corner of the shed, and tripped over a badly placed shovel. She toppled over backwards, and landed in a large pile of manure. "OH! YUCK!" she sneered, and wrinkled her nose, as she lifted her hands close to her eyes so she could see them a bit in the dark. Covered in black, gooey, stinking, stuff. "Gross!" She stumbled up and out of the pile, wiping the goop off her hands, and onto a nearby blanket. "You stupid Bird!" she cursed at it. "You're lucky it's raining!!" She grabbed the bridal again and quickly threw it onto the chocobo's face, startling it once again. But this time, she had a good hold of the reins. "Try anything THIS TIME I'll shove YOU into that pile!"
The chocobo snorted as she let go, and finished tacking the beast. "Alright you..." She grasped the reins again, and led him out of the stalls, and out into the icey cold rain. Huffing, she quickly hopped up, and soon mounted the thing. She quickly threw up her hood, and clucked to the large bird, causing it to give a jerk before it began trotting towards the exit of the city. She then kicked it, leading it into a full-out gallop. They zipped out of the city, and straight towards Gizamaluke's Grotto.
Looking back, over her shoulder at the disapearing city, Nayeli couldn't help but feel awful for what she had just done. "Mother........father.......I love you.....I'm sorry....but I can't stand the way you speak of my furture!" She faced forward once again, and whispered to the chocobo, "It's just you and me now....and there's no stopping us, right?" The only reply was the pattering of rain, and the soft thudding of the chocobo's feet against the moist ground.
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Yeal frowned at his plate of the mush tranee's were ment to eat. He wasn't hungry. In fact, he felt just plain sick. And, it wasn't the food that was causing it.
"Hey, Yeal!" Tacit interupted his brooding. "What's eatin you?" He asked, stuffing his mouth full of the green-orange goop. "Don't like the food?"
Seirra rolled her eyes at Tacit. "Maybe he's not eating because you made him lose his appitite with all that nasty stuff going in your mouth!"
"Hey, it's good stuff!"
The table groaned for a moment. "Come on Guys....." Ahanu said, frowning. "What's wrong Yeal?"
Yeal just sighed, and put his fork down. "Nothing."
"If it's nothing, then you wouldn't be in a bad mood." Sierra stated, her eyes glittered.
Yeal rested his arms on the table. "The Princess is missing."
"Is that all!?" Tacit exclaimed. "Why should you care? You're not her protector anymore."
".....Tacit. She's our Princess!" The brown haired girl replied harshly. "Though she's a stuck up, snot nosed, brat....we still need to care."
Their conversation was interupted by the loud, booming voice of Herm, the head trainer of the barracks. "ATTENTION!" Everyone quickly quieted down, and faced the man, who was standing at the front of the mess hall. "As you all have heard, our princess, heir to Alexandria, Princess Nayeli- Miyoko, has turned up missing. After an attack was placed upon her a day ago, we have reason to believe that this act was done by an assassin." Murmers began to sweep through-out the room, and soon hushed as the man raised his hand. "Yes, I know. However. The King and Queen have ordered all troops here to be sent out to search the Mist Contident. After you eat, you will report immediatly to the front of the barracks."
Yeal frowned at his plate, and stood up.
"Where're you goin?" Tacit asked.
He shook his head. "Just for a walk, I'll see you guys in a bit." With that, he turned and walked off, leaving the trainees to stare.
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A/N: Oh my gods! Sorry i haven't updated in SOOOOOO LONG! And I'm REALLY SORRY THAT THIS CHAPTER'S SOOOOO SHORT! GAH! I feel so horrid! I'd like to thank my reveiwers, however late this thanks might be, for keeping hooked! This story will be updated more often from now on. Perhaps a new chapter each week? Who knows, we'll just have to see how my life holds up!!
Nayeli bit her lower lip, as she listened into her parent's conversation. What were they talking about?! Was something going to happen to HER. Her teeth gritted in anger, and she slapped her closed fan into her palm, and walked away, brooding. She had heard her parents speak of this stuff before. Though over time, she failed to catch what it exactly was. All she knew, was that, it must have been important, and it dealt with her. She reached the room in which she was givin, and closed the door angrilly behind her. She huffed and folded her arms, looking about her room. She was starting to get fed up with the secrecy. "well," she sneered. "I guess I'll have to find out mySELF." She rushed over to the closet, and tossed the fan aside, and searched for proper clothing. She'd need something comfortable, and easy to move around in. Making her selection, she quickly threw off her dress, and hurridly changed. She stepped up in front of her mirror, and studied herself. There she stood. The 16 year old heir to the throne of Alexandria. Dressed in silken breeches and one of her father's old shirts. "this...will have to do.. Until I get to Alexandria anyway..." she sighed, striding over to her bed, and quickly putting on her riding boots.
She stood and snatched her cloak from it's hook, as she opened her door slowly, and snuck out of her room. Softly, her feet padded down the halls, around corners, and through archways. 'Soon..' she told herself in her head. 'Soon I'll be out of here, and on my way to Alexandria...okay...just a little further...careful of footwork!' She stooped low as a guard walked past. Peeking around the corner, to make sure he wouldn't see her, she made a run for the large wooden doors of the palace. She grasped one of the huge handles and begain to pull on it. 'no!' She though in sudden realization. The doors were locked. 'How am I to get out?!' Her heart began to race, as her mind followed suit, and panic began to over take her. Her hands, shakily began searching for the locks in the dark. Footsteps began sounding down the hall, and she began to panic more. Finally, her fingers fell upon the great brass lock. Fumbling fingers, she hastilly opened the lock, and pushed with all her might upon the solid doors.
She gritted her teeth. "Come........on! Open!" she whispered to the giants, who didn't seem to listen. The footsteps were closer. She'd be caught! Quickly, she shoved all her weight upon the door, feet sliding on the hard, slippery floor. "Come on......come on...." she hissed. Finally, the door creaked open slightly, and she began pushing harder. "A little more......."
"Hey!" the voice of the gaurd sounded behind her. "Who goes there?!"
"Shoot!" She cursed her bad luck as she pushed harder and harder yet, the gaurd began racing towards her.
"Answer me!" he cried, nearing her.
The door finally gave way, and flung open, the wind of the night blew the rain inside like a curtain being swept aside. Nayeli nearly feel forward, but caught herself, and began to run. The gaurd, began hollering, drawing the attention of several others. 'Faster Nayeli!!!!' Her legs began speeding towards the market place, where she quickly dodged behind a small shack near the inn. She pressed herself up against the wall, rain pouring down her soft features, panting from her recent break-out. She closed her eyes and waited for the gaurds to pass.
The sound of pattering feet was heard as the 10 palace gaurds raced passed. Nayeli sighed in releif, and turned on her side, finding a door into the shack. She quickly opened it, hoping for it to be a storage hut. It was...for chocobos. "Great.....a stall...." she muttered. Oh well, she needed a horse anyway. She tip-toed over to the closest. A tall, sturdy male. It seemed entirly black to her. What was the difference anyway? She snatched the bridal and opened the stall. The startled chocobo backed away and snorted at her. "Shhhh.....you stupid beast! Help me out, and I'll give you all the greens you could want..." she cooed. The bird would have none of it, and reared back, pawing at her head. Nayeli let out a screech, and stumbled back, away from the bird. She had accedently made her way over to the corner of the shed, and tripped over a badly placed shovel. She toppled over backwards, and landed in a large pile of manure. "OH! YUCK!" she sneered, and wrinkled her nose, as she lifted her hands close to her eyes so she could see them a bit in the dark. Covered in black, gooey, stinking, stuff. "Gross!" She stumbled up and out of the pile, wiping the goop off her hands, and onto a nearby blanket. "You stupid Bird!" she cursed at it. "You're lucky it's raining!!" She grabbed the bridal again and quickly threw it onto the chocobo's face, startling it once again. But this time, she had a good hold of the reins. "Try anything THIS TIME I'll shove YOU into that pile!"
The chocobo snorted as she let go, and finished tacking the beast. "Alright you..." She grasped the reins again, and led him out of the stalls, and out into the icey cold rain. Huffing, she quickly hopped up, and soon mounted the thing. She quickly threw up her hood, and clucked to the large bird, causing it to give a jerk before it began trotting towards the exit of the city. She then kicked it, leading it into a full-out gallop. They zipped out of the city, and straight towards Gizamaluke's Grotto.
Looking back, over her shoulder at the disapearing city, Nayeli couldn't help but feel awful for what she had just done. "Mother........father.......I love you.....I'm sorry....but I can't stand the way you speak of my furture!" She faced forward once again, and whispered to the chocobo, "It's just you and me now....and there's no stopping us, right?" The only reply was the pattering of rain, and the soft thudding of the chocobo's feet against the moist ground.
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Yeal frowned at his plate of the mush tranee's were ment to eat. He wasn't hungry. In fact, he felt just plain sick. And, it wasn't the food that was causing it.
"Hey, Yeal!" Tacit interupted his brooding. "What's eatin you?" He asked, stuffing his mouth full of the green-orange goop. "Don't like the food?"
Seirra rolled her eyes at Tacit. "Maybe he's not eating because you made him lose his appitite with all that nasty stuff going in your mouth!"
"Hey, it's good stuff!"
The table groaned for a moment. "Come on Guys....." Ahanu said, frowning. "What's wrong Yeal?"
Yeal just sighed, and put his fork down. "Nothing."
"If it's nothing, then you wouldn't be in a bad mood." Sierra stated, her eyes glittered.
Yeal rested his arms on the table. "The Princess is missing."
"Is that all!?" Tacit exclaimed. "Why should you care? You're not her protector anymore."
".....Tacit. She's our Princess!" The brown haired girl replied harshly. "Though she's a stuck up, snot nosed, brat....we still need to care."
Their conversation was interupted by the loud, booming voice of Herm, the head trainer of the barracks. "ATTENTION!" Everyone quickly quieted down, and faced the man, who was standing at the front of the mess hall. "As you all have heard, our princess, heir to Alexandria, Princess Nayeli- Miyoko, has turned up missing. After an attack was placed upon her a day ago, we have reason to believe that this act was done by an assassin." Murmers began to sweep through-out the room, and soon hushed as the man raised his hand. "Yes, I know. However. The King and Queen have ordered all troops here to be sent out to search the Mist Contident. After you eat, you will report immediatly to the front of the barracks."
Yeal frowned at his plate, and stood up.
"Where're you goin?" Tacit asked.
He shook his head. "Just for a walk, I'll see you guys in a bit." With that, he turned and walked off, leaving the trainees to stare.
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A/N: Oh my gods! Sorry i haven't updated in SOOOOOO LONG! And I'm REALLY SORRY THAT THIS CHAPTER'S SOOOOO SHORT! GAH! I feel so horrid! I'd like to thank my reveiwers, however late this thanks might be, for keeping hooked! This story will be updated more often from now on. Perhaps a new chapter each week? Who knows, we'll just have to see how my life holds up!!