Author's Notes: Hey ya'll! How were yor holidays? Yeah, I know....you think
I'm crazy because I'm asking like a month after their over, but I'm
seriously just coming out of my holidays which was like a few days ago.
(It's Jan 8 for anyone who's wondering.....) Anywho, I guess you're all
looking forward to my new chapter..... Okay, maybe not....Oh, any
suggestions for a new summary?!
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimers: IDOFF
Chapter Nine: Conversations (Sorry.....Jail Birds is the next chappy, hehe)
The three spiders stared down at the small girl and the smaller boy dressed in blue. They seemed to be no match for them considering their size and appearance. Boy, they were wrong.
However, the rustle in the bushes behind them caused them to run off into the woods at the other side of the meadow they had just entered.
Dagger and Vivi looked to the bushes. Whatever was in those bushes had to be something hideously bad. It had been enough to scare off those spiders which meant it had to be bigger and stronger. Dagger and Vivi both realized that they were no match for whatever laid behind that covering. They also knew that they had no time to get away so they had to face whatever lay in store for them.
Dagger slid into a fighting stance which protected the left side of her body from attacks. Her dagger, being held in her right hand, was out in front of her, ready for an incoming attack.
Vivi took a step back, so he was slightly protected by Dagger. His hands began to glow a bright blue color, but the icy-looking light stayed inside his hands. He pointed them toward the bushes just as two small figures emerged, broadswords held out in front of them.
Dagger and Vivi made no move to injure the shadowy figures, that seemed to holster their swords. Vivi squinted his eyes to get a better look at them, but all he got was the sound of metal clinking as the figures moved closer to them.
"Stay back," Dagger muttered, thrusting her dagger forward to prove she wasn't kidding. "I will kill you if I must."
"Dagger.....I don't think they mean to hurt us," Vivi replied, lowering his hands as the icy light faded into nothingness. He picked up a stick. "Kogasu," he muttered as he lit the end of the stick.
Dagger glanced at him, but still did not sheath her dagger. Instead, she brought it closer to herself and moved into a more relaxed position. She was still on guard, but less tense. She turned her attention back to the shadowy figures that had just moved into the light.
It was a young woman and a young man. The woman had curly brown hair and brown eyes. The man's hair was hidden underneath his helmet and his dark green eyes were sparkling in the light. Both were dressed in suits of armor. The girl's was did not scream 'knight' as much of the man's did. Hers was more mobile, it appeared, but the man didn't look like he needed to be that mobile to provide a good, forceful attack.
"What do you want?" Dagger inquired, her eyes glaring and her dagger still in her hands.
"We are questing knights from Alexandria. I am General Lukia Beatrix and this is Captain Aldebert Steiner," the woman said, her brown eyes glittering in the light that Vivi had created with his black magic.
"B-Beatrix?" Dagger stuttered, taking a step back, her hand on her head. She walked back into the arms of Zidane, whom had come back after soon realizing that Dagger and Vivi were no longer behind him and Freya.
The blond man caught her just as she fainted again. He glanced down at her, confusion evident on his face. He picked her lithe form up into his arms before stepping into the light. "Knights.....what did you do to her?!" he growled, holding Dagger.
Freya was standing behind him listening intently. "Zidane....," she said, setting a hand on his shoulder. He glanced at her for a brief second before turning his eyes back to the knights. "These are the two that are searching for the missing princess."
"What would you know of Princess Garnet?!" Steiner questioned in anger.
"We know nothing of the princess, but we are searching for those who have captured her," Freya answered, pushing Zidane back and stepping into the light.
"You.....you are Freya, the legendary Dragoon Knight.....," Beatrix murmured, awed.
"Yes, I am she. You are the legendary Beatrix that had slain one thousand soldiers in the end of the War of Lindblum when you were just fourteen," Freya responded, just as awed as Beatrix, but not showing it.
"It appears we have much to share with one another," Steiner said, interupting the conversation that Beatrix and Freya had been having.
"We can talk about it once we find a place to rest," Zidane muttered, turning and wandering out of the clearing and into the forest.
~~~~~~(Sorry.....I hate writing in present tense, so I'm going back to past)
~*~Dream~*~
~*~Dagger's POV~*~
I looked everywhere for him, my dress flowing along behind me. Today, Daddy was supposed to be leaving for Lindblum to talk with Uncle Cid. I had to find him before he left.
I had worn the pretty new dress he had bought just for me. It was a light royal blue tone that had three layers made of light material. The top was a little tight, but the sleeves were loose and frilly. The ribbong tied around my waist was a dark maroon color that tied off into the back in a small bow. From the ribbon, the dress became frilly like the sleeves and fell very loosely. It looked as if it formed waves around my legs as each layer laid and caressed the other. I felt like and angel, and as I ran, I felt as though I was flying.
"Daddy!" I called, running into his and Mommy's room. No one was there and I felt the tears come to my eyes. He promised that I would see him before he left to visit Uncle Cid. "Where are you Daddy?"
I sniffed, and a tear escaped my eyes. I wiped it away. I promised him I wouldn't cry. Maybe he was in the front foyer.
I ran as fast as my bare little feet would carry me. Through the castle, my hair long hair blowing behind me, I ran feeling as though I was flying. I spotted my mother coming out of my room. She was holding my sister in her arms and I smiled as I ran up to her.
"Mommy! Where's Daddy?" I shouted, bouncing up and down in excitement.
She smiled down at me and kissed my sister. "He's in the front foyer Garnet. He sent me up to get you, so you better make haste and see him before he departs."
"Daddy!" I murmured, running away from my mother and down the hall.
I made my way to the front foyer, and slowed my running to a walk as I came near. Just one more corner. I stopped, however. There were voices in the foyer and one of them was Daddy's. The other one sounded angry, but why would anyone ever be mad my gentle Daddy?
I heard a man leaving and then turned to the corner. There was red pooling out onto the dark blue marble and it was coming from the limp form on the floor. "Daddy!!" I heard myself cry out as I ran through the crimson puddle of my father's own blood to his body.
He looked up at me, his eyes glassy. "Gar....Garnet....," he muttered, before falling, face sideways, into his own pool of blood.
"DADDY!!!!" I screamed, water falling from my eyes freely as I kneeled, wrapping my arms around his neck and sobbing into his hair.
~*~End POV~*~
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The fire had been built and started by the small black mage. Everyone had been sitting around it in silence. Freya sat near on his left side Zidane with Vivi on the right side of him. Steiner and Beatrix sat on the other side of the fire, facing them. Dagger was still passed out, her head on Zidane's lap as her protectively had one of his hands on her shoulder and the other was stroking her hair gently as she calmed out of the nightmare she was having.
"So, how are you acquainted witht he people we are following?" the young female knight inquired, staring into the fire.
"One of them is a relative of mine," Zidane murmured, staring down at the girl in his lap. He wrapped his tail around her waist protectively as a tear slipped out of one of her eyes. His heart fluttered as her pain seemed to subside at his touch. 'How can one woman do this to me?' he pondered, his eyes never leaving her now peaceful face.
"The other is Fratley, my lost love. I have been searching the world for him only to find his footprints," Freya explained, her eyes downcast.
"Are you sure you are not consorting with them?" Steiner questioned, arching a brow at the group before him.
"No," Vivi said, looking at the two from across the fire. "They are not consorting with them. Well, I at least kow Zidane is not. He saved me from his brother once who has now enslaved my people."
"Why has he enslaved your people?" Beatrix asked, looking up at the black mage. "Evidently, he values their strong powers, but why?"
"We're still trying to figure that out," Zidane answered, finally looking up from the beauty in his lap. "I have no idea why Kuja would want the princess either. I plan to put a stop to whatever he's planning and showing him a thing or two about respect of life."
"So, this Kuja, who is your brother Zidane, has enslaved a black mage race, captured the princess, and is working with the lost love of Freya, Fratley?" Steiner questioned, placing the pieces together.
"That is correct," Vivi replied, glancing upward at the stars. "I think it is about time that we all got some rest before continuing this conversation."
Each agreed in their own way. Freya hopped up into a tree and slept up there. Vivi leaned against a rock and soon fell asleep as Beatrix and Steiner leaned against one another. Zidane slipped down , so he was lying flat on the ground. He laid sideways, put his head on his arm, and pulled Dagger close to him. He placed her head on the same arm his head was on and wrapped the other around her upper back, his tail still around her waist protectively.
She fell into his warmth and tucked her head under his chin. Her soft hair tickled his chin, but he soon got used to it, and fell asleep to her soothing smell. Sometime in the night, she wrapped her arms around Zidane's waist.
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All I have to say is WOW!!! It's is totally like June, eh heh heh.....sorry abouy that! I got distracted with my other stories and forgot to update this one. But, now I'm back to your happiness, or unhappiness....whatever. Well, I hope you liked this chapter and I'm incredibly sorry about it being so late!! And sorry about the chapter title change thing. Jail Birds is the next chapter, hehe. Oh, any new ideas for a summary??
Stay Tuned for Chapter Ten: Jail Birds......Dagger's past comes back to haunt her, but this time, in more than just dreams. Everyone is jailed in Alexandria, but why are Steiner and Beatrix with them if they're knights of Alexandria?? The plot thickens......exactly who is this Kuja, besides Zidane's older brother?
Ja ne! And gomen many times over!!!! ~KaBunny
Title: Memories Long Forgotten
Author: KaBunny
E-mail: Alexandra_Miyoko@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimers: IDOFF
Chapter Nine: Conversations (Sorry.....Jail Birds is the next chappy, hehe)
The three spiders stared down at the small girl and the smaller boy dressed in blue. They seemed to be no match for them considering their size and appearance. Boy, they were wrong.
However, the rustle in the bushes behind them caused them to run off into the woods at the other side of the meadow they had just entered.
Dagger and Vivi looked to the bushes. Whatever was in those bushes had to be something hideously bad. It had been enough to scare off those spiders which meant it had to be bigger and stronger. Dagger and Vivi both realized that they were no match for whatever laid behind that covering. They also knew that they had no time to get away so they had to face whatever lay in store for them.
Dagger slid into a fighting stance which protected the left side of her body from attacks. Her dagger, being held in her right hand, was out in front of her, ready for an incoming attack.
Vivi took a step back, so he was slightly protected by Dagger. His hands began to glow a bright blue color, but the icy-looking light stayed inside his hands. He pointed them toward the bushes just as two small figures emerged, broadswords held out in front of them.
Dagger and Vivi made no move to injure the shadowy figures, that seemed to holster their swords. Vivi squinted his eyes to get a better look at them, but all he got was the sound of metal clinking as the figures moved closer to them.
"Stay back," Dagger muttered, thrusting her dagger forward to prove she wasn't kidding. "I will kill you if I must."
"Dagger.....I don't think they mean to hurt us," Vivi replied, lowering his hands as the icy light faded into nothingness. He picked up a stick. "Kogasu," he muttered as he lit the end of the stick.
Dagger glanced at him, but still did not sheath her dagger. Instead, she brought it closer to herself and moved into a more relaxed position. She was still on guard, but less tense. She turned her attention back to the shadowy figures that had just moved into the light.
It was a young woman and a young man. The woman had curly brown hair and brown eyes. The man's hair was hidden underneath his helmet and his dark green eyes were sparkling in the light. Both were dressed in suits of armor. The girl's was did not scream 'knight' as much of the man's did. Hers was more mobile, it appeared, but the man didn't look like he needed to be that mobile to provide a good, forceful attack.
"What do you want?" Dagger inquired, her eyes glaring and her dagger still in her hands.
"We are questing knights from Alexandria. I am General Lukia Beatrix and this is Captain Aldebert Steiner," the woman said, her brown eyes glittering in the light that Vivi had created with his black magic.
"B-Beatrix?" Dagger stuttered, taking a step back, her hand on her head. She walked back into the arms of Zidane, whom had come back after soon realizing that Dagger and Vivi were no longer behind him and Freya.
The blond man caught her just as she fainted again. He glanced down at her, confusion evident on his face. He picked her lithe form up into his arms before stepping into the light. "Knights.....what did you do to her?!" he growled, holding Dagger.
Freya was standing behind him listening intently. "Zidane....," she said, setting a hand on his shoulder. He glanced at her for a brief second before turning his eyes back to the knights. "These are the two that are searching for the missing princess."
"What would you know of Princess Garnet?!" Steiner questioned in anger.
"We know nothing of the princess, but we are searching for those who have captured her," Freya answered, pushing Zidane back and stepping into the light.
"You.....you are Freya, the legendary Dragoon Knight.....," Beatrix murmured, awed.
"Yes, I am she. You are the legendary Beatrix that had slain one thousand soldiers in the end of the War of Lindblum when you were just fourteen," Freya responded, just as awed as Beatrix, but not showing it.
"It appears we have much to share with one another," Steiner said, interupting the conversation that Beatrix and Freya had been having.
"We can talk about it once we find a place to rest," Zidane muttered, turning and wandering out of the clearing and into the forest.
~~~~~~(Sorry.....I hate writing in present tense, so I'm going back to past)
~*~Dream~*~
~*~Dagger's POV~*~
I looked everywhere for him, my dress flowing along behind me. Today, Daddy was supposed to be leaving for Lindblum to talk with Uncle Cid. I had to find him before he left.
I had worn the pretty new dress he had bought just for me. It was a light royal blue tone that had three layers made of light material. The top was a little tight, but the sleeves were loose and frilly. The ribbong tied around my waist was a dark maroon color that tied off into the back in a small bow. From the ribbon, the dress became frilly like the sleeves and fell very loosely. It looked as if it formed waves around my legs as each layer laid and caressed the other. I felt like and angel, and as I ran, I felt as though I was flying.
"Daddy!" I called, running into his and Mommy's room. No one was there and I felt the tears come to my eyes. He promised that I would see him before he left to visit Uncle Cid. "Where are you Daddy?"
I sniffed, and a tear escaped my eyes. I wiped it away. I promised him I wouldn't cry. Maybe he was in the front foyer.
I ran as fast as my bare little feet would carry me. Through the castle, my hair long hair blowing behind me, I ran feeling as though I was flying. I spotted my mother coming out of my room. She was holding my sister in her arms and I smiled as I ran up to her.
"Mommy! Where's Daddy?" I shouted, bouncing up and down in excitement.
She smiled down at me and kissed my sister. "He's in the front foyer Garnet. He sent me up to get you, so you better make haste and see him before he departs."
"Daddy!" I murmured, running away from my mother and down the hall.
I made my way to the front foyer, and slowed my running to a walk as I came near. Just one more corner. I stopped, however. There were voices in the foyer and one of them was Daddy's. The other one sounded angry, but why would anyone ever be mad my gentle Daddy?
I heard a man leaving and then turned to the corner. There was red pooling out onto the dark blue marble and it was coming from the limp form on the floor. "Daddy!!" I heard myself cry out as I ran through the crimson puddle of my father's own blood to his body.
He looked up at me, his eyes glassy. "Gar....Garnet....," he muttered, before falling, face sideways, into his own pool of blood.
"DADDY!!!!" I screamed, water falling from my eyes freely as I kneeled, wrapping my arms around his neck and sobbing into his hair.
~*~End POV~*~
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The fire had been built and started by the small black mage. Everyone had been sitting around it in silence. Freya sat near on his left side Zidane with Vivi on the right side of him. Steiner and Beatrix sat on the other side of the fire, facing them. Dagger was still passed out, her head on Zidane's lap as her protectively had one of his hands on her shoulder and the other was stroking her hair gently as she calmed out of the nightmare she was having.
"So, how are you acquainted witht he people we are following?" the young female knight inquired, staring into the fire.
"One of them is a relative of mine," Zidane murmured, staring down at the girl in his lap. He wrapped his tail around her waist protectively as a tear slipped out of one of her eyes. His heart fluttered as her pain seemed to subside at his touch. 'How can one woman do this to me?' he pondered, his eyes never leaving her now peaceful face.
"The other is Fratley, my lost love. I have been searching the world for him only to find his footprints," Freya explained, her eyes downcast.
"Are you sure you are not consorting with them?" Steiner questioned, arching a brow at the group before him.
"No," Vivi said, looking at the two from across the fire. "They are not consorting with them. Well, I at least kow Zidane is not. He saved me from his brother once who has now enslaved my people."
"Why has he enslaved your people?" Beatrix asked, looking up at the black mage. "Evidently, he values their strong powers, but why?"
"We're still trying to figure that out," Zidane answered, finally looking up from the beauty in his lap. "I have no idea why Kuja would want the princess either. I plan to put a stop to whatever he's planning and showing him a thing or two about respect of life."
"So, this Kuja, who is your brother Zidane, has enslaved a black mage race, captured the princess, and is working with the lost love of Freya, Fratley?" Steiner questioned, placing the pieces together.
"That is correct," Vivi replied, glancing upward at the stars. "I think it is about time that we all got some rest before continuing this conversation."
Each agreed in their own way. Freya hopped up into a tree and slept up there. Vivi leaned against a rock and soon fell asleep as Beatrix and Steiner leaned against one another. Zidane slipped down , so he was lying flat on the ground. He laid sideways, put his head on his arm, and pulled Dagger close to him. He placed her head on the same arm his head was on and wrapped the other around her upper back, his tail still around her waist protectively.
She fell into his warmth and tucked her head under his chin. Her soft hair tickled his chin, but he soon got used to it, and fell asleep to her soothing smell. Sometime in the night, she wrapped her arms around Zidane's waist.
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All I have to say is WOW!!! It's is totally like June, eh heh heh.....sorry abouy that! I got distracted with my other stories and forgot to update this one. But, now I'm back to your happiness, or unhappiness....whatever. Well, I hope you liked this chapter and I'm incredibly sorry about it being so late!! And sorry about the chapter title change thing. Jail Birds is the next chapter, hehe. Oh, any new ideas for a summary??
Stay Tuned for Chapter Ten: Jail Birds......Dagger's past comes back to haunt her, but this time, in more than just dreams. Everyone is jailed in Alexandria, but why are Steiner and Beatrix with them if they're knights of Alexandria?? The plot thickens......exactly who is this Kuja, besides Zidane's older brother?
Ja ne! And gomen many times over!!!! ~KaBunny