-The Voice-
Chapter three! Go mee! ^.^ I can't believe my original smut fic is blossoming into an actual story! Thanks for the encouragement so far.
Same disclaimer still applies.
Enjoy!
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Myria had arrived back in one piece. She had cuts and bruises on her, but nothing that wouldn't heal itself in a day or two. Colin, however, was not so fortunate.
Colin was delivered in critical condition to his Alexandrian home. They had managed to clean him up a little before they got there, but his mother could not stifle her rage and worry.
"Who DID THIS?" She shrieked continuously.
"We don't know," said Blank, "we think he may have been attacked by animals."
"Animals?! In this city?"
"We found him in the Evil Forest. I had Blank keep a watch over Myria, who was playing with Colin." Zidane began. "What happened, Blank?"
"Usually, Myria and Colin were good kids, never getting into trouble and always on time for meals. Up until today I only kept half an eye on them. They were playing until I had averted my gaze for a moment to talk with some buddies of mine. I looked back, and they had disappeared."
"That doesn't explain what happened to my dear Colin!" the mother spewed.
"Please, ma'am, allow me to finish." Blank said. She quieted down and he continued. "I searched everywhere, asked anybody, until some kids told me they saw them running toward the edge of the city. I assumed the worst, and decided to go get Zidane. We searched where the kids had pointed and noticed fresh footprints in the soil leading off the ledge. We lept down into Evil Forest, but we were too late. We brought Myria and Colin home, and now here we are."
They all silently looked at Colin, whose chest rose and fell with an unhealthy weeze.
"And the animals? What were they?" the mother asked.
"I guess they were attacked by some sort of beast, perhaps a Fang, from what the bite marks look like." Blank explained.
"You guess?" the mother said.
Zidane looked up. "That was the odd thing. We encountered none when we arrived."
Blank nodded, also suspicious.
"And Myria?" the mother asked.
"She only suffered some cuts and bruises. Apparently she wasn't harmed by what attacked them," Zidane answered. "Perhaps Colin fended it off?"
"That's the only explanation I can think of," Blank said. "I never knew your boy was so brave, miss."
The expression on the mother's face grew more sympathetic. She was proud of her boy. She nodded.
"We will check with you regularly, ma'am, and I hope Colin has a speedy recovery," Blank told her with a gracious bow.
Zidane yanked him out as they exited the doorway. "You're always soooo polite, yes, ma'am, sir," he mocked.
"Shuddup, and maybe you should worry about your *own* diplomacy for your *own* wife!" Blank retorted.
"Shit!" Zidane muttered. He was going to have to explain to Dagger pretty well what happened before she bit his head off. He took his time getting back to the castle.
- X - X - X - X -
Once there, he went to see his darling, napping daughter. He was glad she was okay, despite the odd circumstances of the event. He was gently stroking her face until he was forcefully yanked by his shirt back and around.
"Dagger! Honey! Let me explain what happened..." he trailed off, knowing his head was in the figurative guillotine.
"Dammit, Zidane! I thought my daughter was going to be watched at all times! But was she watched at all times? NO! She instead was allowed to fall over into one of the most dangerous places on the planet and nearly get ripped apart with that poor Colin!" She took a breath. "What if something worse had happened? What if she had been killed? What the hell was Blank doing at the time?"
"Hey, before you go bashing Blank, consider what could and *would* have happened if Blank hadn't been around. He saved them both." Dagger considered this while allowing him to continue.
"But Myria is safe, now," Zidane continued. "I doubt she'll be doing something like that again. What we should worry about instead is Colin. He's stable, but weak."
"Yea, I heard about that." Dagger's voice had regained its serenity.
"Blank and I weren't able to deduce much," Zidane continued. "Blank came and got me, and led us to where a kid he talked to pointed out earlier. We found fresh footprints on the ledge, so we followed them down. Sure enough, there was Myria, unconscious but with minor injuries, and Colin, not too far away, who was really messed up." He sighed. "We took them back up to Alexandria and delivered Colin to his home and Myria here. Blank felt we ought to talk to Colin's mom first, so that's what we did. Then I came back here."
"But doesn't it seem odd that Colin was the only one brutally injured?" Dagger wondered.
"Blank and I thought about that, and figured it must have been Colin who really saved the day. He must have took on whatever it was with his bare hands."
Dagger nodded. "Then we'll get the best doctors to look after him."
She gracefully removed herself from the room and down some stairs to instruct a serving girl on what to do. The girl bowed with a "Yes, Majesty," and hurried off to complete her task.
A day later, Myria watched from her window the busling streets of Alexandria. Wheelbarrows of all sorts were being pushed through the markets. Kids of all sorts were playing tag. And conversations of all sorts were being tossed back and forth between people having lunch in the various cafes that jutted out into the streets. She turned to a teddy bear she had gotten from Eiko as a get well gift. Eiko, Myria learned, was a girl Zidane and Dagger had met on their trips around the world. She was a summoner as well. Since true peace settled over the land, Eiko stayed in Linblum, but visited Alexandria and the royal family regularly. Myria had learned to call her "big sis."
Myria sighed. She grabbed the teddy bear next to her and held it under her chin.
"What's wrong, dear?" Dagger approached from behind and sat on the window's ledge facing Myria. Myria turned.
"Is Cowin awight?" she asked with a sniffle.
"We're not sure yet." Dagger replied, turning her gaze out the window.
Myria remembered the day before, when Colin had heroically and foolishly stepped between Myria and the Fangs that surrounded them. She could also remember him being cast aside and mauled by the other Fangs yards away. But after that, she couldn't call forth any memory until she woke up, safe in Alexandria. She shook her head.
"He's not gonna die, is he?" she solemnly asked.
"Oh, no!" Dagger said. "We're pretty certain he'll make it through. I sent the best doctors to take care of him."
Myria nodded into her teddy bear. She then turned to look her mom straight in the eye.
"What does it mean...to die?" she asked.
Dagger was a bit startled. She took a minute to gather what she was going to tell her.
"Death...to die...means that a person or thing ceases to function, that is, they...stop moving."
Dagger wasn't sure why she brought up that euphanism she heard so long ago in the Black Mage Village. It really was a good way to put it for an impressionable mind.
She continued. "But death isn't necessarily the end. The memories of those who have died are carried on, either by word-of-mouth, writings, and pictures."
"Or a little of all," a voice interrupted.
Zidane then knocked on the door to confirm his presence and smiled.
"Any word on Colin?" Dagger asked for Myria.
"He's on the comeback, but his mother still seems to be distraught over the incident. Apparently, her husband died before she gave birth to Colin. Ever since, she has only had Colin as company and has grown very attached to him."
Myria heard that word again, "died". To stop moving? People stop moving when they sleep...but apparently it was a different kind of stop.
"Did you hear that, Myria?" Dagger said. "Colin's getting better."
Myria could only smile out of the corner of her mouth. She was too deep in thought to really care.
Dagger got up. "Well," she began, "I have some work to do, honey, so be good." Dagger walked halfway to the exit where Zidane had already departed from. Then, she turned around to add, "And I want you to stay in the castle for the next couple of days."
Myria whipped her head around. "Mommy??"
"I want to make sure that you have learned your lesson from yesterday. You had mommy and another person's mommy very, very worried. Just promise me." Dagger said.
Myria turned around and sunk her chin into her bear. She mumbled, "Awight."
Dagger nodded and left, closing the door behind her. Myria then lept from her seat onto her bed with her teddy bear in hand. She stared into its black, beady eyes. As she gazed, she began to shut her eyes wearily. As she was drifting off to sleep, a whisper struck her ear...
"Myria..."
~ ~ ~ not fin! ~ ~ ~
Woo! Chaptah 3! I do hope you all read on when I complete more!
Chapter three! Go mee! ^.^ I can't believe my original smut fic is blossoming into an actual story! Thanks for the encouragement so far.
Same disclaimer still applies.
Enjoy!
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Myria had arrived back in one piece. She had cuts and bruises on her, but nothing that wouldn't heal itself in a day or two. Colin, however, was not so fortunate.
Colin was delivered in critical condition to his Alexandrian home. They had managed to clean him up a little before they got there, but his mother could not stifle her rage and worry.
"Who DID THIS?" She shrieked continuously.
"We don't know," said Blank, "we think he may have been attacked by animals."
"Animals?! In this city?"
"We found him in the Evil Forest. I had Blank keep a watch over Myria, who was playing with Colin." Zidane began. "What happened, Blank?"
"Usually, Myria and Colin were good kids, never getting into trouble and always on time for meals. Up until today I only kept half an eye on them. They were playing until I had averted my gaze for a moment to talk with some buddies of mine. I looked back, and they had disappeared."
"That doesn't explain what happened to my dear Colin!" the mother spewed.
"Please, ma'am, allow me to finish." Blank said. She quieted down and he continued. "I searched everywhere, asked anybody, until some kids told me they saw them running toward the edge of the city. I assumed the worst, and decided to go get Zidane. We searched where the kids had pointed and noticed fresh footprints in the soil leading off the ledge. We lept down into Evil Forest, but we were too late. We brought Myria and Colin home, and now here we are."
They all silently looked at Colin, whose chest rose and fell with an unhealthy weeze.
"And the animals? What were they?" the mother asked.
"I guess they were attacked by some sort of beast, perhaps a Fang, from what the bite marks look like." Blank explained.
"You guess?" the mother said.
Zidane looked up. "That was the odd thing. We encountered none when we arrived."
Blank nodded, also suspicious.
"And Myria?" the mother asked.
"She only suffered some cuts and bruises. Apparently she wasn't harmed by what attacked them," Zidane answered. "Perhaps Colin fended it off?"
"That's the only explanation I can think of," Blank said. "I never knew your boy was so brave, miss."
The expression on the mother's face grew more sympathetic. She was proud of her boy. She nodded.
"We will check with you regularly, ma'am, and I hope Colin has a speedy recovery," Blank told her with a gracious bow.
Zidane yanked him out as they exited the doorway. "You're always soooo polite, yes, ma'am, sir," he mocked.
"Shuddup, and maybe you should worry about your *own* diplomacy for your *own* wife!" Blank retorted.
"Shit!" Zidane muttered. He was going to have to explain to Dagger pretty well what happened before she bit his head off. He took his time getting back to the castle.
- X - X - X - X -
Once there, he went to see his darling, napping daughter. He was glad she was okay, despite the odd circumstances of the event. He was gently stroking her face until he was forcefully yanked by his shirt back and around.
"Dagger! Honey! Let me explain what happened..." he trailed off, knowing his head was in the figurative guillotine.
"Dammit, Zidane! I thought my daughter was going to be watched at all times! But was she watched at all times? NO! She instead was allowed to fall over into one of the most dangerous places on the planet and nearly get ripped apart with that poor Colin!" She took a breath. "What if something worse had happened? What if she had been killed? What the hell was Blank doing at the time?"
"Hey, before you go bashing Blank, consider what could and *would* have happened if Blank hadn't been around. He saved them both." Dagger considered this while allowing him to continue.
"But Myria is safe, now," Zidane continued. "I doubt she'll be doing something like that again. What we should worry about instead is Colin. He's stable, but weak."
"Yea, I heard about that." Dagger's voice had regained its serenity.
"Blank and I weren't able to deduce much," Zidane continued. "Blank came and got me, and led us to where a kid he talked to pointed out earlier. We found fresh footprints on the ledge, so we followed them down. Sure enough, there was Myria, unconscious but with minor injuries, and Colin, not too far away, who was really messed up." He sighed. "We took them back up to Alexandria and delivered Colin to his home and Myria here. Blank felt we ought to talk to Colin's mom first, so that's what we did. Then I came back here."
"But doesn't it seem odd that Colin was the only one brutally injured?" Dagger wondered.
"Blank and I thought about that, and figured it must have been Colin who really saved the day. He must have took on whatever it was with his bare hands."
Dagger nodded. "Then we'll get the best doctors to look after him."
She gracefully removed herself from the room and down some stairs to instruct a serving girl on what to do. The girl bowed with a "Yes, Majesty," and hurried off to complete her task.
A day later, Myria watched from her window the busling streets of Alexandria. Wheelbarrows of all sorts were being pushed through the markets. Kids of all sorts were playing tag. And conversations of all sorts were being tossed back and forth between people having lunch in the various cafes that jutted out into the streets. She turned to a teddy bear she had gotten from Eiko as a get well gift. Eiko, Myria learned, was a girl Zidane and Dagger had met on their trips around the world. She was a summoner as well. Since true peace settled over the land, Eiko stayed in Linblum, but visited Alexandria and the royal family regularly. Myria had learned to call her "big sis."
Myria sighed. She grabbed the teddy bear next to her and held it under her chin.
"What's wrong, dear?" Dagger approached from behind and sat on the window's ledge facing Myria. Myria turned.
"Is Cowin awight?" she asked with a sniffle.
"We're not sure yet." Dagger replied, turning her gaze out the window.
Myria remembered the day before, when Colin had heroically and foolishly stepped between Myria and the Fangs that surrounded them. She could also remember him being cast aside and mauled by the other Fangs yards away. But after that, she couldn't call forth any memory until she woke up, safe in Alexandria. She shook her head.
"He's not gonna die, is he?" she solemnly asked.
"Oh, no!" Dagger said. "We're pretty certain he'll make it through. I sent the best doctors to take care of him."
Myria nodded into her teddy bear. She then turned to look her mom straight in the eye.
"What does it mean...to die?" she asked.
Dagger was a bit startled. She took a minute to gather what she was going to tell her.
"Death...to die...means that a person or thing ceases to function, that is, they...stop moving."
Dagger wasn't sure why she brought up that euphanism she heard so long ago in the Black Mage Village. It really was a good way to put it for an impressionable mind.
She continued. "But death isn't necessarily the end. The memories of those who have died are carried on, either by word-of-mouth, writings, and pictures."
"Or a little of all," a voice interrupted.
Zidane then knocked on the door to confirm his presence and smiled.
"Any word on Colin?" Dagger asked for Myria.
"He's on the comeback, but his mother still seems to be distraught over the incident. Apparently, her husband died before she gave birth to Colin. Ever since, she has only had Colin as company and has grown very attached to him."
Myria heard that word again, "died". To stop moving? People stop moving when they sleep...but apparently it was a different kind of stop.
"Did you hear that, Myria?" Dagger said. "Colin's getting better."
Myria could only smile out of the corner of her mouth. She was too deep in thought to really care.
Dagger got up. "Well," she began, "I have some work to do, honey, so be good." Dagger walked halfway to the exit where Zidane had already departed from. Then, she turned around to add, "And I want you to stay in the castle for the next couple of days."
Myria whipped her head around. "Mommy??"
"I want to make sure that you have learned your lesson from yesterday. You had mommy and another person's mommy very, very worried. Just promise me." Dagger said.
Myria turned around and sunk her chin into her bear. She mumbled, "Awight."
Dagger nodded and left, closing the door behind her. Myria then lept from her seat onto her bed with her teddy bear in hand. She stared into its black, beady eyes. As she gazed, she began to shut her eyes wearily. As she was drifting off to sleep, a whisper struck her ear...
"Myria..."
~ ~ ~ not fin! ~ ~ ~
Woo! Chaptah 3! I do hope you all read on when I complete more!