*hugs all her reviewers* thank you so much everyone! Ok, now to answer
questions...
yunalesca78: No, Zali is not unsent. Whether or not she does become unsent later, I don't know. (Actually, I do, but I'm not going to say, after all, I already know just about every aspect of the story's plotline)
Doc: Yeah, the Zali/Auron thing will continue, but nothing major... yet... after all, she did only just turn 12.
Natame Secrea: Yes, continuing is good, writing more is good. Since I am the *coughs and looks around for the lie-catcher police* epitome of good, I will write more. Glad you understand it!
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~~~Explanations~~~
When we appeared again we were rushed by a crowd of people. It appeared to me that everyone wanted to kill Aurie, MY Aurie. They might have succeeded, had the Aeons not decided to appear at that moment. Decided? Who am I kidding? They just followed me out.
Excited whispers ran through the crowd. No one had expected Aeons to come to the party. I realized that I was still holding on to Aurie's arm. I blushed and let go.
I decided that now would be the best time to speak. "Excuse me everyone!" I say, but get no response. Maybe if I yell... "May I have your attention please!" I yell. I drop back to a normal speaking voice and say, "Everyone was mistaken when they accused Sir Auron of kidnapping me, they could not have been farther from the truth. He is my Protector and I trust him with my life. You owe him an apology."
I could see the thoughts running through their heads. It was as if someone had written it on their faces. Them, nobles, apologize to a... a... commoner?
I smile sadly, "I see how it is," I whisper. "These Aeons re my friends and guests please treat them with courtesy." Having said that I walk off the sage, Auron follows close behind me. Once off the stage I start running, tears falling freely down my cheeks.
I run to the gardens and fall to the ground. I lay my head on a bench and cry. I, who am normally very perceptive of my surroundings, don't even hear Auron come up behind me.
"Zali, what's wrong little one?" Auron asks. "Zali, please, tell me." After a minute passes and I still haven't made any response to his inquiry he kneels down beside me and tentatively reaches out and brushes my shoulder with his hand before letting it fall into his lap.
At that I look up, tears still streaming down the side of my face. "Aurie," I whisper and immediately throw my arms around his neck and bury my face into his chest, sobbing. "Why?" I ask, "Why me, why do the Al Bhed hate me? Why are nobles so stupid... conceited? Why?" His arms slip around my waist and he pulls me into his lap.
Rocking me gently he says, "I..." he shakes his head and says instead, "Nobles will always be nobles, there is nothing either of us can do to change that fact." He sounded sad, almost as if he wished it were not true.
It didn't strike her until much later that she too was a member of the nobility, and Auron was at that moment wondering if she too would become like them.
He continues, "As to the Al Bhed hating you..."
"We do not hate her." A voice said from the darkness. "I do not know why you think we hate her. We have never harmed her."
I turn around, no longer crying. There was something familiar about that voice, but I couldn't put my finger on it. "He was answering my question!" I snap, and then realize that I am staring into a pair of swirly green eyes, an Al Bhed. "Go away!" I cry out and cling to Auron's arm. "Haven't you bothered me enough already?" I see his face for the first time that night. "It's you! I especially don't want to talk to you!"
"It seems that you remember me, Zaliestia." He smiles, "I assure you, it was never our intention to hurt you. Quite the opposite, we only wish to protect you."
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Ok, cliff hanger type thing! R/R my *coughs* loyal fans... ok, I've only eaten a third of a cheesecake in the past half hour, I'm not on sugar high! I promise! *is dragged off by the lie-catcher police* No! I'll... try and write more!
Arcander
yunalesca78: No, Zali is not unsent. Whether or not she does become unsent later, I don't know. (Actually, I do, but I'm not going to say, after all, I already know just about every aspect of the story's plotline)
Doc: Yeah, the Zali/Auron thing will continue, but nothing major... yet... after all, she did only just turn 12.
Natame Secrea: Yes, continuing is good, writing more is good. Since I am the *coughs and looks around for the lie-catcher police* epitome of good, I will write more. Glad you understand it!
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~~~Explanations~~~
When we appeared again we were rushed by a crowd of people. It appeared to me that everyone wanted to kill Aurie, MY Aurie. They might have succeeded, had the Aeons not decided to appear at that moment. Decided? Who am I kidding? They just followed me out.
Excited whispers ran through the crowd. No one had expected Aeons to come to the party. I realized that I was still holding on to Aurie's arm. I blushed and let go.
I decided that now would be the best time to speak. "Excuse me everyone!" I say, but get no response. Maybe if I yell... "May I have your attention please!" I yell. I drop back to a normal speaking voice and say, "Everyone was mistaken when they accused Sir Auron of kidnapping me, they could not have been farther from the truth. He is my Protector and I trust him with my life. You owe him an apology."
I could see the thoughts running through their heads. It was as if someone had written it on their faces. Them, nobles, apologize to a... a... commoner?
I smile sadly, "I see how it is," I whisper. "These Aeons re my friends and guests please treat them with courtesy." Having said that I walk off the sage, Auron follows close behind me. Once off the stage I start running, tears falling freely down my cheeks.
I run to the gardens and fall to the ground. I lay my head on a bench and cry. I, who am normally very perceptive of my surroundings, don't even hear Auron come up behind me.
"Zali, what's wrong little one?" Auron asks. "Zali, please, tell me." After a minute passes and I still haven't made any response to his inquiry he kneels down beside me and tentatively reaches out and brushes my shoulder with his hand before letting it fall into his lap.
At that I look up, tears still streaming down the side of my face. "Aurie," I whisper and immediately throw my arms around his neck and bury my face into his chest, sobbing. "Why?" I ask, "Why me, why do the Al Bhed hate me? Why are nobles so stupid... conceited? Why?" His arms slip around my waist and he pulls me into his lap.
Rocking me gently he says, "I..." he shakes his head and says instead, "Nobles will always be nobles, there is nothing either of us can do to change that fact." He sounded sad, almost as if he wished it were not true.
It didn't strike her until much later that she too was a member of the nobility, and Auron was at that moment wondering if she too would become like them.
He continues, "As to the Al Bhed hating you..."
"We do not hate her." A voice said from the darkness. "I do not know why you think we hate her. We have never harmed her."
I turn around, no longer crying. There was something familiar about that voice, but I couldn't put my finger on it. "He was answering my question!" I snap, and then realize that I am staring into a pair of swirly green eyes, an Al Bhed. "Go away!" I cry out and cling to Auron's arm. "Haven't you bothered me enough already?" I see his face for the first time that night. "It's you! I especially don't want to talk to you!"
"It seems that you remember me, Zaliestia." He smiles, "I assure you, it was never our intention to hurt you. Quite the opposite, we only wish to protect you."
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Ok, cliff hanger type thing! R/R my *coughs* loyal fans... ok, I've only eaten a third of a cheesecake in the past half hour, I'm not on sugar high! I promise! *is dragged off by the lie-catcher police* No! I'll... try and write more!
Arcander