A/N: hey! This is the first chapter! If you haven't read the prologue then, you might wanna so that you know whom some of the characters are! Ok, well here it is!!!

Shelby*

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It was a sunny monday morning in Alexandria, and Sarah Lenevia rolled out of bed sleepily, awakened by the sound of her radio alarm clock.

"Oh, shut up" she muttered while rubbing her chocolate brown eyes. Finally, she hit the button to turn it off, and walked slowly to her bathroom. Her room was large, square in shape, with blue walls and white furniture. She had a lot of big windows and French doors leading to a medium sized balcony outside. She had books neatly stored in her bookshelf next to her wrap-around desk complete with a computer. She had pictures along the walls of her and her friends Michelle Hunter and Bea Michalchuk (Beatrix). Some of them were of her and her mom and dad (she was an only child) and some were of her and her little 9 year old cousin Eiko. Eiko was her favorite cousin, who conveniently lived next door. Adelbert Steiner, her other cousin on her mom's side, was in her grade and was currently dating Bea. Dagger was 19 and was going off to College. She was going to have to leave for L.U.Y.A.A. which stood for Lindblum University of Young Actors and Actresses which was currently located in Lindblum. Today until 2:00 in the afternoon, was the last day she would be in Alexandria because then she would be on the plane heading to Lindblum for the school and staying there for the next four years.

Ever since she was 7 years old, she loved putting on plays for her parents and relatives during holidays so she has always had a thing for acting. Her favorite play was Lord Avon's famous "I want to be your Canary" She read all of his books (using her grandfathers old scripts) and practically memorized all of Cornelia's parts.

Well anyway, back to Sarah.... She walked out of the bathroom 30 minutes later, (it was know about 12 o' clock in the afternoon) with her teeth brushed and with a short sleeved red shirt on and navy blue bell-bottom jeans. Her waist length brown hair was left down, and it was still wet from her shower. She sat down in front of her movie-star type mirror and dresser and started to blow dry her hair. 10 minutes later, she walked down her double stair case and into her living room where her mom and dad were sitting across from each other on the white love seat's that were in front of their big screen t.v. They were deep in conversation. She sat down and started to twirl on the spinning one-person couch waiting until her parents noticed her.

"Oh hey sweetie! Glad to see you up and about." said Sarah's dad Andrew.

"Yes, hey baby, how are you feeling?" asked her mom Jane.

"I'm fine, I just wanted to see what we were gonna be 'doin today." Sarah replied while snapping out of her reverie. She was still a bit dizzy from twirling so much.

"Well, you, your mom, Eiko and I are gonna go to the Razzle Dazzle Café (ok so what if I made that up? ^_^) and eat a little farewell breakfast before we need to take you to the airship dock." announced her dad.

"Ok then, I'd better hurry up and get ready to leave if were gonna make it to the dock on time!" Dagger yelled while running upstairs.

In her room, she put on her silver watch, took her cell phone off the charger, and chucked her charger into her blue suitcase. She then grabbed her purse and called her dad up to help her bring her suitcases downstairs.

8 minutes later they were all in the black hover car waiting for Eiko to come out of her gigantic white mansion. The little girl ran outside, her shoulder length straight purple hair bobbed and shown brightly in the sunlight. She was wearing a blue skirt with a white top that had a picture of a sun with sunglasses on it. She opened the door and hopped onto the seat while kissing Sarah's cheek and saying 'hello' to her aunt and uncle.

"Hey Eiko!" Sarah said while wiping Eiko's saliva off of her cheek.

"Hey, all aboard?" said Andrew, and when everyone said 'all aboard' he drove away.

10 minutes later....

They all sat at the bar in the little café. After they all ordered their sandwiches, they started talking at once about how they were gonna miss Sarah and how Alexandria wouldn't be the same without their 'Dagger.' Everyone in the city called Sarah, Dagger because that was her nickname and it was one of a kind. Eiko pulled something out of the backpack that she always carried around and gave it to Dagger. It was a box that was wrapped up in kitty-cat wrapping paper. Dagger took it slowly and opened it. What she found inside made her gasp.

"OH MY GOD!" shrieked a VERY excited Dagger. "Wow how much was this worth? It must of cost you a fortune!"

It was an original copy of ALL of Lord Avon's plays, only 15 originals were ever actually made and they all cost a fortune! Even though Dagger already knew the plays by heart, she never actually owned the REAL books of the plays, only the scripts and stuff that her grandfather owned. She looked at the book, then at Eiko, and then turned her gaze back to the book.

"It was 'nothin" Eiko said, looking at the happy teen "Daddy and mommy got to go to one of the ambassadors parties and got that as a reward for settling the case." Everyone knew Mr. Eric Carol and Mrs. Erin Carol because they were both well known lawyers. "Daddy said that he didn't want it because he had too much work to do and that he wouldn't have any time to read it and mommy agreed, so they both gave it to me, and I gave it to you!"

"Thank you SOOOOOO MUCH EIKO! I love you to death!" laughed a very, very happy and surprised Dagger.

Their food arrived and they started to eat. 15 minutes later, they went back into the hover car while everyone in the café said good-bye to Dagger. Then they drove to the airship dock.

At the dock...

"I'm gonna miss you guys so much!" Dagger said while kissing her family good-bye.

"I'm gonna miss you too Dagger, we all are!" said Eiko while fighting back tears.

"Call us as soon as you get there sweetie!!!" said Jane while hugging Dagger fiercely.

"Umm.... mom....." Dagger choked out, "Breathing... becoming... an .... issue...."

"Oh, yes, sorry about that honey." Jane said while letting go of a really red Dagger who was gasping for air.

"Good-bye princess, we'll talk to you later," said Andrew while also giving Dagger a hug.

"BYE GUY'S!!!!!!!" Dagger screamed while running up the stairs.

She dropped off her baggage and walked through the security metal detector. Then she grabbed her purse and walked on to find where gate #2 is.

"All passengers boarding flight number 16 to Lindblum is to board the plane. I repeat, all passengers boarding flight 16 to Lindblum is to board the plane know."

'That's me' Dagger thought with a grin. She headed to gate #2 when someone called her name from behind her.

"Huh?" Dagger turned confusedly to the voice that called her.

"Dagger it's me! Beatrix!" yelled Beatrix running over to her as fast as she possibly could, Steiner behind her trying to keep up with her. They both hugged Dagger and walked over to the gate. After standing in line for 5 minutes, they showed the woman their tickets and walked on to find three seats near the front.

"I call window seat!" Dagger said while scooting herself down the aisle where there were seats for all three of them to sit together at, although there was one seat left over.

"Ok fine, I want to sit in the middle anyway so I can talk to you and Steiner." Beatrix said while fastening her seat belt.

"Well, I guess that leaves me at the end." Steiner said while sitting down and getting himself comfortable.

"Umm..... excuse me." A girl with waist length red hair and light green eyes asked. "Is this seat taken?"

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A/N: Who is this mysterious girl? Do they know her? When are Dagger and Zidane ever going to meet? Why did I stop at a cliffhanger? What does cheese say when it gets his picture taken??? (lol does it say 'cheese'?) Why am I asking you these questions when I already know the answers??? (Except for the cheese one...) Alrighty, stay tuned for the next chapter! Oh, also, READ AND REVIEW!!! Thankies!

Shelby*