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Fragments of Memories

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"Daddy! Daddy! Look!" said a little girl running. She was holding something in her hands.

"What do you have there, Sarah?" said a man walking towards the little girl.

"Look! Look! I found it near the pond. What is it?" said the little girl. She opened her hands and showed her father what she was holding.

"It's a frog," said the man.

"Can I keep it? Can I? Can I? Please?" asked the little girl.

"Uh- Let's ask your mother first, okay?" asked the man. The little girl nodded.

"'Kay!" she said. They entered the house behind them. "Mommy! Mommy! Can I keep this?" asked the little girl.

"What do you want to keep honey?" said a woman. She had dark brown hair and eyes. She was wearing an apron and holding a knife. She put down the knife and went near the little girl.

"She wants to keep a frog," said the man.

"Here, mommy!" said the little girl. She showed the frog to her mother.

"You want to keep a frog, Sarah?" said the woman. The little girl nodded.

"Can I? Huh? Can I?" asked the little girl. The woman stared at her husband then looked at her daughter.

"Are you sure you wanna keep a frog? Frogs aren't for beautiful little girls you know," said the woman.

"They aren't?" asked Sarah. The woman shook her head.

"How about this Sarah? I'll give you a kitten for your birthday. Little kittens are much better than frogs," said the man. The little girl thought about it for a while then nodded.

"I'll put this frog back in the pond," said Sarah. She ran out of the house.

"Are there frogs here in Madain Sari?" asked the woman.

"I don't know. Maybe, there's a pond near the Eidolon Wall anyway," said the man. "By the way, what are we gonna have for lunch?"

"I'm not saying. You have to find out later," said the woman.

"What's going on? I'm in Madain Sari? But how? Isn't Madain Sari in ruins already?"

Suddenly, a bright light appeared and everything was gone. The little girl, the woman and her husband were gone too. Instead, there was a bed with a man lying on it in the middle of a room. A woman, who was very fat, was crying. A girl with long dark brown hair beside her was also crying. There were other people around too.

"Wait! I know this place. This is Alexandria."

"Why? Why do you have to go and leave me behind!" said the woman.

"Father! Come back. Isn't there anything that we can do?" said the girl.

"I'm sorry. It was very sudden. If I knew it would happen today, then I could have asked the doctor to come earlier," said a man.

"He's Uncle Cid! Then this is the time that father passed away"

"No! It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself Uncle Cid," said the girl. Her mother cried even louder.

"Leave them alone for now," whispered the woman beside Cid. Cid nodded and stepped back.

"Dagger! Dagger! Wake up!"

Dagger opened her eyes. Everything she saw was gone. "What happened? Where am I?" asked Dagger.

"We're at the Red Rose. You fell asleep on the way to Black Mage Village. I woke you up cause you were crying," said Zidane.

"I was? Then everything I saw was just a dream," said Dagger.

"That's right. What were you dreaming about?" asked Zidane.

"It's nothing," said Dagger. She looked very sad so Zidane decided not to bother her anymore. A few minutes later, they reached Black Mage Village. Zidane and Dagger went in and saw Mikoto.

"Zidane! What are you doing here?" asked Mikoto surprised.

"I received your letter," said Zidane smiling. One hand was holding her letter.

"We came to visit you and the others," said Dagger. "I'll go find Vivi while you and Mikoto talk." Then Dagger went away.

"Let's talk in a place where nobody can disturb us," said Mikoto. Zidane nodded and followed her to her room.

"So this is your room, looks nice," said Zidane as he looked around.

"Here, have a drink," said Mikoto.

"Thanks," Zidane said. "There's so many books here."

"I read them when there's nothing to do. So, when's your wedding?" asked Mikoto.

"You'll find out after reading this," said Zidane.

"What's that?" asked Mikoto.

"It's an invitation to my wedding," said Zidane. "The others are with Dagger."

"Oh! Okay," said Mikoto. "By the way, have you heard from Kuja?"

"No. That's why I don't know how to give him his invitation," Zidane answered. Zidane and Mikoto continued talking until Zidane told her that he was going to visit Vivi. He found him talking with Dagger.

"Hello, Zidane! Congratulations! Dagger already told me. She also gave me the invitation," said Vivi.

"Thanks! So how it's going around here," asked Zidane.

"Everything's alright. The black mages and the genomes are getting along very well," said Vivi.

"That's nice to hear," said Zidane. "Don't forget to come to the wedding."

"I won't," said Vivi. Zidane and Dagger had a good time there. They left when it was getting late already. The trip back was a bit long. When they were finally back in Alexandria Castle, they ate their dinner and went back to their own rooms.

"Where could he be?" Zidane said. "I knew we survived but he didn't tell me where he was going to stay. The only thing he told me was that he was going to stay in the Outer Continent." He walked around for some time and started to think of possible places where Kuja could be.

"Desert Palace, maybe he's there. That's the only place where he could be asides from Black Mage Village and Conde Petie," whispered Zidane.

Author's Note: Look at my bio to know which country I live in. School starts next Monday, so fast. Anyway, many people are crazy about this certain drama show but I'm not. I don't wanna be obsessed like all the others you know. Some of my classmates last school year are so obsessed in it, they talked about it all day. I don't even know why I'm saying this! Please read my FF8 fanfic too!

So anyway, I'm glad that I'm still receiving reviews. ^_^ Thank you!!! Is high school hard? I just graduated last year from elementary so I'll be glad if some of you can give me a few tips! That reminds me, thanks for the tips you gave me too!

Wedding part might be next chapter or the chapter after that. As long as I'm not suddenly having an idea for a different one. That's the reason why the wedding part is delayed. Sorry!