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The Message
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Dagger tried to move, but she can't. It's like some one or something had cast a spell on her. She saw the attack had missed.
"Darn! I missed!" said the woman. "Never mind, I'll just use a stronger spell on her."
"This might be the end of me," Dagger thought. "On the day of my own wedding." She closed her eyes as she waited for the second attack. She waited and waited but there was nothing. She opened her eyes and saw the woman's mouth still moving. Again, she closed her eyes. After a few seconds, she heard the woman shout. "This is it," Dagger thought as she waited for it to kill her. But as the attack was nearing her, she heard another person's voice. But it wasn't from someone she knows. She opened her eyes and saw something pink with a red ball-like thing in its head.
"A moogle?" Dagger thought. The moogle blocked all the spells that were aimed at Dagger. Finally, a man with silver hair appeared and cast a spell on the woman that caused her to be seriously hurt. The woman ran away while the moogle chased it. The man went near Dagger and helped her up. Dagger looked at him and thought that he looked very familiar. "His face and his hair, I saw him somewhere. Who could he be?" Dagger thought.
The man helped her sit on a chair and went to help Zidane. Dagger observed him some more. "Wait! Could he be? Is he Kuja?" Dagger thought again. Zidane and the man went near Dagger.
"Are you alright?" said Zidane. Dagger nodded.
"Sorry I'm late," said the man.
"Nah, it's okay. But I thought that I sent it to the wrong place," said Zidane.
"Are you okay Dagger?" said the man.
"How did you know who I am?" asked Dagger.
"Of course I know you, you fought together with Zidane and his friends against me," said the man.
"It can't be, you can't be Kuja!" said Dagger.
"Sorry Dagger, he is," said Zidane.
"But, I thought he was dead," said Dagger.
"I promised him not to tell anyone except Mikoto about this," said Zidane. "That's why I didn't tell you."
"So you did keep that promise," said Kuja.
"Of course I did," said Zidane.
"So Kuja survived the incident that happened in the Lifa Tree," said Dagger. Zidane nodded. But before any of them were able to talk again, the moogle came back.
"Did you catch her?" asked Kuja.
"No! I wasn't able to find her. Kupo! But I found a message," said the moogle.
"Who's that?" asked Zidane.
"That's my moogle. He's my companion at my home. It was because of him that I was late to your wedding. I saw him reading the invitation in the hallway," said Kuja.
"I told you! I just received it. Kupo!" said the moogle.
"By the way, where's Mikoto?" said Kuja.
"I don't know," said Zidane.
"I'm here," said Mikoto standing up.
"You were there all along, why didn't you come out and help?" said Zidane.
"How could I? After the ground started shaking, everyone ran away. Then that statue knocked me out," said Mikoto.
"You're not hurt are you?" asked Dagger. Mikoto shook her head.
"Anyway, you said that the woman left a message, let's go see it," said Kuja. But before any of them were able to move, Regent Cid and Lady Hilda came running in.
"Have any of you seen Eiko?" asked Hilda worriedly. Everyone shook his or her heads.
"Wasn't she with you?" asked Dagger.
"No," said Cid.
"She told us that she was going to see you, but she didn't sit with us when the wedding started," said Hilda.
"We thought she sat with her friends, only to find out that she wasn't with them," said Cid.
"There was a message left by the woman," said Zidane. "It might give us some clues."
"Let's go see it," said Cid.
All of them went out and followed the moogle. The moogle brought them to a place where everything was ruined. The moogle went near a wall and pointed it. Everyone went near it. "What does it say," said Mikoto.
"Let's see," said Zidane.
Don't celebrate yet! I'm still alive and I can come back anytime to kill you. But it will spoil all the fun so I'll start by ruining a town or city first. If you want to find me, then go to a place where there's mist. I might be hiding in one of those places.
"We've got to stop her!" said Dagger.
"Wait!" said Zidane. "There's something else written on it."
Help Me!
"That's Eiko's handwriting!" said Hilda.
"Eiko's kidnapped," said Mikoto.
"My daughter! We've got to go and find her," said Cid.
"Wait! You protect Alexandria and Lindblum, I'll go find her," said Zidane.
"I'm going with you," said Dagger.
"Me too!" said Mikoto.
"You have to stay here. Who's gonna protect Alexandria?" said Zidane.
"Beatrix, Uncle Cid and Aunt Hilda, by the way, has anyone seen Beatrix or Steiner?" asked Dagger.
"They're helping the other guests," said Hilda.
"Anyway, we've got to decide who is going to go and find that woman and rescue Eiko," said Zidane.
Author's Note: School already started and I'm okay. Anyway, I might not be able to update this often like I said before. There are many assignments in school. Hope you liked this story and thanks to those that read this and reviewed. ^_^ I didn't expect to get so many reviews. Thanks. I promise to let Zidane and Dagger have a successful wedding.
Is Shiva hard to draw? I have to draw her for the flag for our group in scouting. We're all required to join something. Here's the list: DBC/DBMC (plays musical instruments), PLTC/PTLC (I'm not sure about the spelling but I know that they are scout officers; varsity
Why I didn't choose any of them:
DBMC: Needs to pay for the uniform often and very costly too
PLTC/PTLC: Have to go to school on vacation
Varsity: I'm not very good in sports
That's the reason why many are automatically scouts. They, including me, didn't join any of the above.