Chapter 5
(Well yet another unnamed chapter. Any suggestions to rydia17hotmail.com thank you!)
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"What was that?" Eiko jumped to her feet. She ran down the hall to daggers room. "Hey" she looked round the room spying for sign of violence, "Are you nearly ready to go?" she continued.
"No." dagger replied, "I will be ready in a minute "
"Right. Ok."she started to skip down the hall. "I'll meet you by the air ship then." Dagger glanced out watching her skip down the corridor.
Garnet went back into their room. Zidane was on the balcony. "I might ask if Steiner would like to go fishing or something." He called to her.
"Yes ok dear." She said back.
"What's wrong?" he asked apprehensively.
"OH. It's nothing really."
"What have you done now?" he frowned at her.
"Nothing!" "Well, I did have an argument with Beatrix" she looked up at him.
"Why. What about?" he asked seaming concerned.
"OH!" the glanced at her watch, "Eiko's waiting for me I better be off." Picking up her little black handbag she darted for the door. "Bye honey!" she cried out as she shut the door behind her.
Zidane not having a clue what happened shrugged it off and carried on with making the bed. He was planning to go and meet Blank for a drink in the local bar.
"Maybe Steiner would like to come to the bar?" he thought. "I'll go ask him."
Zidane finished making the bed and headed down the hall greeting Red as he went. Red still had Lani in pursuit. She even tried to sneak into his room last night. Zidane just smirked and carried on up the hall.
He stopped in front of a light cornflower coloured door with a vase of lilies on the table next to them. He raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Hey. What are you up to today then Zidane?" called Freya.
"Oh not much. I arranged to meet Blank in a little while I was just going to ask Steiner if he wanted to join me." "Have fun." Freya smiled and bobbed off down the hall.
"What are you up to today then Freya?" he called after her.
"I'm going to have a wander around the town and maybe after head up to Quan's Dwelling"
"Ok. Well have fun. I'll see you later."
"Bye Zidane" she sprung off down the hall.
He hit the door with an echoing thud. No answer. Zidane hit the door a second time "Hello?" he paused, "Steiner?"
Inside Steiner huddled up n the floor cried his eyes out softly. "Go away!" he whispered. "Please. Just go away"
After a few minutes Zidane gave up. He didn't want to seem rude barging into Steiner's room so, he walked away pondering to himself.
Beatrix in her room did not even realise Steiner was in the next room. She did not hear any of the commotion; she was having a shower to calm herself down.
She got out the shower and prepared herself ready to face the world.
When she had got dressed she blow-dried her hair; she always liked it straight. She was wearing a black strap top and a little green skirt. She decided to wear her hair up in a high ponytail for a change.
Beatrix took in a deep breath, approached the door she pulled the door open. Looking up and down the corridor and then stepped boldly out. She kept looking back at Steiner's door as she went checking that there was no sign of him. Rounding the corner full of relief she stopped suddenly for at the other end of the corridor was Freya. The Burmecian was talking to Quina; Quina was more interested in food (as usual) but Freya carried on regardless. She was telling Quina about Fratley.
Sir Fratley; Freya's love. He left Bermecia and promised to come back for her. Alas he never returned. Over the years she had thought that every now and again she caught sight of him through a crowded room or walking down the road. They were reintroduced but Puck many years later. He had lost all thought of Freya and did not understand at the time how much pain he had caused her. Last winter Freya and Sir Fratley was enjoying time together. Being dragon knights was not as rewarding and much more time consuming than you would expect!
"Last winter we saw each other for a few days before we were due to set off for Conde Petie. Fratley had to go to Cleyra. I do not know why, I waited at Lindblum for him. He never came. I decided to go to Cleyra to see how their project was going..." the dragon knight paused, Quina by this time was engrossed by the story and wished to know more.
"What next?" Quina questioned, "What next?"
"..." Freya dipped her hat peering out under it she carried on. "The work had stopped. I went up to the top to find that everything had been restored to the way it was. There was no one there." She began to cry, "As I walked out I heard a noise. I followed it into the depth of the tree. I saw..." she stammered, "I was dead bodies. Children. Adults."
"Bodies?" Quina wandered how they got there, "why bodies?"
"The town had been wiped out. Every last one of them!" "I don't know what did it," she said climbing to her little fury feet. "But I will find out."
Beatrix not wanting to get involved sneaked away. She couldn't be bothered with any more problems for the day.
Copyright 2003
(Well yet another unnamed chapter. Any suggestions to rydia17hotmail.com thank you!)
CRASH!
"What was that?" Eiko jumped to her feet. She ran down the hall to daggers room. "Hey" she looked round the room spying for sign of violence, "Are you nearly ready to go?" she continued.
"No." dagger replied, "I will be ready in a minute "
"Right. Ok."she started to skip down the hall. "I'll meet you by the air ship then." Dagger glanced out watching her skip down the corridor.
Garnet went back into their room. Zidane was on the balcony. "I might ask if Steiner would like to go fishing or something." He called to her.
"Yes ok dear." She said back.
"What's wrong?" he asked apprehensively.
"OH. It's nothing really."
"What have you done now?" he frowned at her.
"Nothing!" "Well, I did have an argument with Beatrix" she looked up at him.
"Why. What about?" he asked seaming concerned.
"OH!" the glanced at her watch, "Eiko's waiting for me I better be off." Picking up her little black handbag she darted for the door. "Bye honey!" she cried out as she shut the door behind her.
Zidane not having a clue what happened shrugged it off and carried on with making the bed. He was planning to go and meet Blank for a drink in the local bar.
"Maybe Steiner would like to come to the bar?" he thought. "I'll go ask him."
Zidane finished making the bed and headed down the hall greeting Red as he went. Red still had Lani in pursuit. She even tried to sneak into his room last night. Zidane just smirked and carried on up the hall.
He stopped in front of a light cornflower coloured door with a vase of lilies on the table next to them. He raised his hand to knock on the door.
"Hey. What are you up to today then Zidane?" called Freya.
"Oh not much. I arranged to meet Blank in a little while I was just going to ask Steiner if he wanted to join me." "Have fun." Freya smiled and bobbed off down the hall.
"What are you up to today then Freya?" he called after her.
"I'm going to have a wander around the town and maybe after head up to Quan's Dwelling"
"Ok. Well have fun. I'll see you later."
"Bye Zidane" she sprung off down the hall.
He hit the door with an echoing thud. No answer. Zidane hit the door a second time "Hello?" he paused, "Steiner?"
Inside Steiner huddled up n the floor cried his eyes out softly. "Go away!" he whispered. "Please. Just go away"
After a few minutes Zidane gave up. He didn't want to seem rude barging into Steiner's room so, he walked away pondering to himself.
Beatrix in her room did not even realise Steiner was in the next room. She did not hear any of the commotion; she was having a shower to calm herself down.
She got out the shower and prepared herself ready to face the world.
When she had got dressed she blow-dried her hair; she always liked it straight. She was wearing a black strap top and a little green skirt. She decided to wear her hair up in a high ponytail for a change.
Beatrix took in a deep breath, approached the door she pulled the door open. Looking up and down the corridor and then stepped boldly out. She kept looking back at Steiner's door as she went checking that there was no sign of him. Rounding the corner full of relief she stopped suddenly for at the other end of the corridor was Freya. The Burmecian was talking to Quina; Quina was more interested in food (as usual) but Freya carried on regardless. She was telling Quina about Fratley.
Sir Fratley; Freya's love. He left Bermecia and promised to come back for her. Alas he never returned. Over the years she had thought that every now and again she caught sight of him through a crowded room or walking down the road. They were reintroduced but Puck many years later. He had lost all thought of Freya and did not understand at the time how much pain he had caused her. Last winter Freya and Sir Fratley was enjoying time together. Being dragon knights was not as rewarding and much more time consuming than you would expect!
"Last winter we saw each other for a few days before we were due to set off for Conde Petie. Fratley had to go to Cleyra. I do not know why, I waited at Lindblum for him. He never came. I decided to go to Cleyra to see how their project was going..." the dragon knight paused, Quina by this time was engrossed by the story and wished to know more.
"What next?" Quina questioned, "What next?"
"..." Freya dipped her hat peering out under it she carried on. "The work had stopped. I went up to the top to find that everything had been restored to the way it was. There was no one there." She began to cry, "As I walked out I heard a noise. I followed it into the depth of the tree. I saw..." she stammered, "I was dead bodies. Children. Adults."
"Bodies?" Quina wandered how they got there, "why bodies?"
"The town had been wiped out. Every last one of them!" "I don't know what did it," she said climbing to her little fury feet. "But I will find out."
Beatrix not wanting to get involved sneaked away. She couldn't be bothered with any more problems for the day.
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