The rest of afternoon went by slowly. Zidane had kind of stayed away from Garnet, afraid he might say something 'stupid.' As she walked out of the school she thought about everything that had happened that day.
"Well what do you know," A voice rang through her ears making her turn. "If it isn't little garnet?" Jack stood in the shadows staring at Garnet. Garnet decided to ignore him and walk away but that wasn't so simple. Like a flash Jack had Garnet up agenst a wall, pinning her down and holding her mouth shut to prevent her from yelling.
"What's wrong Garnet? You gonna cry?" He mocked as she struggled to free from his grip. 'No...' She thought. 'Oh please dear god no. Not again.'
"Look you are crying," Jack began laugh as he pulled something out of his pocket. A dagger, his dagger. Jack had gotten that dagger two years ago from a friend as a gift. The dagger had a gold handle and on the blade was a small Alexandrian crest. The 'friend' that had given it to him was none other than Garnet.
Jack traced the tip of the dagger across the side of her stomach. Cutting it open at points. Garnet had tried to yell but only got a slap in the face.
"I have waited so long to do this." Jack muttered with an evil smile. Right before she was about to give up she heard someone's voice.
"Leave her alone!" Zidane growled.
"Stay out of this!" Jack pushed him to the gowned, freeing Garnet from his hold. She didn't run though she only fell to the ground clutching her stomach. Zidane scrambled to get to his feet.
"I said leave her alone!" Zidane said again.
"Oh, I'm soooo scared!" Jack mocked. Zidane punched Jack in the face, making him fall back and drop his dagger. Zidane quickly retrieved this and turned to face him but he was gone. Caring less about him Zidane ran to Garnets side.
The two where walking back to Lindblum castle, both not speaking. Garnet couldn't stand this, within one second she fell to the ground.
"Garnet?"
"I cant..." She whispered. Zidane knelt down so their faces where leveled.
"Cant what?" He asked
"Zidane, I can't go back there. I can't go to the castle." She answered with a sob.
"Why not?" He asked quietly
"They....They'll think I've tried to kill myself...again." She answered quietly.
"Garnet." He whispered. Shocked by the thing she had just said.
"Zidane," She looked up at him. "Just leave me here." For a minuet Zidane said nothing. He couldn't just leave her here. It would be getting dark soon and she couldn't make her way through the woods to get to the castle by herself. Garnet got to her feet slightly shaking. Her face was white and her right had had blood stains on it.
"No Garnet. I cant."
"I knew it." she whispered taking a step backwards.
"Garnet..."
"No! You're just like everyone else! 'Oh watch Garnet, make sure she doesn't do anything to hurt herself'." Garnet said over reacting.
"Garnet I don't think that at all..." Zidane started.
"Oh your full of crap! You don't care.....no one dose" Garnet said going into a whisper.
"Well you see I don't care anymore I hate being alive...I....I wish I wasn't!" And with that Garnet ran off.
Neither Garnet nor Jack came to school the next day. Lindblum guards raided the school questioning everyone including the teachers. This only made Zidane more worried. He was the very last one to see her. The bigger question that grew inside of him was....Did she really think what she was true?
"Well what do you know," A voice rang through her ears making her turn. "If it isn't little garnet?" Jack stood in the shadows staring at Garnet. Garnet decided to ignore him and walk away but that wasn't so simple. Like a flash Jack had Garnet up agenst a wall, pinning her down and holding her mouth shut to prevent her from yelling.
"What's wrong Garnet? You gonna cry?" He mocked as she struggled to free from his grip. 'No...' She thought. 'Oh please dear god no. Not again.'
"Look you are crying," Jack began laugh as he pulled something out of his pocket. A dagger, his dagger. Jack had gotten that dagger two years ago from a friend as a gift. The dagger had a gold handle and on the blade was a small Alexandrian crest. The 'friend' that had given it to him was none other than Garnet.
Jack traced the tip of the dagger across the side of her stomach. Cutting it open at points. Garnet had tried to yell but only got a slap in the face.
"I have waited so long to do this." Jack muttered with an evil smile. Right before she was about to give up she heard someone's voice.
"Leave her alone!" Zidane growled.
"Stay out of this!" Jack pushed him to the gowned, freeing Garnet from his hold. She didn't run though she only fell to the ground clutching her stomach. Zidane scrambled to get to his feet.
"I said leave her alone!" Zidane said again.
"Oh, I'm soooo scared!" Jack mocked. Zidane punched Jack in the face, making him fall back and drop his dagger. Zidane quickly retrieved this and turned to face him but he was gone. Caring less about him Zidane ran to Garnets side.
The two where walking back to Lindblum castle, both not speaking. Garnet couldn't stand this, within one second she fell to the ground.
"Garnet?"
"I cant..." She whispered. Zidane knelt down so their faces where leveled.
"Cant what?" He asked
"Zidane, I can't go back there. I can't go to the castle." She answered with a sob.
"Why not?" He asked quietly
"They....They'll think I've tried to kill myself...again." She answered quietly.
"Garnet." He whispered. Shocked by the thing she had just said.
"Zidane," She looked up at him. "Just leave me here." For a minuet Zidane said nothing. He couldn't just leave her here. It would be getting dark soon and she couldn't make her way through the woods to get to the castle by herself. Garnet got to her feet slightly shaking. Her face was white and her right had had blood stains on it.
"No Garnet. I cant."
"I knew it." she whispered taking a step backwards.
"Garnet..."
"No! You're just like everyone else! 'Oh watch Garnet, make sure she doesn't do anything to hurt herself'." Garnet said over reacting.
"Garnet I don't think that at all..." Zidane started.
"Oh your full of crap! You don't care.....no one dose" Garnet said going into a whisper.
"Well you see I don't care anymore I hate being alive...I....I wish I wasn't!" And with that Garnet ran off.
Neither Garnet nor Jack came to school the next day. Lindblum guards raided the school questioning everyone including the teachers. This only made Zidane more worried. He was the very last one to see her. The bigger question that grew inside of him was....Did she really think what she was true?