REDG: heya all! Sorry this's late again, but a certain SOMEONE deleted the original chapter 14, so I had to go back and type it again. Well, at least I think this one is better, so I won't complain too much!
enjoy!

Chapter 14

Don't You 'Gwock' at Me!

(Zidane)

Zidane left the castle after eating lunch with everyone and started walking around. Everyone else had left as well to explore the city, so he was on his own for a little bit. He walked past a pub, and stopped when his stomach started growling.

"Damn...I can't stand that food at the castle. How can anyone get full off that?" he muttered and looked at the sign on the outside of the pub, "hmmm...the special soup don't sound bad," and walked in. there was a person sitting at the bar that he thought he recognized, but shook it off.

"Yo, I'll have the damned special," he called to the guy behind the bar.

The guy looked up, furious, "Who said that?!" and saw Zidane and relaxed, "Oh, its just you. Your soup'll be ready inna minute or so"

Zidane watched the guy walk off, and nearly bumped into one of the waitresses.

"Hey! Move it!" she snapped and walked around him.

He flicked and eye over her figure and muttered, "hmmm...not bad" and walked over to her, "hey! How 'bout you and me go on a cruise on an airship sometime?"

The waitress smiled, "Really? An airship?"

"Hey, monkey-boy!" The person sitting at the bar yelled, "Your bothering the other customers!"

Zidane glared at her, "what the hell, rat-face?!"

She took a sip of her drink calmly, "Rat-face, huh? After I finish my drink, I'm gonna kick your ass". Zidane started edging towards the door, "Relax Zidane, I was only joking. Siddown"

"Oh...okay...ummm...:"

"You forgot my name, huh?" she asked, grinning.

"No! Your Suzzanne, right?"

She shook her head.

"Chrystal?"

"no"

Zidane thought for a minute and asked, "Oh! I know! Ratchel!"

"You little-"

"hey! Joking, Freya! You know I'd never forget a pretty girl's name!" he said defensively. "so, how've you been? Have ya found anything out about your old boyfriend?"

"Nothing. Anyways, I came here for the Festival of the Hunt, not to look for Fratley. What about you?"

"I guess you can say I came here on business, so I probly won't be doing the Festival of the Hunt" Zidane said, shrugging, and taking a sip out of Freya's glass"

"Lazy bum. Hey! That's MY beer, monkey-boy!"

(Dagger & Cid)

Dagger and Cid were still in the castle after everyone had left. Dagger was pacing while she talked, and Cid sat and listened.

"So, how is the Queen?" Cid asked, "is she still as vibrant as ever?'

Dagger stopped pacing and thought for a little before saying, "yes, but since father died, she's been acting very strangely and we haven't spoken much. Plus there is a suspicious man wandering around the castle. I don't know what's going on anymore...I'm afraid that she might be planning something, but no one at the castle believed me when I told them."

"I'm glad you came here for help" Cid said gratefully.

"At this point, I think you're the only person mother will listen to." Dagger said sadly, and sat down on the floor, "When I heard that Lindblum's theatre ship was coming to Alexandria, I decided to sneak aboard. I never expected them to kidnap me"

Cid laughed, "I was the one who ordered Tantalus to bring you here." He laughed again at the shocked expression on Dagger's face, "I've known about the disturbances in Alexandria for some time, but had we acted directly, it would've started a war. So I asked Baku to help"

"there's another thing...At Dali, we saw a lot of Black Mages who were being created under Alexandria's supervision. I'm afraid mother might use them for war"

Cid shrugged and got up to leave, "She won't make a move as long as we have our airship fleet. GWOCK!!!!"

Dagger got up to follow him, "What was that noise?"

"U-u-u-u-h...some kind of Oglop...? Anyways, I want to show you something" Cid said, changing the subject.

"Are you sure that wasn't you?"

"POSITIVE! Now, follow me!" Cid said hurriedly. They walked together down a few halls until they came to a small docking area.

"This is Dock No. 1" Cid said proudly, "Where we conduct our research, but there aren't any airships. Lonely, isn't it? WE had a new model in here about 5 months ago. It didn't need mist to fly."

"The person that attacked you...that turned you into an oglop...did they run off with it?" Dagger asked.

"No...I met a lovely lady at the pub, and when Hilda, my wife, found out about our...little affair...she turned me into an oglop and took the new airship, the Hilde Garde. Ironic, huh? I've been trying to work on a Hilde Garde 2, but my mind isn't the same as an oglop"

Dagger nodded sympathetically, and they stood there for a while and stared at the empty dock.

"Gwockkk!"

"Uncle...are you SURE that wasn't you?"

REDG: Well, that's done with! The next chapter'll be like this, except with Tori, a friend of hers (wonder who that could be? ), and Aiko and X! whoo! Please R&R loves!
Note: OMG!!! I just noticed that you can't make smiley faces anymore! wussup with that?!