Disclaimer; I do not own Final Fantasy or anything to do with it; unfortunately squarenix owns it not meL.
Please Note- This story is totally AU.
Prologue
It was a new moon that night. No stars were visible in the night sky. To many these blind nights were to beware. No one dared to venture outside the comforts of their homes or walled villages. Nighttime was always dangerous in these hungry lands, but with no moon or guiding light venturing out was beyond putting oneself in danger. And so the land was quiet, except for one particular place.
Inside the great stonewalls of Vanderas, noises of chaos could be heard echoing out into the still darkness. A youthful woman of noble birth ran through the dimly lighted walls. Her face was ashen and tears of fear streaked down her delicate face. She clutched against her two precious bundles. One of the bundles stirred slightly as the woman came to halt at the end of the hallway. The woman let out a small cry when she saw the hall draw to an end and that she was trapped. Not too far away she could hear the sounds of dogs baying and men screaming. She knew the sounds were getting closer and soon she would have not choices left.
Backing against the wall she lifted the blankets the wrapped the small bundles. The woman gazed lovingly at the face of a small sleeping baby girl. She bent down and tenderly kissed the top of the small Childs head. "My precious Riona," The woman whispered warmly. She slowly looked down the second child, worry evident in her eyes. This was the babe boy and unlike the girl he was wide awake. The woman shook her head silently at look into the boys raging grey eyes. He had only cried once since he was born five day ago, and that was when his mother had died. It had been like he had sensed the loss of a mother he would never know.
His thoughts were cut sort however. The sound of the baying was close now. So close that the woman began to see the dog's shadows bouncing off the walls towards her. She also could easily hear the commanding voice of man. "Find the Lady and Loire's spawn!" The voice crackled like a whip. Silent tears ran down the woman porcelain face, she had risked her own life for child that was not even her own but it did not matter.
The woman clutched the two bundles closer to her chest as if to hide them from the approaching danger. The young girl let out a small cry, waking from her pleasant sleep. The woman however did not notice for a man of great statue and height stood before her. He smirked when the woman let out a small cry. "Lady Julia," He said, "You did not expect me not to find you here did you?"
The Lady Julia snarled backing against the wall. "Leave us fiend, you have no business in my father's keep."
The man's laughter resonated through the narrow stone walls. "Surely Julia you are not that foolish." He said full of amusement. "I am the emperor; I have business everywhere in my land, most of all here." His eyes sparkled as his gaze fell upon the two small children. "You have taken something I want, Lady Julia." He said almost longingly.
The lady hissed between her teeth. "No you cannot have him! I promised his mother that I would protect him to my last breath!" She yelled, surprising even herself for her courage.
The man shook his head. The lady could not tell if it was from amusement or sorrow. "Dear Girl, such a burden this already is. To kill the child is one matter but to kill my cousin's wife, well that is pity."
Her eyes went wide in horror. "Murder!" She screamed one last time before being cut down by the man's blade. Her body fell to the floor broken and lifeless.
"Such a pity." The man echoed back. He gaze drifted down to were the crumpled body lay. A child wails could be heard muffled underneath the corpse. Slowly the man pushed away the body uncovering the small forms that lay underneath. The young girl wailed her small fists clutched. The boy however laid still and calm, and for a slip second the man thought the child was already dead. The man stared down at the child meeting it gaze. The boy's tempest eyes stormed with cold hate. The man laughed. "So you know then." He raised his bloody blade above the male's small form. "And so it ends young one."
"Wait." Said a stern voice, halting the slaughter.
The man turned to see a small group of solders behind him. "What is it Edea?' He snarled impatiently.
A woman dressed fully in black stepped forward. "You cannot kill this child." She said calmly.
The man spun around to meet the woman's dark gaze. "You dare to stop me sorceress! What folly is this that you dare to tell me not to kill this child?" He raged, "Was it not you who told me that he would be my downfall?"
The stoic woman's face never flinched. "My lord has heeded my warning, but this warning does not succumb to the killing of the innocent." She spoke softly, "No, my dear emperor, this is not the way."
"What then, Edea?" The man growled.
For the first time the woman smiled. "Do what ever you wish with him; leave him here to starve for all I care but let him live."
The man's face paled considerably. "And what if I refuse this proposal."
The woman smiling face suddenly changed into a sneer. "Then the power of the sorceress will withdraw from you and your great empire shall fall with you." She shrieked.
The man's eyes went wide in rage. "You dare to threaten-."
"I dare nothing, but I do the necessary. It is a great wrong to anger a sorceress. Beware!"
She hissed, "Spare the boy or seal your own doom."
The emperor snorted angrily, but said nothing of the matter more. "And what of the girl?" He asked looking down to the wailing child on the floor.
The sorceress once again smiled. "Yes, the girl. Their fate is tied together as one." She whispered. "I will take her; I sense in her a great power." She turned and picked up the small howling child. "Hush child, your path is now set." She then turned and left the hall, not once looking back to the Emperor.
The Emperor growled Edea had much to explain. He looked to the boy, narrowing his eyes to slits. "Join your mother in the afterworld child, for if I ever cross paths with you again, nothing will stop my wrath." He smiled cruelly, leaving the child to starve or freeze, which ever happened to come first.
Well that's the first chapter. Hope you liked it, review if you did so I can know wither or not to keep going!