Black Magic Woman
A/N: Don't flame me, please! I love Rose as much as many of you do. I just like to write "what-if" fics.
That being said, enjoy!
"I know, I know I've failed you/I hope, I hope we get to/Sunny days again"-- Bring Back the Sun, by Our Lady Peace
Lavitz stood, frozen in shock at what Lloyd had done to the King. Without thinking, he transformed into a Dragoon, and he lunged at Lloyd, just as Lloyd drew his sword.
"You idiot!" Rose shouted, "He's got the Dragon Buster!"
Without knowing why she did it, Rose stepped between Lavitz and Lloyd, managing to shove Lavitz away from Lloyd...but, in the process, she herself was run through. She crumpled to the ground. Lavitz hurried toward her, lifted her into his arms as Lloyd departed.
"Idiot," she said weakly, "You need to control yourself. Albert seems to be fine now...if you weren't so impulsive..."
She sighed.
"Rose, hang in there."
"Look, don't you get it...even the Dragoon Armor is nothing against...the...Dragon Buster...next time...don't be so quick...to challenge...someone who can kill you...idiot..."
She closed her eyes...and then she was gone. Lavitz was too shocked to speak. All he could do was watch as her Dragoon Spirit floated up into the air, and out of the tower.
"Wait," he said softly, to no one in particular as the stone faded into the distance...
In Fletz, a young woman with red hair was preparing to go to bed, when she noticed a bright, violet light in the sky, just outside her window.
Puzzled, she opened the window and peeked outside...
A purple stone was hovering outside her window.
"What's this?" she said softly, puzzled. As if by instinct, she reached out and grabbed it.
At once, the stone stopped glowing.
"How strange," she said, turning the stone over in her hands. It was a small sphere, easily fitting into the palm of her hand...when she held it up to the candlelight, she could see a six-pointed star in the center.
"...This belonged to someone else...why is it here?"
Shrugging, she decided to keep it, figuring that the owner would certainly come after such a stone.
Of course, she wasn't going to justgive it to him.
Everything came at a price.