-1Two Sides of the Coin
FFXI Fanfic based on my online character and those of my friends
Disclaimer: I do not own the world or the character mod, however the personality of Aleena is all me. The names of other people she runs into belong to friends on the game though I may have augmented the character personalities a little.
Warning: This story may become slightly explicit. So it shouldn't be read by anyone too young.
-Part One- Prolog: Sea Side sunsets
Aleena sat watching the tide roll against the soft sand of the small secluded beach. Few ever retreated down the steep cliff path, for at it's bottom lived a deadly monster. The thought did not bother her however, for her companion had dispatched the creature before she had even reached the snow white sands and darkening water.
She looked at the man who sat beside her. His dark eyes where fixed on her, and he smiled when their eyes met.
Aleena blushed, but did not look away. His gaze held within it a tenderness that she was sure his enemies never saw. Leaning forward she allowed her lips to brush across his in a gentle kiss which he returned in kind. Sitting there on the beach, she was reminded of the day they first met.
She had been hunting the small creatures that dared roam the fields just outside the gates to the city of Windurst. In retrospect it seemed odd, but at the time she still had no memory of her past. Arayku had been passing by. The bright yellow feathers of the Chocobo catching her attention as he paused to watch her bluggin the tiny mandy with her wand. She could barely remember the conversation . A large part of her early days as a white mage had been blurred when her memory returned to her. What she did remember was his kindness. In retrospect she realized that he had reminded her of her father. They were Dark Knights filled with the desire for more power. But there was also a sweetness in Arayku that her father lacked.
It didn't suit her desires to think of the past, at that moment she wanted only to think of the man sitting at her side. But the harder she tried to concentrate on hi, the richness of his eyes, the dark hair pulled up to a topknot, the more her mind wondered. Laying her head on his shoulder she finally allowed herself to recount her life and view her sins in the fading twilight.
-Part Two- Black to White, what would mother think
Aleena tapped her foot as the airship to Windurst glided across the cloud filled sky. She had grown tired of the endless sky and retired below deck to wait out the ride.