Through My Eyes
Chapter 2
Who I Know
Hi everyone it 2sidez-Samecoin here. This is my first Final Fantasy Tactics fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. I do not own Final Fantasy Tactics, only a copy of it.
Our first two years at the Academy were pretty basic. We learned about swords and daggers, and the disadvantages or advantages of each. We also had the opportunity to get the feel for each type of weapons, among other things. We also had plenty of chances to become acquainted with one another. I was always happy to get an opportunity to become more acquainted with Ramza and Delita. Over time they became close friends of mine, along with Cinderella and her brother Dietrich. Nikita and her little boyfriend Vladimir though, I'd rather avoid. They are just so snobbish and classist. To me its seems that they just barely respect Ramza, they certainly act like they think they're better than the rest of us. Yeah, suuure…I think not.
Vladimir was a handsome lad with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes, and he has definitely made it known that he detests me. He has tried to humiliate me and tease me many times but I have taken it in stride. Though that doesn't mean that I haven't wanted to cause him bodily harm. Roasted buttcheeks anyone? I could picture it in my mind; Vlad hopping around with his hands clamped on his rear calling for one of the school nurses. I didn't know any magic yet so it was just fantasy.
Nikita was one of those drop-dead gorgeous girls with the long flowing blonde hair and bright baby blue eyes. She always teased me about how I looked. It usually went like: Blah, blah, blah, your hair, blah, blah, blah, tomboy, blah, blah, blah, never be as pretty as me, blah, blah, blah! She would never shut up! As you can see, though, I would just tune her out. If only I knew the spell for Silence at that time I would have most certainly used it, and then maybe put gum in her hair. That would have been hilarious, watching her running around, mouth ajar, screaming mentally something about her oh so precious hair. I would be like; ha, ha, ha…were you saying something about my hair again? What? I can't hear you. When I think about those two, they just unleash an unpleasant side of me. I'm glad my brother doesn't act like them.
My brother Daniel has short, sandy blonde hair and brown eyes. He's a sweet fellow but he can seem quite confused sometimes. At times he can do the most foolish of things, and if I happened to be caught amongst it I would promptly dish out the consequence. I love my brother dearly, but sometimes I seriously wonder about him. I remember when he told me he had a crush on Nikita. I then proceeded to slap him upside his head and ask him what he saw in her. He said something about how beautiful and graceful she was. I had to remind him that she was dating Vladimir. For a second he had a look of pure malice in his eyes, on of those 'I'm gonna kill him' looks, but it quickly left his eyes and he hung his head. I told him to cheer up because there are more pretty girls out there and if that thought doesn't help go talk to Dietrich. I had to admire my brother though, how he was able to tolerate Nikita is beyond my comprehension. The mere thought that she could've been my sister-in-law sent shivers all up and down my spine.
I'm also glad that Cindy (Cinderella) and Dietrich aren't like Vlad and Niki. Dietrich is a year older than his sister. He has blue eyes and short blonde hair and his sister has brown eyes with sandy brown hair that falls a little past her shoulders. They are lively and kindly people and they both had aspirations to become archers just like my brother and I wanted to become mages. Dietrich was always the funny one. There were times where he helped diffuse the situation with his antics. Especially when Vlad and I were around each other for too long. No matter what Dietrich did I would start laughing and Vlad would just roll his eyes and leave for somewhere else. I'm glad that Cindy was there because if she weren't, I would be stuck with Nikita as the only other girl. Cindy is the one I have girl talks with even though I'm not all that girly myself. When I'm with the both of them I always enjoy myself. I love it when Cindy tries to keep her brother from crossing the line or doing gross things. Dietrich would do the gross things anyway and I would bust out laughing.
"Dorone! Please, don't encourage my brother!" Cindy would always say.
"I'm sorry Cindy, I just can't help it, it's so stupid its funny." I would normally reply.
"See! At least somebody thinks its funny. Why can't you?" Dietrich would usually say.
"Because it's gross, that's why." They would both sigh and Dietrich would start doing something else.
I actually consider Ramza and Delita to be my best friends. Ramza was usually cheerful and happy while Delita was usually serious. They were my tutors when it came to swordplay. I wasn't too horrible but it felt awkward to even hold a dagger, which was usually standard for a chemist's weapon. When we would practice I usually told them to give it all they had, but I could tell that they went easy on me. It would usually be Ramza though. After all we were only using practice swords.
When I became too tired to continue Ramza and Delita sometimes would spar with each other. Each time they did so I was captivated. Their movements could be called graceful. One would attack; the other would dodge or parry the blow and try to counter. To me they looked like they were veterans. Each had serious looks, focused on what they were doing. It would be dead silent except for the sound of wood against wood. One would almost be afraid to breathe lest it would break the semi-silence. For me the background would be a blur of colors with Ramza and Delita dueling in the middle of it, like a dream. It would be beautiful if you didn't know that, in real life battle, the objective was to kill your opponent.
So what do you think? Am I on the right track? Did I give too much info? What about my grammar? Please leave a review and tell me. It would be much appreciated. Also thank you for taking the time to look at Dorone's story. Next time we start to get into the game's story in Chapter 3: What I do.