Authors note: Excuse my absence, and my immense amount of errors in the first chapter. I believe I wrote it in a hurry... Anyway, I think I'm going to try and start up writing again. But I need support! By the way, Quinn is 13, not 14 like I said in the end for some reason... sorry about that, hahaha.

Luca

The sun shone down to make a surprisingly happy day out of the stress that Brother was feeling at the moment. Problems were showing up without reason or solutions; and of course the captain had to deal with them. But that's what being the leader was all about. He looked down at the girl next to him... he had no clue who she was, or anything about her.

She didn't waste any of the money in the wallet she... acquired. She looked like a whole new girl; wearing a short yellow skirt, and a light green tank top. She also just had to get the bright red beaded necklace at the counter... Brother rolled his eyes, but said nothing as they walked quickly through the crowds. He made sure to keep an eye on the girl so that she wouldn't get away. It was strange that he was sticking to her so, but for some reason it didn't feel right leaving her in the streets somewhere. And there was still something about her that he needed to figure out... he would of loved to get back to the Celcius to figure it out, but there was still the issue of finding Cid.

I wonder what the old man will say about this... Does not matter, the girl is my responsibility... as captain!

He nodded to himself as a sort of... approval of his thoughts. Quinn looked up at him strangely, but dismissed it. She decided that this strange al bhed man was alright... he hadn't turned her in, and he helped her buy the things at the register... so he must be alright. He had told her that she was to follow him; but since when was she to take orders?

The thing was... she didn't have a place to stay that night. Her last 'home' had been raided by a boy gang, so she was once again without a proper place to sleep for the night. Maybe if she stuck with him long enough, she'd get a nice place to stay out of it. Apparently, he was looking for a man named 'Cid'... she didn't know why, but he seemed a bit angry and worried. In fact... he always seemed angry... kinda looked like a generally upset person. There were bags under his eyes... perhaps from lack of sleep lately?

It didn't matter to Quinn, whoever he was... he better have a nice place for her to stay the night. And food; food is nice as well.

Speaking of food... she thought; they had stopped in front of the cafe, apparently something inside was interesting to the al bhed. The only thing that Quinn could think of was the food inside... Someone stepped out side, and a breeze carrying the smell of wonderfully made cookies wafted through the doorway. She slowly started walking towards the entrance; luckily, so was the man next to her.

"Ra'c eh rana." Brother said to the girl. He's in here.

"Ruf tu oui ghuf?" she asked him. How do you know?

He only spoke one word. "Vuut." Food.

Luca Cafe

Cid was indeed inside of the Cafe, little to Brother's surprise. The girl seemed pretty surprised at how easily someone could be tracked, but she tried to conceal it from Brother. He chuckled a little at her innocence before walking over to meet his father. Cid looked up over at him, deep bags underlying his eyes.

"Oh. It's you," he said in english.

"Oac, it's me father. Where have you been?! We've been looking for you for two days!"

"Why?" Cid asked nonchalantly, and uncaringly.

"Because!" Brother took a deep breath, then stopped. "uhm... because? I don't know because! Just because! Why have you not been at the Desert? Or at the temple, huh?"

Cid just shrugged and took a sip of his coffee. It was unlike him to pick a fight with Brother... but it was too early in the morning, and they were in a public place... the events of losing his daughter dragged him down a lot as well.

"Who's the girl?" he asked, dodging a glance over at Quinn.

"Huha uv ouin picehacc!" Brother exclaimed. None of your business!

"Oh?"

Brother and Cid stared at eachother hard for a while... but surprisingly, Cid just started laughing. A few of the people in the cafe looked over at them, but didn't really pay attention. Cid finished his coffee, then stood fishing some Gil out of his pocket.

"Come on, let's get to this airship of yours. I needa get to Bikanel! Some fishy business has been happening there!"

(Short chapter, I know, I'm sorry. I'm just trying to think of what I need to happen here... hmmmm)