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| Always and Forever | |||
| Ardreju (Michelle Becker) | |||
| Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 |
| Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 |
| Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | |
| Heh heh... what kind of name is Ardreju? Nah, just kidding.
It's a cool fic by a cool girl. ^_^ A little innuendo and language, but nothing bad. Deal with it. <g> BTW... one of the best fanfics I have ever read. |
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| Prologue | |
| Of all people, I am the last to begin writing in a journal. I mean, come
on. The world’s greatest treasure hunter, confessing his thoughts down
on paper? But I figured maybe doing so would help me clear and reflect over
my thoughts. My life, love, happiness, friends. Life is never perfect; it
is maintained. Love is never valued; it is simply cherished. Happiness can
be reached; however, it must be taken care of and noticed. Friends are companions
and saviors-they take care of you and love you. Yet friends are not always
the ones you want around you at times. We all have faults and we all make
mistakes. Lord knows how often Edgar pisses me off. Bringing up Edgar takes me back to me wanting to reflect. It has been nearly a year since Kefka’s fall, that sick little monster. Edgar has become the busiest man I have ever seen. He’s going back and forth between the continents, building and repairing towns and railroads, shit like that. He has excavated the Ancient Castle, and is on the verge of smoothing out a valley around it and making it into a prosperous kingdom. As for whom he will appoint king or caretaker of it, he isn’t sure. He is building a North Figaro, it figures, in the mountains beyond Narshe. And he’s been helping Cyan out with Doma. Needless to say, Mr.Figaro has been so busy with bettering the land he hasn’t had much time to look for a mate. And I mean a real mate, not some perfumed, pretty young thing. A good man Edgar is, but a horrible significant other. Terra had hopes for Edgar, but she gave up, knowing Edgar would always be Edgar and that that wouldn’t do her any good. Terra is probably the one I worry about most out of everyone. She remains in Mobliz, taking care of the children, and while she has become an excellent mother, she has become a child. Not a carefree, playful child, but a lonely, love-starved girl. Terra is very alone in the world. She has no mother or father. But Terra longs for a romantic companion, which Edgar obviously isn’t ready for. To me, this is a good thing, because Edgar’s hormones tend to get ahead of his common sense, and he wouldn’t be a good partner for gentle, innocent Terra. She is a child at heart, and I wish someone good, kind, and reassuring would step into her life. Celes, dearest one, is a child at heart too. Granted, she is definitely the strongest person I have ever come to know, but she is not tough inside. She used to be, then I came along, and I melted that heart of ice. It wasn’t easy, but I couldn’t give up on her, valuable creature she is. We are married, and she cannot bear children, but we plan to adopt someday. She has revealed this gentle, warm, truly emotional side of her I never thought existed. And she is everything to me, my dear Celes. We hardly have a lot of time together, for she always goes off to kill troublesome monsters and I am Edgar's assistant in his "plans". Still, we have quality time when we are together, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Sabin too has been helping Edgar and I out, along with other things. He has set up a school for students to follow in his path of that weird Blitz shit he does, creating lots of little Sabins to terrorize the townspeople. Heh. But seriously, Sabin's a good guy. He has taken Gau under his care, and is looking forward to starting his own family someday. He needs to find the right girl. Funny, how Edgar will jump in any woman's bed but Sabin will not settle for any lady. Sabin is a bear of a guy, but he is a teddy bear. Adults step back but children run to him. How I love Sabin. He will make a good father someday. Not that he isn't being a wonderful parent to Gau. He is a father to the boy, and Gau is a rambunctious but sweet kid. He's incredibly intelligent, and he has nearly mastered proper speech. He is always eager to learn, but he has never forgotten the father who abandoned him. Another thing about Gau is he is that despite his once animal-like nature, he is kind-hearted and soft. He loves Sabin like a father, but he wonders about his real one. And how could one not love Gau? This is a child who is unbelievably strong and smart and caring. Gau in some ways has grown up too fast, and parts of his youth are empty holes, waiting to be filled. Another man who has taken excellent care of Gau is Cyan, soon-to-be-king of Doma. Doma is still being repaired, and once the castle is grand again Cyan will take his proper place on the throne. I am not close with Cyan, therefore I do not know him very well, but I know the man's life was drastically changed since the deaths of his wife and child. And I think this is why the others and I are so important to him. To him, we are his sons and daughters, and the bunch of us have been through so much together. Cyan is protective over us, and he is a father to us, especially to Edgar and Sabin, being of royalty and all. Despite the little I know of him, Cyan is one I love and respect greatly. Strago has opened up a doctoring school in Thamasa, where he teaches alchemy and medicine skills. Just like Cyan is like a father, Strago is a granddad to us. He has been mainly focused on upholding Thamasa and watching over Relm, but he still manages to visit when he can. Strago is living life as simply as he can, and as long as he remains in good health, I have no worries for him. Strago's little granddaughter Relm has changed since that dreadful time. She is near thirteen years of age, but she far surpasses her years. The little bratty, taunting girl is a grown, serious, refined young lady. I mean, it really is a shock to me. One would hardly recognize her. Almost thirteen and she is as mature as Celes. Maybe it was Kefka's fall, or her ongoing search for her father, but Relm is definitely another person. I don't know if this is sad or not, but she seems happy, despite the fact she has gotten nowhere with her search for her father. She is a beautiful child, though. Mog and Umaro are the same, living in the caves of Narshe. I haven't heard from them in a while, but they do come to check up on us, and Mog gets his fellow Moogles to help out Edgar and the rest. Mog has also become a good friend of Terra's, and he visits her often to check up on her. Umaro has become the children's favorite playmate-big and loud he may be, but a gentle and fun creature he is to the little ones in Mobliz. Gogo and Shadow. Heh. The Mystery Men. Shadow is the dark one, who keeps to himself and that damn dog of his. Gogo is the strange one. But they too, are important people in my life, because under those strange, forbidding exteriors lie their hearts. Shadow I know little of, but I know he has a heart, for time and time again he has saved us. Gogo I know nothing of, and this worries me. I wish to know more of them. I believe Shadow and I could actually be good friends, if he weren't so damn withheld. Setzer I save to explain near the end of all this, because Setzer is my dearest and closest friend. And I didn't think that would be! The guy who had once kidnapped Celes is my best friend. How odd and humerous. I tell him things I don't even tell Celes, and vice-versa. Thing is, I can relate so much to that guy. We both lost a loved one and dealt with pain. Thing is with I know Setzer way better than anyone else, and what they assume of Setzer is far from the truth. Countless times I have gotten into arguments over Celes with him. She thinks of him as a gambling, arrogant, promiscuous little jerk, which he is definitely not. Setzer is a caring, kind, understanding man. He has been through a lot in his life, probably more than any of us. He has dealt with unspeakable pain, which I have kept secret. He is the greatest friend one could ask for, and I ask for no one greater. As for myself, I, Locke, world's greatest treasure hunter, am a married man. I am happy to have settled down with the woman I love, though I miss adventures and finding things. Celes has made me too soft-shelled, and I hate being a wuss. But feelings and emotions are a part of living, and if I didn't have such, I'd probably end up like Kefka. But fighting and killing Kefka is nothing compared to this. This is something old yet new to us. It is something we've had to recover, learn to do again. It is sometimes challenging to us, sometimes rewarding. It is something we once did before, and are doing again. Living our lives. |
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