#ffix au

[ladyofthefetch]

someone made a garnet mod had to recreate some ff9 screenshots with nyx, cyr and gigi !!

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AU August - Day Twenty-Five: Royalty

I’LL BE ON TODAY’S PROMPT SOON. I just got tired after work yesterday that I didn’t finish its prompt either.

Series: Final Fantasy IX Rating: PG Genre: Romance, Angst, Fluff Pairing(s): Zidagger (Zidane x Garnet) Summary: There are a few who oppose the two marrying, but they could go about it better and maybe not involve the kids. Warning: Considering the ending, I can say this is an AU still lol

Despite some objections, Queen Garnet Til Alexandros XVII married Zidane. Any grumbles and guffaws came from those that still held negative opinions of the man (he was a lowly actor, he was a thief, he’d kidnapped the current Queen! It was his fault the King of Treno was missing!), but the public was ecstatic. They loved and adored the young man who had apparently helped save the world even among other kingdoms his name was celebrated.

There was hope she would awaken from whatever ‘spell’ she’d fallen under shortly after the ceremony and do the proper thing: throw him in jail.

But five years…

And two young princesses were born…

Oh dear, it looked as though the Queen wouldn’t be disposing of the man as they hoped.

Begrudgingly, a few caved and began addressing him with the title blessed upon him by the union and Queen’s Counsel. And the moment they caved, they turned, and those brave enough to remain disgruntled by the Queen’s decision plotted, attempted, and failed to separate them. The ‘King’ had been fairly amused with their repeated tries and held the Queen back from punishing them. So, try and try again, but with their last plot, they thought there was a chance.

“... And so, you had our youngest child’s nursemaid attacked, replaced her with your servant, and attempted to terrorize her and make her think her father was a despicable monster?” Garnet reiterated as she sat on her throne, holding her hands over her once again growing stomach. If there was but one good thing about the ‘King’ to them, it was they were a fruitful couple. It would do good to give them an actual father, but the Queen was very cross.

“Your Majesty, we were only concerned. Her skills as Her Highness’s nursemaid were lacking…”

“Yes, and her recommendation was questionable.”

“So, now you question Lady Hildegarde?” Garnet inquired, her dark eyes turning colder. Looks were exchanged - they might not have known that detail. “Our nursemaid was recommended as she’s the eldest daughter of Lady Hildegarde’s own nursemaid from her childhood which I’m sure you all know.”

No one had words. A few even paled because they knew the woman in reference.

“We’re fortunate she was caught after this one attempt. Did any of you even consider our daughter’s health right now that the nursemaid was tending to at all hours?”

They… might have neglected to remember the youngest Princess was recovering from a bout with fever.

The Queen rose to her feet, thunderous fury rolling off her in waves despite her composure. “I’m done. I know you refuse to acknowledge whom I’ve decided to choose as my King, but now you put our child in danger. If she had an attack at any moment during this newest act against him, I would be considering a worse sentence!”

They cringed and ducked their heads further.

“It’s apparent you care not for the well-being of one let alone the well-being and health of this Kingdom or its neighbors. Therefore, all of your names and those of co-conspirators are ineligible to attempt courting any of our children in the future. To be so selfish, your actions have become inexcusable.”

“B-But Your Majesty, our children were born the same day! It would be auspicious to…!”

“It would have been, but no more. All of you are dismissed.”

Exchanging looks, they slowly departed; and as they did, they passed the King heading in, cradling the youngest Princess while his tail was coiled around the eldest following at his side.

“Dagger…” There was that commoner nickname she kept letting him use… “I managed to get her to take her medicine. She’ll be okay while we wait for Mary to return.”

“Thank goodness. I should have done it, but…”

“It’s okay. I needed time with her anyway, right?”

A lingering pair of eyes watched the royal couple step closer and pass the sleeping infant between hands. The Queen’s furious visage melted as she accepted her child and cradled her to her chest, kissing the little horn on her forehead. And once that was done, Zidane’s tail uncoiled and he picked up the four-year old Princess. “You did great looking out for your little sister. You’ll be the same when your new sibling’s born, right?”

A fierce bobbing head and bright smile from the little Princess was the last vision seen before the doors to the throne room closed.

[the-local-oddity]

Here's an AU, what if Regent Cid found Zidane when he was first dropped on Gaia, so he and Lady Hilda decided to raise him.

He's sort of kept a secret in Order to protect him from any dangers. As a little one he does meet Princesd Garnet though.

When he gets older he gets really sick of royal life, and figures out he's not related to the royal family (the tail is a dead giveaway, really), so he runs away to find his real home. He's unsuccessful, obviously. But he doesn't wanna rejoin the royal family, so he joins Tantalus instead.

The story would play out as usual, but once they reach Lindblum, Zidane does everything in his power to avoid being in the castle for any long periods of time and really tries to avoid Cid for as long as possible.

When it is revealed that Zidane Is Cid's son, it also gets revealed that Zidane and Dagger are betrothed, which peeves Zidane off because, "If I'm going to marry her, it's because she falls in love with me and I fall in love with her, not because you told us too!"

I just think this could be a fun idea to play with. I also like imagine Steiner's reaction to it.

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{ @pxperhearts and I have decided that Robin Hood: Men in Tights would make an excellent FFIX/Zidagger AU. Imagine it! Zidane = Robin, Dagger = Marian, Blank, Marcus and Cinna as the Merry Men...I can’t stop laughing. I love this so much! }

[ladyofthefetch]

"I have a favor I wish to ask you..."

"I wish to be kidnapped...right away."

"Alright then, Your Highness."

"I shall hereby do my best to kidnap you."

[ladyofthefetch]

I had a pose idea for all of them, but then I lost it. I still like how this turned out though!

Anyway, I am very excited to share the rest of my other ff aus for Nyx’s polycule. I just finished my ff10 ones with Nyx and Arenvald, so stay tune for that if you’re interested!

I plan on doing an ff4 for Nyx and Zero for obvious reasons and then ff6 for Nyx and Alphinaud!

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AU August - Day Fourteen: Modern

One day I’ll stop writing Angst... today’s not that day.

Series: Final Fantasy IX Rating: T Genre: Drama, Angst Pairing(s): Kuja, Zidane, and Mikoto Summary: Kuja hates Zidane. Truly he does. Warning: Mentions of blood and head trauma, child abuse and negligence abound, sibling hatred and mental health issues follow

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AU August - Day Twelve: Military

Sorry! I would’ve written something yesterday, but I had a full shift and my brain went blah after I clocked off. I’ll get Day Thirteen done and up soon. Also, any AUs interesting people? Maybe enough enabling could get me to write mooooore~

Series: Final Fantasy IX Rating: PG Genre: Adventure, future Romance Pairing(s): Zidane x Garnet Summary: In which Garland is more active in ruining Kuja’s plans, but may still consequently lead to his downfall anyway. Warning: An alternate Angel of Death!AU with consensual kidnapping… yup. If this has to be a warning, you haven’t played FFIX before.

This wasn’t his first visit to Gaia, and it wouldn’t be his last. Should the fusion succeed however, it wouldn’t be called Gaia for long.

But for that to happen, he had been given orders.

Why didn't Garland just tell Zidane to kill Kuja if he was going to be a problem? It’d save all this roundabout nonsense, but then again, he remembered observing Queen Brahne’s changes from afar due to Kuja. Still, it wasn’t like Zidane couldn’t just kill them all anyway without being noticed - it was what he was trained to do. Though, to kill immediately, or to watch his predecessor grow frustrated with each failure? To let him taste success then only for it to come crumbling down?

Well, when Zidane thought of it like that, the order was becoming more appealing. And at least it’d give him something more interesting to do - the other Genomes weren’t much for conversation and Mikoto was too busy protecting them from monsters that she didn’t want to talk either.

The Kingdom of Alexandria was so preoccupied with their festivities that he practically waltzed into the castle ground despite not having a ticket. Seemed a performance held their attention - all, but the one who it was meant for, and the same person of interest to him. In fact, that person came darting out of the castle in a moment, their white cloak an almost ironic but likely coincidental contrast to his black one. They had a few guards eyeing them, but no one moved. He was the one to intercept them as they rounded the corner.

“Ah! Pardon… I-I mean, excuse me, I’m in a hurry.”

“Is that so? And if I could help you?”

He leaned in, examining their face and caught their wide brown eyes. This person - the Princess of this Kingdom - seemed taken aback, her lips parted in surprise. Zidane felt himself - for once in his life - freeze. What was… this…?

“... You’re not an Alexandrian soldier. Are… are you…?” she began to ask, but her head suddenly whipped to look behind her. Zidane blinked and glanced up - he could swear there was a clunking sound as metal clattered against metal growing closer. It was irritating; maybe he should deal with it, but he gave a start when his hand was seized. “Please, I know not where you’ve come from, but I must leave this Kingdom. Lindblum would be preferred, but anywhere from here will work.”

“Huh, so that’s it…” He’d been expecting a struggle, but here she was doing part of his job for him. “Sure, I’ll take you to Lindblum.”

He could humor the Princess for now. It was only a matter of time before he took her to Terra where Garland was waiting. He felt her hand squeeze his and watched as expression morphed - which wasn’t a thing that happened back on Terra. She looked bright, happy… smiling. Truly smiling…

“You have my gratitude…”

“Yeah…” He barely managed a slight nod before squeezing her hand back. Sweeping her beneath his cloak, he ushered her into the shadows, and quickly attempted to shift his focus back to his mission and not linger any longer on a look no one had ever given him.