So.. there’re not many of german people who already played the game or are interested in a fanfic.. so I try to translate my german fic.. forgive me :P

My english is a little bit rusty.. so if anyone is interested in being my personal beta reader.. feel free to let me know s

„ The hero always gets the girl“

One year passed since she met the others. A long year..

She looked out of the window and back to Rabanastre while she half-hearted listend to Vaan, who steered the Reks and keep talking all the time.

She wondered how they got along.

Ashe has sent Vaan and her a invitation for her coronation and when she read the letter she was a little surprised.

Of course they were still friends but after they defeat Vayne, all of them got back to there own kind of world.

Ashe were going to be a Queen soon, Balthier and Fran were back on their hunt for hidden treasures, Basch accompanied Larsa back to Archadis to support the new King, how he promised his dead brother and she..she returned to Rabanastre, with Vaan of course, and was an normally orphan again.

With one difference to the time before her journey began. She became more mature and gave a little contribute for the peace of Ivalice. Vaan.. she was really uncertainty concerning the first point.

I’d like to see you all again.

She belived Ashe..but she also had reservations… maybe she feels uncomfortable during the coronation.. maybe that’s not the place for people like her and Vaan or especially for Balthier.

Goose bumps.

Oh how I hate this .She thought. Everytime this name gets in her head she gets these annoying goose bumps. This must stop. She decided to hate him for haunting in her head.

She solved her braids and shook her head then she looked at Vaan.

Vaan usually didn’t think about something like that.

Since they got the letter from Ashe he only talked about how great it was when they all will be together again and he could take them for a flight for searching treasures.

“.. and Larsa will be there too so we all will be together again and everthing will be like in former times. Penelo? Hey Penelo?”

Vaan shook her shoulder and the ship began to sway dangerously.

“Woah!” Vann put his hands back on the steering wheel of the Reks.

“ If you don’t watch out, all of the Mob hunts will be for nothing an your wonderful ariship will be nothing more than a sadly heap of metal.”

“ You’re not my mother!” he turned up his nose.

“ Someone must show you how you get a long in this world. And I think I’m the perfect choice.” Penelo sneered.

“ Whatever. Did you listen or did I talked to myself the whole hour?”

“ I’m sorry. I thougt about the coronation next month.

“ Isn’t it great? We will see all of them again. Everthing will be like in old days.”

“ It’s alright Vaan.” Penelo laughed. “ You’re talking about nothing else since we get the letter from Ashe.”

She couldn’t tell him again that it probably doesn’t will be he same thing like ‘in the old days’ like Vaan liked to say.

He wouldn’t understand why.

“ You talked about it first. You didn’t thought about the ‘ Eventually we don’t fit in’ thing are you? You should be happy to meet them instead of being so pessimistic.”

“ You’re right.” Penelo went on looking out of the window while Vaan already started to talk again.

The sky was so beautiful and clear. No arcadian fleed which controles the air space of Ivalice.

She sighed.

“ We’re there.” Vaan started the landing.

There they were… the goose bumps again.

She followed Vaan out in the warm sun who was shining above Roziala

„ Nice underframe you have there.“

Penelo turned around to see the good-looking sky pirate leaning against a tree. On his side the wonderful Viere.

She was beautiful like ever. In contrast to Penelo.

She touched her hair only to realoze, that it must look like a hellhound attaced her.

With quick fingers she braids her hair again.

“ Because of me, you can wear you hair open. This hurricane on your head is pleasing cute.”

Balthier sneerd and made his way into the airship.

Fran followed him and smiled politeliy at Penelo.

Penelo tried to stop blushing but dicided then to wait a moment until her skin got a normal colour again and she could follow back to the airship.

“ Would you mind?” A hand wraped around her wrist and pulled her up to the entrance of the ship. The other hand was still wrapped around her wrist and she turned around only to look in this beautiful attractive eyes.

Goose bumps, heartbeating, shivering and the inability to breath. She shut her eyes.

Stop! Stop! Stop! Now!

She couldn’t breath. She was too close to him.

When she calmed down she opened her eyes to see Balthier was gone.

She shortly shut her eyes again and breath deeply.

How embarrassing

She took the place besides Fran and forced herself not to look at the back of his head.

“ Something was different.”

In the time they spend together she didn’t have much time to thought about her relationship to Balthier and his behavior towards her. Only when he wasn’t around her all day she noticed that something was missing. First she thought it was habituation but that changed.

What she remembered was the thing with the handkerchief. This was the irst and the last time Balthier acted towards her in that way.

After this she thought she was only there.. nothing to be attend…

But everthing changed for her after that..